Roro covers are a prerequisite of promotion
2, the 1st XI did make Premier 1 a couple of seasons ago, a promotion that required the purchasing of roll-on roll-off covers to comply with league rules. I suggest that these are a red rag to the vandals. “They’ve never been touched,” says John. The vandalism to the sight screens was initially caused by lads kicking a football against them. When they broke a few of the plastic slats, they went round the other side and did the same! After the report in the paper appeared, they came back and trashed the whole screen. We have had it repaired by a local steel fabricator - they won’t smash them!” “The annoying thing is, we know who did it, but the police seem powerless to do anything, as there is no ‘proof ’.” If the newspaper report was a tad sensationalist in its choice of words, is there really a big problem?
“In truth, vandalism is no worse than
any other town,” says John. “We’ve had the odd window smashed in the pavilion, but that is to be expected. We are, though, considering putting up CCTV cameras.” “As a club, we are certainly doing our bit to encourage youngsters into the game, and we have a really strong junior section.”
So, my initial reason for visiting didn’t come to much, but it was good to meet a man passionate about his facility. I ask for one final photo; perhaps one of him mowing the strip?
The Auto Certes is duly fired up and we head off to the square. John walks away from me and turns to head back towards the camera for that final shot. As he does so, the machine splutters to a halt and, no matter how hard he pulls on the cord, the engine won’t start. “Perhaps you have run out of petrol,” I suggest. A rather embarrassed John concurs that is,
indeed, the problem. “That’s never happened to me in nearly thirty years as a groundsman. Trust it to happen when you are here!”
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