Mitchison/ Court support from Islington update

Hey All,

I just got my call returned from Islington. They have set the lights back so the lights will now stay on till 10pm. Also the burnt bulbs are on back order. They are working on it but there aren't any in the country apparently.

Mitchison will now be cleaned regularly too!

Islington are really supportive.

I asked if it'd be possible to get a night (or seven) where the court is exclusively ours.
-Mitchison would be a challenge. Would be helpful if we did kid's night,but "most kids don't have bikes" in the estate. We'd also need support from the estate.

-Other courts may be easier. He gave me a list of possible courts. He said that these are all lit and boxed in in some way.

 > Elthorne Park (lights till 10pm) he said this one os already booked 4 nights a week
 > King's Sq EC1
 > Finsbury Estate EC1
 > Granville Square
 > Peabody Estate EC1
 > Turtle Road - he said this one was particularly good, but lights are off at 9pm

I asked about getting lights at other courts (namely Downham)

 > The major hurdle is that lights can't get planning permission if they are less than 40 yards away from residence. This can be overcome with residents backing, or with special regulations like if they are out at 9pm. 
 > More than happy to back us on these requests as it's great to have a new sport in the council and because we did the Emirates day.
 > One in particular that we could look at is St. Pauls Open Space which I believe is the slanted wall space (?). In regards to slanty walls, the residents wanted them because they can get kids and dogs and disabled people in and out easier (?!?!) srsly. However they have just finished a renovation on it. That said, again, we would be backed if we wanted to request straight walls or a straight ridge (seating?) around it. 

Have all these courts been checked out? If so could we go through the pros and cons again? (sorry) If not, can people check into them?

Also, there's a list of spaces on Islington's website but we knew that already, right? Have the suitable ones been checked?

Would people like to have a guaranteed court/night for polo in Islington?