Up On The Roof...

This week away from site we've been concentrating on final fundraising activities, researching various funding opportunities, lining up volunteers and reminding everyone how important this scheme is to the Club. To date we have raised an additional £1k thanks to donations, leaving us just over £2k left to find. Again we'd like to thank all who have donated so far, your support will go a long way to ensure the final building will have everything we require now and for the future. We've had donations so far from players, ex-players, neighbours and parents. If you or your business would like to make a donation details are provided later in this post.

We have been notified by Sport England that our latest application for payment has been approved, this will mean we can pay our contractors well within the contractual 28 days. This leaves two more payments, one for completion (30%) and the other for certified completion (10%). Certified completion can be released once we are in receipt of all certification for service connections, fittings, etc and the building has been signed off by the building inspector.

Finally we've had a reasonable break in the weather at the Yarm Cricket Club Inspired Pavilion Project, allowing Kirk Developments to make good progress in the last week. First job to be completed was rebuilding the corner of the building, externally this is now ready for the render to be applied so it ties in with the existing walls. Later in the week the two changing rooms floors were insulated and lined with DPM and as shown below the floor was poured in the home dressing room.

The last two days of the week were very hectic, with concrete being delivered, scaffolding been erected and the roof trusses for the extension turning up. By close of play last week, all but one of the trusses had been erected in position on their brackets and braced for the weekend. Unfortunately my camera decided to go on the blink this week, so these pictures had to be taken with my phone and the quality isn't quite the same!

 

This week will see the away dressing room floor poured, further progress on the extension roof and the first fix plumbing and electrics being installed. Once the extension roof is water-tight, then the openings to the tea room can be opened up and we'll get a true feel for the final space.

 

To make donating easier for everyone we have set up a Just Giving page, where supporters can forward donations online and provide details for the Club to receive Gift Aid. To have your name, business, or relatives added to the new pavilion honours board, donate in excess of £50 to the project and we'll do the rest. The honours board will be unveiled at our Family Fun Day on the 13th July and to date we have 22 individuals represented along with the main project sponsors. To donate just follow this link: http://www.justgiving.com/yarmcricketclub/ You can also cut and paste this link into emails and forward to friends and family.



Back next week with updates on the build, funding and what we have planned for the future of Yarm Cricket Club's Inspired Pavilion.