Sheringham Community Centre.
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Who will get £60,000 from Tesco for sport in Sheringham?
Monday, March 11, 2013
9:52 AM
Tuesday is decision day for the handout of £60,000 of Tesco cash to fund sporting facilities in Sheringham.
The town’s high school and sports association are going head-to-head at an evening town council meeting to convince members to select them for the gift.
The school wants to use the money for floodlights at its artificial sports pitch, enabling it to use the facility all year round and into evenings.
Currently the pitch can only be used when there is enough natural light.
The sports association already has floodlights, but wants the money to go towards an artificial surface for a multi-use games area at its Weybourne Road recreation ground, catering for sports including football, hockey, basketball, netball and others.
Tesco made the money available as part of the drawn out and controversial deal that will see it construct a supermarket on Cromer Road in Sheringham.
The store giant was initially going to provide sports facilities at the new community centre, which it has built on Holway Road to replace the one on Cromer Road.
But, following concerns about inadequate parking at the site, Tesco was eventually given permission to remove the facilities from the plan and instead give a £60,000 gift to the town.
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3 comments
How do these gifts fit in with the "Bribery & Corruption" regulations?
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Muggas Budal
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A race track and jumps for retired horses that they can no loger find a home for in the ready meals supply chain?
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Police Commissioner ???
Monday, March 11, 2013
£60.000 for extra parking to be spent on enabling sporting youngsters to get fit in the evenings. What is the demand for evening sports? and can the school afford the flood light bill? A 350LUX hockey pitch costs some 95.000 to maintain over 25 years and the High schools pitch has the national Trust adjacent which might object to the flood lighting. Further, the use of the pitch has to seize at 9pm according to the initial planning recommendations.
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ingo wagenknecht
Monday, March 11, 2013