Newbury Weekly News - May 11th 2017

Thursday, May 11, 2017 Gatting’s batting for new sports pavilion Newbury Weekly News

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CRICKET legend Mike Gatting was guest of honour at an open- ing ceremony for Shalbourne’s new sports pavilion. The former England star, who captained the national side in 23 Test matches between 1986 and 1995, cut the tape to formally declare the state-of-the-art facil- ity open. The Shalbourne Pavilion Appeal was launched inMay 2014, with the aim of raising £200,000 to build the new facility at the village sports ground after the old one became dangerously dilapidated. Planning permission was granted for the new structure and a major fundraising initiative was launched. Following individual dona- tions, fundraising events and grants from Sports England and the Greenham Common Trust, the cash was raised. The new pavilion has spacious and fully-equipped changing rooms for team and individual sports, together with toilet and shower areas for men and women. Catering facilities are included, plus a large, multi- purpose indoor area. There is a verandah on the front of the building and storage facilities for groundskeeping and other equipment in a separate building to the rear. Local sports that will benefit from the new building include cricket, football, tennis, basket- ball, petanque and croquet.

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cricket match between Shal- bourne and nearby Ham, Mike Gatting spoke of the fun he had enjoyed, and the friends he had made, during his stellar career, and added: “The new pavilion will help people make a lot more friends and have a lot more fun; it will encourage youngsters to take up the game. “Cricket builds bridges and brings communities together. “These sorts of places really do give kids in the community a chance to have fun in a safe place instead of hanging round in gangs.” He added: “This means an awful lot to me and to the volun- teers who have spent their time with the kids, and to everyone who helped to get this pavilion up and running.” It was, he said, a “great credit” to the village and to all who had made the new facility a reality. Mr Scott said that bookings for weddings, parties and other events were already coming in.

In addition, community events held at the sports ground, includ- ing the Classic Car Show each October, which regularly attracts more than 4,000 people, the May Day Fair and the village firework display, will all be enhanced by the pavilion. The Shalbourne Recreation Society manages the sports ground and chairman Bob Walker welcomed Mike Gatting to the event. Chairman of the fundraising committee, Charles Scott, said: “It was an absolutely wonderful event.” After the traditional, annual

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