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A short note from our Lifetime Chair – Dr Moore.

Chairman’s Annual Report, Richard Moore, as life president made this address at the AGM on 16/3/23.

Dr Richard Moore thanked the current committee for what has been achieved.

“We gained a perimeter track, but unfortunately lost a cricket club. We lost our Nursery, and Karate, but gained a kickboxing and martial arts group as well as Tai Chi. Holme Rovers Football club also have used our field as a training area and they plan to return in the near future. We also have a villager who wishes to start a local football team for young girls and boys. We hope also to be able, in the future, to have an all-weather pitch.”

March 2023.

Bubwith Daily Mile

Bubwith Daily Mile

The trustees of the Leisure Centre Charity are pleased to add their congratulations to Bubwith White Swan CC for the achievement of winning the Foss Evening League 2022.

To re-establish the cricket team on the Bubwith cricket field, there is a requirement for a volunteer grounds person, specifically to look after the cricket square. The Cricket Club has not maintained the square this year, and it might take two years careful work before its fit for play in 2024 season. Obviously, the sooner work is restarted the sooner the square will become viable. Unfortunately, none of the current cricket team is available to take on this role.

Perhaps a parent/grandparent of a cricket-mad young person might like to be part of the cricket set-up? Is there a demand for junior cricket in the village? BLSC would welcome any expansion of cricket to involve more residents.

The contractors working on the Daily Mile have assured the trustees that the outfield will have recovered from their work by spring 2023 and will therefore be available for play summer 2023.

It is unfortunate that the Daily Mile project could not be completed as scheduled in 2021 but Sport England’s objection created a year long delay. This delay meant the cricket field was not available in 2022 causing the cricket team to find alternative facilities for this season – funded in part at an average of £75 per match by BLSC Charity.

Meanwhile ever-increasing costs for materials and labour, affecting all areas of the construction industry, has seen the overall cost of the Daily Mile project rise by some £32000, which has all but wiped out the Charity’s reserves. With maintenance work required on the fabric of the building and plans for the cycle pump track, new childrens play area and enhanced terrace still in the pipeline, there is a requirement for urgent replenishment of funds.

If you can help with the cricket field, please contact Neil Readman on either 07860 350858 or .

 

If you would like to learn more about opportunities to help BLSC in any capacity, then please contact any of the current Officers or Trustees who will be happy to answer any queries. Telephone:  01757 288299 or Email: 

September 2022.

Important message regarding cricket at Bubwith Sports and Leisure Centre

Cricket at Bubwith: Planning permission for the improvements to the external areas on the playing field included a condition insisted upon by Sport England, relating to ball strike assessment when playing cricket. Sport England then commissioned, and paid for, a feasibility study for the external improvements plus the ball strike concern.

A ball strike risk assessment was put forward by the independent company, this stated that the current layout of cricket showed an extreme risk of people being hit by a cricket ball. They then stated that, to counter this risk, nets/fencing of 14 metres would  need to be erected around the pitch on 3 sides, the the approximate cost of such work is estimated to be in the order of £50,000 and obviously these nets would need to be left in place all year around, as taking them up and down would be a job for a contractor.

We have passed this assessment to our insurance company, Zurich, which has responded stating that if these concerns were not mitigated by fencing, then related claims would be invalid.

The Charity Trustees realise that cricket has been played for decades on the playing field with few risks, but having now received the risk assessment and appraisal of no effective insurance cover, we instigated a meeting with the cricket team captain, which has resulted in the team saying that, in the light if these reports, they would need to play elsewhere. This is a disaster for them and for the village but in today’s climate of risk and litigation the only effective way of continuing would be to work with the outside company and cricket team to move the cricket pitch a lot further down the field, this is not an easy thing to do but would be a possibility in the future if sufficient funding can be raised. We can report that for this season, Bubwith White Swan Cricket Team will play at Escrick Cricket Pitch.

Welcome to 2022

As the year progresses, 2022 seems to be bringing a mood of optimism as regards Covid-19 which I am sure we all welcome. We have been constrained at the Leisure Centre and had to cancel several planned events. We now are receiving requests for bookings, our calendar is filling up.
The Treehouse Nursery have now moved to Bubwith Primary School and we wish them success, their time here seems to have gone well and we are delighted they continue to provide a valuable service to the village and our young families. This does mean that we will  have the Upstairs Room as well as the hall and bar available for hire during the daytime, so if any of you know of any organisation looking for rooms to hire for classes or other activities do get in touch.
We have great news that planning has now been granted for our outdoor initiative and we now have the letter from ERYC planning department with confirmation and details of the Council’s permission for our outdoor plans to introduce a perimeter track, The Bubwith Daily Mile, an extended terrace, and the construction of BMX track and learner cycling area at the southern end of the field. There will be a good deal of work yet for us to bring that to fruition, but we can look forward now to improving facilities for everyone.
We welcome two new trustees in Richard Dunlop and Steve Johnston, co-opted this month. If you are interested in joining us, look out for the AGM on Thursday, 6.30pm on 17th March, or approach me or any of the other trustees.
Happy New Year from us all, Dr Richard Moore, chair.

Bubwith Summer Bash – What a lovely day!

What a day!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙
Thank you to everyone who came to the Bubwith Summer Bash held on Sunday, 29th August on the playing fields and within the hall, organised by Bubwith Parish Council!
What a wonderful event our village had yesterday. We didn’t get a final count in but so many of you showed up from Bubwith and beyond. How many do you reckon? 300? 400? More??
Thanks to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the #DoitforEastYorkshire grant that helped fund this free event for the community!
And of course a massive thanks to all our volunteers on hand on the day and in the weeks (months) leading up to this. Vicky Baines especially for her ideas and hardwork to pull this brilliant event off!!

Welcome back to Bubwith Leisure & Sports Centre

We welcome you all back- we are fully Covid secure.

Things are certainly starting to look more positive as restrictions lift, the weather improves and vaccinations roll out across the UK.

We are happy to accommodate groups of more than six now, we just ask people to be sensible.

We want to make sure we’re doing our bit as the country gets back to normal, so in line with the most recent guidelines and the government’s advice to continue wearing masks now they are optional, we’ll be recommending our Users wear a mask or visor in the Centre if they are able to do so, while Covid cases remain high across the country. Of course, this is now entirely up to individuals.

However, we will be asking our Staff to continue wearing a mask or visor while on duty in the Centre.

We will be also be keeping social distancing measures and hand sanitising around for a little while longer yet, while we wait for infection rates to fall and it’s a little safer for us all.

The Bubwith Leisure Centre Committee

18th July, 2021

Victoria Aitken Cllr says a few words…..

We are very happy to share this Press Release (October 22nd 2020) from Victoria Aitken Cllr.”Bubwith Leisure and Sports Centre officially unveiled their refurbished toilets on Monday, 12 October with a small socially distanced ceremony after completing the works funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of Commuted Sums from local housing developments.
Steve Young, Volunteer Treasurer at Bubwith Leisure and Sports Centre, was also presented with a plaque from East Riding of Yorkshire Council relating to the Commuted Sums funding the club received.
In total, the Leisure and Sports Centre were awarded £12,425 from Commuted Sums and in addition to this they received £20,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation, £5,000 from the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation and also received £7,700 as a private donation.
Steve Young said: “Bubwith Leisure Centre has moved forward in refurbishing the out of date building and then COVID struck; the final work to be done was to totally refurbish our toilets to a high standard. We were delighted that the Commuted Sums grant of £12,425.00 was awarded to help with the cost of the work.”
Councillor Gary McMaster, portfolio holder for enhancing communities, added: “I am delighted that we have been able to help fund these much needed improvements through Commuted Sums provided by local housing developments as a condition of their planning approval. I was very impressed by the new facilities at Bubwith Leisure and Sports Centre, and wish them well for the future.”
Dr Richard Moore, Chair of the Bubwith Leisure & Sports Centre has also added to this…
The ladies and gent’s toilet refurbishment was sponsored by Garfield Weston, ERYC Commuted sum funds and the Bernard Sunley Foundation. The toilets were installed by J Hart, plumbing of Thorngumbald and also the redecoration of the corridor and the whole upstairs area, where the new Treehouse Children’s Nursery is situated was completed by Richard Madge.
A great overall job done by everyone – what an improvement!

A Community Hub – Run by Volunteers.

Thanks to all those who helped us by completing the survey. Over a hundred replies is very encouraging and most of the suggestions and comments are helpful and guide us for the future.
It is worth noting that over the summer we have achieved:
Refurbishment of the Ladies and Gents toilets, a complete makeover.
Refurbishment of the sports Changing Rooms, with new showers and toilets, and redecorated.
Redecoration of the upstairs room, now housing The Treehouse Nursery, and installation of air conditioning.
Redecoration and reflooring of the circulation areas downstairs.
Refreshing with tougher paint the walls in the hall, where they had become marked.
Installed full Covid-19 precautions, signage, twelve automatic hand sanitisers, and of course new hand washing facilities. That ticks a few of the boxes!
Other improvements requested in the survey by yourselves included:
More opening hours for the bar, better food and drink:- note we now have a full premises licence.
Family and community events:- we hope to restart these as soon as Covid allows.
Fitness classes:- we have Freestyle dance, Karate, and new Pilates, Bootcamp and Zumba.
Cinema:- watch this space! Licences and permissions in place. Bookings invited shortly.
Craft and artistic clubs, computers, counselling, physiotherapy, badminton. If you wish to run any of these or know someone who does, please get in touch.
We are now considering the way forward, with plans for outdoor activities in these troubled times.

Sports England

Today saw a visit from Kelly at Sport England to the centre. Her guidance will most certainly help us in our plans for delivering a greater range of sport and indoor/outdoor activities for all ages to Bubwith and the surrounding communities. Keep a look out for further developments! It’s exciting!

06/10/2020