Lindum is an ambitious cricket club with ambitious aims. We need to upgrade our tired cricket nets to ensure we can provide cricket for all.
by Lindum Cricket Club in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Our stretch target would be used to ensure that we reduce the amount we have to rely on from other sources to complete the project. We would look to add extra grass pitches to our cricket square so juniors and women and girls can enjoy cricket on a grass surface. We also need to look at renewing our artificial surface as it bears the brunt of increased use.
Lindum Cricket Club was founded in 1856 and is the oldest cricket club in the historic city of Lincoln. Our club is a thriving centre for cricket as well as providing an important social hub for people from a wide range of backgrounds. We have players from as young as four learning the skills that will introduce them to the wonderful sport of cricket and develop a lifelong passion. Our Club offers many opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy playing the game.
Whilst we welcome the increased interest and passion for cricket that our club is experiencing, our training facilities are struggling to meet this demand. Our cricket nets have not been refurbished for many years, and are becoming more dangerous. They will soon not be fit for purpose with a tattered surface and torn nets, making it difficult to provide a totally safe area for people to develop their playing skills. It is vital that we are able to renew our nets facilities increasing our lane numbers to allow for increased safe use by more people at the same time.
During the financial restrictions that hit the club during the COVID crisis we were unable to update our facilities to the standard required. Post - COVID we are experiencing unprecedented demand for cricket and want to ensure we can encourage a passion for cricket in as many people as possible.
During the summer, we have over 100 young people regularly playing cricket via the All Stars and Dynamos programmes. We also have junior teams ranging from U’9s to U’15s, as well as over 40 young people accessing our week-long summer school.
The senior section of our club is also thriving, with six senior teams competing at the weekends. Over the last couple of years, this has included the development of a rapidly growing and improving Women & Girls set-up, with over 30 women and girls training and playing regularly. This is proving so successful that additional training sessions have had to be arranged both during the winter and the playing season to accommodate the increasing demand, interest and enjoyment.
Lindum’s facilities are also used for annual charity matches which raise money for local good causes, most recently our ‘Go Yellow Day’ for our club charity partners, St Barnabas Hospice. The club aims to provide opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to access cricket and enjoy the welcoming and inclusive environment that Lindum Cricket Club has strived hard to achieve.
Lindum Cricket Club sits between two areas that fall within the top 105 most deprived areas in the country. We want to encourage those who haven’t previously accessed cricket to come and join our club and gain from the benefits that this sport delivers. Being able to provide these individuals with quality facilities that are both safe and fit for purpose will enable us to engage with the local community with confidence in what we are offering.
Lindum Cricket Club wants to be a ‘good neighbour’ to the local communities that surround it; these improved facilities will help us to do that long into the future.
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