Not quite what was promised at the pre-move meetings
What is it that was promised that isn't there?
Kicking Barn with full height posts.
Ah, it's interesting that was part of the original plans. I guess it was a compromise that had to be made for planning. I can pretty much guarantee that if it was allowed, and the club thought it would help then we'd have one. They have spared no expense at all in this place.
My guess is that it was more a case of what can we reasonably expect to get through planning and get done quickly, and what needs to come after? I always imagine a kicking barn that was long but narrow, where you could have posts on a turntable to alter the angle of kick, where the balls come back along a bowling alley type of idea of mechanism. I remember hours and hours on the pitches in summer, alone kicking a bag of balls, then collecting them all up, carting them to a new kicking point, and starting again. 90% of my time was fetching and bringing the balls back in the big net bag.
So, a pool and kicking barn must be on the longer term plans.