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Mar 2023
Harrogate Cricket Club launches £75,000 nets appeal
Harrogate Cricket Club has launched a £75,000 fundraising appeal to buy four cricket nets.
The nets would enable the club, which has four senior teams, 150 junior players and walking cricket for over-55s, to practise using some of the best facilities in the district.
It currently has only two overused nets in poor condition at its St George's Road ground.
The crowdfunder campaign therefore initially aims to raise £30,000 and would make the new facilities open to the wider community.
The club has found donors willing to match fund that amount so the £30,000 target would generate £60,000. A further £15,000 may be required as the cost of the new nets could be as high as £75,000.
The existing nets were damaged in a recent storm.
The crowdfunding page said:
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The nets will, according to the club, "allow each cricketer to develop at their own pace, with enough ‘net time’ to discover their strengths and work on their confidence".
The first team plays in the Yorkshire Premier League and is coached by former Yorkshire player Matt Pillans.
Female cricket has boomed in recent years and the club's girls section now has three teams across three age groups.
A club graphic showing how the new nets would look.
The appeal adds:
You can support the campaign here.
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