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First images of what the new Melbourne sporting facilities could look like No 274 September 2015
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WORK FINALLY STARTS ON £2M PROJECT by FRANK HUGHES
CONTRACTORS have now moved onto the site to start work on the Melbourne Sporting Partnership’s clubhouse and tennis courts. It is anticipated that the new facilities and the clubhouse will be ready to open in time for Summer 2016. The first sod was turned recently, marking the commencement of the building phase. The £2million-plus development is finally underway after some 10 years of organising and planning. This South Derbyshire District Council project is being backed by Derbyshire County Council, the Football Foundation, Sport England, the Rugby Football Union and Melbourne Parish Council to total around £2,400,000. Some of the funding is in the form of a loan from SDDC, set against future payments coming
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l Digging the first sod at Cockshut Lane Recreation Ground in readiness for building work to commence on the Melbourne Sporting Partnership clubhouse and changing room facilities is Councillor John Harrison. He is joined by a group of people all connected to the MSP in some capacity.
from agreed development plans. Melbourne district councillor John Harrison said: “We had to do some ‘value engineering’ when building tenders came back higher than the original estimates, and some of the facilities will have to wait until later phases. When it is
completed I am confident it will be the best multi-sport facility anywhere in South Derbyshire.” Unfortunately, some of the “bells and whistles” may have to wait until later phases. There will be six changing rooms installed ini-
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tially, slightly fewer than the planned eight; the bowling green, the ‘trim trail’ around the perimeter and the children's play area may have to wait for now. Over £500,000 has been spent already, with significant funding having gone on groundworks and drainage, rugby pitch floodlighting and the legal and professional fees necessary to get a major project like this off the ground. It is currently a partnership between the three existing sports – cricket, rugby and football – but there is flexibility in the constitution to bring in other organisations, such as the tennis and bowls clubs, or indeed any other outdoor sport. The early consideration had also included a sports hall, but space was simply not there to accommodate it. There will be two rugby pitches, two football pitches, and an artificial grass surface pitch, the cricket field and three all-weather tennis courts. Sitting near the existing entrance will be the clubhouse, with changing facilities, showers, function room/bar and a kitchen.
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