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News & Events
Work begins on the Football Field
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 We're thrilled to be able to let you know that the first phase of work has been completed on the
restoration of the Football Field.
The drainage pipes have been laid
and work on levelling the field, rolling,
de-stoning and reseeding has now been completed.
The
project to bring community football (and other sporting activities)
back to the heart of the village has been ongoing since the field’s
purchase in July 2005. Chappel Parish Council purchased the field, and
is able to restore it, thanks to a capital grants by Colchester Borough
Council and Essex County Council.
Work to the Football Field has
included drainage of the field, substantial levelling of the field
itself to remove the bumps and dips, de-stoning and reseeding the field
to provide a wonderful new playing surface. All the work is being
carried out with full consultation with all interested parties -
English Nature, the Environment Agency, Anglia Water, Colchester
Borough Council and Chappel’s Millennium Green Trust.
Chappel
Parish Council is looking forward to welcoming Chappel and Wakes Colne
Football Team’s return to their home ground and expects the first games
to begin at the start of the 2007 football season.
Sue Chamley,
Chair of Chappel Parish Council, said: “This project is fantastic for
the village. All the Councillors involved in the project have worked so
hard, not just to succeed in obtaining grant funding, but also to
ensure all those who have connections to the field are content with the
proposed restoration. I think everyone – Councillors and residents
alike - are looking forward to standing on the edge of the field, on a
sunny Sunday morning next year, cheering our team at their home
ground.”
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