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May 2023
Indoor cricket school plans revealed for Harrogate
Harrogate Cricket Club has revealed plans to open an indoor cricket school.
The school would be built on the concrete terraced area at the club's St George's Road ground and cost up to £3.5 million.
Architects have drawn up plans for the project, which is likely to take five to seven years to come to fruition.
The school, which would include four lanes of nets as well as other factilities, is in addition to the club's plans to raise £75,000 on new outdoor nets.
Co-chair Steve Clark said there was a shortage of sports hall space in Harrogate, especially in winter.
He added the cricket school would ensure junior and senior players had a large enough facility for high quality training sessions all year round.
A sub-committee will be set-up to oversee the cricket school project, which will require extensive fundraising, including applications to trusts and foundations for grants.
Mr Clark added:
Outdoor nets
The Stray Ferret revealed in March the club had launched a £75,000 crowdfunding campaign to replace the ageing outdoor nets with new ones.
Fundraising has gone well and the club hopes the outdoor nets will be installed at the end of the cricket season, ready for use by next spring.
Local schools will be able to make arrangements to use them.
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Once the outdoor nets are finished, attention will turn fully on the cricket school project.
Harrogate Cricket Club hosted 98 first class matches between 1882 and 2000 and the two current major projects highlight the club's ambitions to upgrade the club.
The ground hosted first class cricket for over 100 years.
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