Little By Little...

With Natwest Cricket Force getting ever so closer, we are working hard to get as many businesses, groups and members of the local community involved. Redcar & Cleveland College are to produce the benches for the changing areas and assist with the kitchen installation. We have another group from our local area that will be laying paving around the building and also assisting us with a number of ground maintenance tasks. Painting and decorating and flooring will be done as over the Natwest Cricket Force weekend on the 6th and 7th April. Once we have everything in place we will issue press releases to the local media endorsing all those parties involved. We're still waiting to see whether our project will attain showcase status with the Yorkshire Cricket Board and ECB, hopefully we'll hear something regarding this shortly.

If your company or group would be interested in getting involved, please get in touch with us at admin@yarmcricketclub.co.uk If you can wield a paintbrush, lay carpet tiles, provide paint, materials or catering then come along and you can play your part in the Yarm Cricket Club Inspired Pavilion Development. It's hoped we can also incorporate junior cricket coaching (ages 7 to 13) on the 6th, this will be dependant on the weather and new members are more than welcome to join in.

The project build is coming together well, Kirk Developments made great progress last week getting the roof felted and latted ready for tiling this coming week. The pavilion is almost water tight and the new windows have been delivered ready for installation. The changing room windows are to be installed with tinted privacy glass, the shower areas and umpires changing room are to have textured privacy glass similar to that installed in domestic bathrooms.

The picture below shows the roof to the rear of the pavilion, felted and latted ready for the tiles to be positioned.

Work commenced on the new dormer to the front of the building, the front elevation is to be finished with cedar cladding and the pavilion clock from Good Directions Ltd will provide the final touch.

Ashton Plumbing  Heating & Gas continued with the first fix plumbing, running the pipes for the hot water and heating systems.

 

 

And Electrix North East continued with the first fix electrics, running the cables and mounting the socket boxes. Cables were also installed for the tv aerial, although at this stage a television is outside our budget. It's hoped a suitable television will be installed once we have raised the required funds.

 

 

The old tiles from the roof have been used as hardcore for the access track, it's hoped the track will be topped off with road planings provided by Stockton Council and the Highways Department. We are also looking to utilise the old doors and floor joists to create composting areas around the ground. This not only reduces the amount of waste going to landfill, but it cuts down on skip hire, purchasing of additional hardcore and also provides the Club with adequate facilities to compost grass cuttings and waste generated during ground maintenance tasks.

Tasks for this week include: Completing the roof, finishing off brickwork at the rear, installing the shower trays, erecting partition walls in the changing areas and further first fix installation.

Our Just Giving site is still available for donations and we're grateful to everyone who has donated so far. If you, a family member or a business would like to help and in turn have your name added to our honours board; then simply donate in excess of £50, leave a comment and we'll do the rest. As a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) we can also collect Gift Aid on most donations, this equates to an extra 25% on top of the original donation.

To donate just follow this link: http://www.justgiving.com/yarmcricketclub (don't forget to leave a comment)

Little by Little we're getting there and I hope everyone continues to offer their support where they can. Thanks for reading and we'll be back next week with a further update.