County Cricket Board

Derbyshire Cricket Board

County Sports Partnership

Erewash

District Development Group(s)

Erewash

Local Education Authority

Erewash

Project Start Date

27 March 2010

Project Completion Date

27 March 2010

Funding Streams

Local craftsmen [builders & joiners]

Location  (Inner-city/Urban/Rural)

Town

IMD Ranking

Unknown

Clubmark Status

Not registered

Registered

Accredited

yes

Author and Title

David Dooley

Volunteers Co-ordinator

Date

5 April 2010

Background.

Sawley & Long Eaton Park CC is a Derbyshire Community Focus Club who have four senior teams in the Derbyshire County League and nine junior teams for all age groups including a girls team which plays competitive cricket in partnership with another local club.

The club plays on West Park in Long Eaton, the showpiece park managed by Erewash Borough Council. The club has two pavilions adjacent to each other and two on turf practice nets both with non turf bowling run ups.

The club has always participated in cricket force and built the practice net facility during that weekend in 2009.

Aims and Objectives.

Cricket force this year had the following objectives:-

• Re-erect the two practice net cages after winter storage and undertake some maintenance of the facility.
• Prepare the main pavilion for the coming season including new noticeboards for the junior section and a new top for the club bar.
• Clean and then paint the floors of the changing rooms in the pavilion which serves our 3^rd/4^th XI and junior teams.
• Remove the aluminium panels from one ofour sight screens in preparation for its refurbishment.

Main achievements to date.

Practice nets successfully erected and renovated. Floors painted in secondary pavilion. Main pavilion made ready for new season. Sight screen made ready for refurbishment.

Main partners involved.

Cricketforce attracted 17 volunteers from across the membership incluing a number of junior members and their immediate family.

It enjoyed the support of a local builder and kitchen fitter joiner.

Key factors for good practice.

Promotion of the event at senior & junior nets and at pre season junior registration night.

Posters on web site and reminder ’date for your diary’ flyers for members and potential volunteers.

A greeter for the day and appropriate project leaders.

What is still to be achieved?

Refurbishment of a sight screen.

The day also identified projects for Cricket Force 2011 – minor projects - ramp to store room, insulation of pavilion loft, installation of a loft ladder, erection of new main pavilion clock.

But also major project - continuing refurbishment of our secondary pavilion – rebuilding viewing balcony, enlargement of social area and improvement of groundworks around pavilion.

What mechanisms are in place to ensure sustainability?

All volunteers have been thanked by individual emails.

Invitation extended to our ‘thank you’ match when the 1^st XI play Belper Meadows in August.

Plan to have an Autumn Cricket Force 2010 after last match of the season

Monitoring and Evaluation process.

An agends item for the Pavilion and Development sub committee. Significant points to be taken forward to the management Committee.

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Involved 17 volunteers from across the club membership

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Value of work undertaken including materials costs approximately £2500.

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Two nets erected and three floors painted

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