{"id":8948,"date":"2025-07-15T09:38:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8948"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:47:36","slug":"liverpools-new-all-weather-track-soccer-field-in-home-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/07\/15\/liverpools-new-all-weather-track-soccer-field-in-home-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s new all-weather track, soccer field enters home stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kristopher Snarby, president of the Queens County Track Society, says Liverpool’s new all-weather soccer field and rubberized track are almost set to open. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n

The finish line is in sight for the South Shore\u2019s only year-round soccer field and rubberized track, with only one hurdle left to clear.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The track is done now. Lights are getting done, so we’re just getting them connected. And now we just have to finalize insurance,” Kristopher Snarby, president of the Queens County Track Society, said in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

“And once we have insurance in place, then we can start renting it out and start using it.” <\/span><\/p>\n

The $3.5-million facility at Liverpool Regional High School features an artificial turf soccer field and a four-lane, 400-metre rubberized track. It also has an additional two lanes on the straightaways for 100-metre sprints and 110-metre hurdles races. The society also plans to install bleachers, but that will have to wait until they raise more money.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I just think it’s amazing that we have this facility in Liverpool,” Snarby says.<\/p>\n

“Being the only one on the South Shore is kind of cool. And knowing that people from Bridgewater, Shelburne and all parts in between will want to be here to train and to play games and to run the track, it’s great. I see people out exercising who are runners, and I’m hoping that we’ll see them running to train here. The big game-changer is that we’ll have year-round use now, or close to year-round.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

The federal government contributed $1.8 million, with the province chipping in $1.2 million and the Region of Queens $250,000. The society is making up the difference, with about $150,000 still left to fundraise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The high school\u2019s old field didn\u2019t drain properly and was sometimes unusable after a heavy rain. The new facility has a modern drainage system built right into the field.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>So, the water actually drains into the perimeter of where the green is for the field, and then there’s a drainage system underneath. It’s been great. We’ve had some pretty heavy rains, and there’s been no issue with drainage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The track society is responsible for maintaining the facility and looking after rentals and scheduling, in co-operation with the South Shore Regional Centre for Education and the municipality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The facility will also be available for anyone in the community to use. Snarby says they\u2019re still working out scheduling details and the logistics for community use.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a natural turf soccer field and gravel track planned for North Queens Community School<\/a> in Caledonia, Queens County athletes will be able to train and play on modern facilities for the first time in years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The closest all-weather tracks are in Halifax, Clare or at Acadia University in Wolfville, all at least a 90-minute drive away.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our kids have been at a disadvantage forever for the track,” Snarby says.<\/p>\n

“They literally train around the bus loop here. They run around the school, and that’s how they train for runs. So our kids have had to run through the streets of Liverpool, run in the parking lot, run in the bus loop. So it’s nice that we’re going to have the best facility on the South Shore to train at.<\/p>\n

“And if I were a kid, I’d be pretty excited about coming here every day and seeing that compared to what they had before. And the soccer field’s beautiful. It’s going to be great for the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Snarby says he had hoped the field and track would have been open by now, but he\u2019s looking forward to having the insurance ironed out in the next few weeks. He’s happy with the almost-finished product.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to get the gate open so people can start using it. That\u2019s the priority now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to the audio version of this story below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/liverpooltrackupdatejuly1425.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The finish line is in sight for the South Shore\u2019s only year-round soccer field and rubberized track, with only one hurdle left to clear. “The track is done now. Lights are getting done, so we’re just getting them connected. And now we just have to finalize insurance,” Kristopher Snarby, president of the Queens County Track […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1929,1813,188,39,118,49,1046,1928,1930,1626,266,1808],"class_list":["post-8948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-artificial-turf","tag-athletics","tag-kristopher-snarby","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-regional-high-school","tag-queens-county","tag-queens-county-track-society","tag-rubberized-track","tag-soccer-field","tag-sports","tag-track","tag-track-and-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8953,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions\/8953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}