Concept of where the horseshoeing, bocce ball and pickleball courts will be placed (Photo Source: Town of Cortlandville)
The town of Cortlandville Highway Department is set to build horseshoeing and bocce ball courts soon at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex, town supervisor Tom Williams said on Thursday.
Highway superintendent Larry Drach and his crew plan to install two horseshoe sections and a single bocce ball court at the end of the pavilion at the sports complex.
Williams anticipates the courts will be finished in a few days, and available to the public by Labor Day weekend.
The bocce ball court will be 13-feet wide and 91-feet long, Williams said. To build the bocce ball court, the highway department crew will build wooden boards based on the dimensions, fill it with concrete, and cover the concrete with sand once it dries.
The horseshoeing courts will consist of two wooden pits, filled with sand that includes metal stakes in the middle of the pits.
Horseshoeing (left) & Bocce Ball (right).
Williams expects both projects to cost a combined total less than $1,000.
William received requests from community members in town, and the city of Cortland, to build the courts for each activity.
“There are a bunch of horseshoeing and bocce (ball) leagues and teams in the area that would take advantage of this,” he said. “Having these courts (at the sports complex) is the ideal place for a tournament, especially if people want to use the pavilion for food.”
Building the courts could expand Cortlandville’s effort to make the sports complex a “community-based park,” Williams said.
“Most of the emphasis has been on baseball,” Williams said, who referenced the two baseball fields at the complex. “(Baseball) will continue to be an important piece of (the complex), but we’re looking to make this area community-based as much as we can.”
Williams is also proposing to build two pickleball courts near the parking area at the sports complex. He noted, however, the courts will “come a bit later.”
