Ground Details ~ Serpentine Ave.

Pembroke Wanderers Hockey Club, Serpentine Ave., Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Access to the club by car travelling from the city centre is gained by turning left off the Merrion Road after AIB Bank Centre opposite the R.D.S. in Ballsbridge. Bus routes: 5, 7, 7A, 18 45. The 46, 63 84 also pass nearby.
Dart: Sandymount & Lansdowne Road DART Stations 5 mins walking distance.


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Pitches
August 2005: Our main pitch relaid with water based Astroturf System 5 our new sand filled 2/3 size (65 x 45 yards) training pitch are both ready for action.

               

New Clubhouse
The new two story building was completed in Spring 2000. It contains excellent facilities; spacious changing rooms, new administrative offices, a larger modernised bar, an atmospheric function room complete with sliding doors giving access to a viewing balcony a functional kitchen capable of catering for sitdown dinners for upwards of 120 people in the function room.

 

Development History

1922	Foundation of Club
	Entrance to grounds from Churchill Terrace
	Small hut in corner near Serpentine Ave. & R.D.S.
1920s	Wooden pavilion in corner near Churchill Terrace & railway
	Converted stables in corner near Churchill Terrace & R.D.S.
1938	10 year lease of grounds negotiated
1950s	Back to wooden pavilion near Churchill Terrace & railway
	24 year lease of grounds negotiated
1963	Entrance to grounds from Serpentine Ave.
	New clubhouse with changing rooms, toilets, bar & kitchen
1968/69	Extension of bar, improvement of boundary walls & fencing
1977	99 year sporting lease of grounds (effective from 1975)
1978	All weather grit pitch put down - cost £40,500
1980	Clubhouse (phase 1) - bar & function room - cost £84,000
1986	Hurricane Charlie devastates grounds & old clubhouse
1987	Purchase of grounds outright - cost £67,500
1992	Astroturf pitch put down - cost £330,000
2000	Clubhouse (phase 2 - see above) - cost £800,000
2005	Water based main pitch + sand ½ pitch - cost €1,100,000