As part of our partnership with Glyn we have the opportunity to help develop the existing Pavilion to become our very own club house! We are really excited to get this project underway, the new clubhouse will give us a social hub for our club members, friends and family for many years to come. Next season we will be using the Glyn pitches for many of our Sunday fixtures and adhoc Saturday fixtures and we anticipate that work on the 3G pitch will begin also.
The building already boasts 2 large changing rooms with toilets and shower facilities, a good size club room overlooking the pitches and a kitchen for selling hot and cold food and drinks. Our friends from Nutmeg pop-up cafe at Court Rec will be moving into the kitchen for match days.
However, the Pavilion is in need of refurbishment and so we would like to pull together a team of managers/parents/associates to bring the building up to an improved standard. We have drawn up a schedule of works and identified several phases of the project. The first phase of the project will be done over the summer to enable us to use the building by the weekend of 11th September.
- Phase 1 – Summer 2022 – is to revive the Club Room and the exterior of the building. The majority of the work in this phase will be cleaning, washing, prepping and painting. We intend to do phase 1 over the summer holidays and we need help, in fact as many hands on deck as possible!
- Phase 2 – 2023 will be refurbishing the changing rooms/showers/washrooms
- Phase 3 – 2023/24 funding dependent – extending club room and the balcony
To give you a flavour of the new clubhouse, one of our Girls U11s has put together (thank you Francesca!)
We are looking for an army of volunteers and therefore need your help!
Phase 1 –
The schedule for Phase 1 of the refurbishment project is as follows:
Slots available 10am-1pm and 2pm -5pm
Weekend 1 23rd/24th July. Wash down the walls and railings (hand washing with sponges, buckets, plus Karcher). 10-15 people
Weekend 2 30th/31st July. Prep walls for painting (sanding, filling, priming). 10-15 people
Weekend 3 6th/7th August. Prep walls for painting. 10-15 people
Weekend 4 13th/14th August NO ACCESS DUE TO EVENT ON SITE
Weekend 5 20th/21st August. Painting exterior walls, railings and pillars. 10 people
Weekend 6 27th/28th August. Painting exterior walls, railings. 10 people
Please email [email protected] to volunteer your time, your expertise!
Let us know which day: Saturday or Sunday, which slot: morning or afternoon and any special expertise you possess.
We will provide buckets, sponges, cleaning equipment sanding blocks, primer, paint, brushes, rollers etc.
**Please bring your own safety equipment, such as protective eyewear, gloves, wear appropriate clothing**.
In addition to the army of volunteers needed for the above, we are also seeking expertise / help in the following areas:
- Project Management
- Plasterer
- Electrician
Please drop us a line if you have skills in the above areas and can offer some time to help us with this project.
