Summer Sports - Cricket
The collection of buildings that are currently being refurbished l-r: the kitchen, pavilion and football changing rooms
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Due to the fact that the club is effectively brand new, we have next to no money to spend, so we have applied to various local authority funding schemes
nice to get another young lad to come and give me a hand; someone who finds it as interesting and satisfying as I do. We have already completed a fairly heavy scarification of the square and it has responded well. The square is located almost exactly where it used to be; we think this, as it is by far and away the flattest piece of the field! There were two large trailer loads of moss and thatch removed, the soil has now dried out and the grass is starting to grow nicely.
Next on the list was the outfield, and the first task was to remove and keep the soil from the molehills, which would then be used to fill in rabbit holes and any mole runs that might collapse. Our Club Captain, James Richardson, will be supplying a compact tractor with front mounted topper and rear mounted harrow to try and get rid of some of the thatch, and level out some of the undulations. This will be followed by a hydraulic brush to clear up the remains, and give us a level to start regular cutting with our gang mowers.
Two of the guilty moles
Due to the fact that the club is effectively brand new, we have next to no money to spend, so we have applied to various local authority funding schemes, such as the Gloucestershire Playing Fields Association, to try and aid the set-up of the club, and the regeneration of the field. We have also sent
sponsorship letters to around eighty businesses and individuals, all of whom the club members have an association with, or who are involved with Shipton Oliffe in some way. We are hoping that, in this way, along with fundraising events such as a car boot sale, we can raise enough money to get the club up and running. We also registered for the NatWest Cricket Force event on Sunday 6th April, in a bid to get some much needed money through the Jewson Account Scheme, to do up the kitchen building, which was totally derelict and in need of a good amount of work. We have managed to beg a second hand kitchen, as a friend runs a kitchen company, and various other bits of timber etc., to build storage and shelving for the all important teas. This will hopefully add value to the club as it will enable us to sell refreshments at the other events we are organising.
In terms of machinery, groundsmen, brothers and club vice chairmen, Ed and Charlie Robinson, have acquired various machinery and kit over the years. This includes an Atco Club 20inch mower, with the 10 blade cylinder, to mow wickets. There is also an Atco Royale 24inch, with slinky seat, that is used for the square. For the outfield, we found a very cheap Mountfield Triple-M gang mower on eBay
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