While the country gears up
for the Olympics and enjoys a year full of football, cricket, golf and other
sports, the Golden Fleece Cricket Club has been looking ahead to 2013.
September 2012 will see the
final fixture played by the club at its current ground behind the public house
in Shaw. This means that a new field is required. Back in 2011 planning
permission was sought and gained and the first excavation for the cricket
square was made at Haines Croft, next to Whitley Golf Club. Last autumn, teams
of players and supporters dug, wheel-barrowed and spread tons of stone, topsoil
and loam to create the desired playing surface.
The recent bad weather
slowed down preparations for the outfield but these are now gathering speed and
it is beginning to look like a cricket field.
None of this would happen
without the physical efforts of key personnel like Secretary John Dickens who
has taken on the role of project manager. Likewise, the club has needed to
financial support of groups like the Melksham Area Board who gave a generous
grant to enable to project to flourish. The club has continued its own
fundraising as the final stages of the whole project are close.
By next spring, the club
hopes to have raised sufficient funding to build a purpose built pavilion to
provide changing and storage facilities.
The final fixture at the old
field, on Saturday September 22nd, will be friendly affair between
current and ex Fleece players and members of other clubs who have played
against the Fleece during the past 27 years. It will start at midday and finish around 5 pm followed by a BBQ. All
ex-players and supporters are welcome to join in the celebrations.
Come along and say your
farewell to the old field.
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