Story behind the field...
This location on the Sayles rd. was formerly Martins Motorcross track. Many of you will remember the great times watching or racing atv or dirt bikes there. After years of service, Mr. Martin put the land up for sale. Brushton moira Youth Sports was at that time, looking for a location they could build ball fields on. With very limited funding, BMYS wasn't in a position to be able to make a land purchase so it was still just a dream.
One day a call came in from Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor. They said that they would like to purchase the land in honor of their son Cody who was no longer with us. The agreement was that the field be used to promote youth sports for the community as Cody was very active in sports. BMYS and the Town of Moira worked together to apply for grant funding to make this a reality. A grant was submitted and was eventually awarded to the Town of Moira for $130,000 to build the sports park. Unfortunately, the state didn't actually have the funds that they had awarded. It wasn't until about 7-8 years later that the money would actually be distributed to the town to be used for the park. In those years, the cost to build had increased substantially. This meant that some changes needed to happen. The fields still needed to be built but we needed to be a little more creative to how we got there. Volunteer work was more important now than ever.
Below are a bunch of pictures from many aspects of building the fields. We will add more as we get them.
Have any pics you would like uploaded?
Please send any pics that you may have of the field progress. We would love to add them to the gallery.