Natwest Cricketforce - Update/Info!!

The NatWest Cricket Force weekend (19th & 20th March) is fast approaching and we are trying to get organised so we can make as much progress on the new ground as possible.

Work will be happening on both the Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to about 5:00 p.m. and we are hoping to get as many people as possible to come along and lend a hand at some point. Most of the tasks do not require high levels of specific skills, so please do not worry that your bricklaying is not up to scratch. In addition, we will be nominating task leaders to guide all of our volunteers on the specific task they are allocated to. (Note, there will be tasks that everybody can do, whether you be 7 or 70 years old....)

At this stage, we are trying to plan the activities for the weekend, so we need to know numbers of people, andwhen during the weekend you might be able to help, and any preference you might have as to the possible activities.

In addition to people, we also need to get certain materials/supplies and we have listed the items that we need for this weekend further down this note. If anybody has ideas as to how we might be able to source these materials (legally!), then please reply with suggestions.

People

In order to start you thinking, here are some ofthe tasks that we are currently planning for the weekend:

1. Catering Saturday and Sunday ………………Providing cups tea/coffee/soft drinks and snacks to keep the troops fed and watered

2. Stone pick (main pitch 8 zones, top field 6 zones, top right 1 zone)……requires a bucket and small trowel or similar

3. Picket Fencing (possible post erection)

3a. Painting of posts/rails/pickets (please indicate if you can bring suitable tools)

3b. Fixing of rails (please indicate if you can bring suitable tools)

3c. Fixing of pickets (please indicate if you can bring suitable tools)

4. Installation of bench posts/frames

4a. fixing of bench slats

4b. staining/painting of above

5. Erection of new nets to existing frame on Bit End Field (Large Step Ladders Required)

5a. Rolling of nets on Bit End Field with roller

6. Assemble new site screen (1)

6. Assemble new site screen (2)

7. Possible BBQ construction (suitable location and design)to be established

8. Sign to ground entrance (supply?)

8a. Installation of above sign

9. Sockets to small section posts around square

9a. Post and rope to square surround

10. Install rabbit fencing (possible….awaiting advice)

11. Fix chicken wire to existing three rail fence and bury same (to prevent ball egress from field)

12. Clean out underside of hedge (Vicarage Lane Boundary)

Materials(for Showcase Weekend)

Food, drinks, cutlery etc

Metalwork/Fabrications

Picket fencing

Paint

Benches

BBQ (brick)

Sight screens

Covers

New Nets

Sand, aggregates

Block paving

Signs

Plants

Fencing

Chicken wire fencing

Tool hire

Tools

Plant Hire

Skips

Posts and rope to go round square/boundary

What we need to know as soon as possible is:

People

How many of you there are(Adults/children),

Which day could you help & approximately when/how long,

Any preference as to tasks

Materials

Please make suggestions as to how we might secure any of the materials on the list, certain materials are in the process being sourced by the club. We will send further correspondence out nearer the time to confirm more definite arrangements. The list of tasks may well change during the course of the next month or so, however the above list is our starting point.

Other Information

During the course of the weekend some other works that will be taking place will be ;

Brickwork to Pavilion/store/Retaining wall (Burton College/Fairfield Construction)

Block Paving to car park (Evans Paving Services Ltd)

Fencing Repairs (Sheepwash Farm….possible, could be done another time)

Rolling of square (Groundsman)

If you can't make the weekend of the 19th and 20th March but would like to help in some other way, then please don't hesitate in contacting me to discuss how we may best be able to make this happen. The Showcase weekend will give the project a big push but there will be a lot still to do afterwards!

Thank you all once again.

Regards

Richard Abell