Please remember that playing on a field under any of the conditions listed below can damage the field and make it unplayable, for everyone, possibly for the remainder of the season.
Therefore, using the following guidelines, all play on the municipal athletic field may be suspended whenever:
- The field is closed for renovation or repair
- There is standing water on the field
- One half inch of rain or more has fallen within the previous 24 hours
- Soil is frozen
- Soil is wet and "spongy"
- The ground is muddy and soil clumps or clings to shoes
- Steady rain is falling
- A lightning/electrical storm is within 5 miles of the area
Fields will be deemed unplayable by either a member of the Township Committee or Recreation Commission.