A new start for Wall Cricket Club

Seven months ago players at the village cricket club in Wall were devastated by an act of total and unmitigated stupidity when their pavilion was burned to the ground in the middle of the night. No idea why or by who.

Wall’s a small club and at the time it looked as if it might have been the end of the road. But things are beginning to look up. There’s a little bit of money in the pot and some more agreed through grant funding. The club has also been given, free of charge, a large modular portacabin to use as a pavilion.

There are some problems though. Negotiations have been ongoing for some time about a new lease for the land the club uses. That needs to happen fast before a lot of time and effort goes into providing new equipment and facilities which could be wasted if the new lease isn’t forthcoming. Then there’s the planning permission, money to properly fit out the new structure and the logistical problem, if everything else goes to plan, of getting the four heavy modules of the new building into position with no access big enough from the road.

But despite all the problems when I visited the club today the mood was buoyant with club members of all ages working hard to clear the burned out remains of the old pavilion. Jason Dyche, one of the players, is the guy who originally contacted me for some help and hopefully, now things are moving, I can do my bit. So, over the next few days I’ll be talking with the landowner, doing some work around the planning permission and asking County Highways if they can come up with a way of finding access to the site for large lorries.

The season begins in ten weeks time so the clock starts now!

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