Sport In Profile UK Issue 15 | Page 37

Frocester large budgets to pay for professional players. When you consider we are playing against teams such as Bath and Bristol it shows how far we have come as a club.” Fromebridge Construction Ltd Targets “We now need to maintain our Premier League Status and to keep working hard as a club to raise the money to ensure we can pay our interest free loan back to the ECB who together with Sport England and the Environmental Trust also gave grants to our project. The club raised the rest of the money needed.” Youth “Youth Development is vital to our club as the aim is to produce home grown players for all levels of the club. The first team have won the WEPL three times in ten years and as yet are the only Gloucestershire Club to have achieved this. Each team in the club has several players who have come through our thriving Youth system. An example of this is Will Naish who is an outstanding prospect. After scoring a century for the 2nd XI he made his debut for the first team as a thirteen year old.” Community “We are definitely a community club. We have an inclusive membership policy and also enable Disability and Women’s cricket to be run at the club. The Pavilion is the Social hub of the Village and used by the Parish Council, the WI, seven different Skittles teams and a Cycling group to name but a few of the organisations who use the facilities.” Challenges/Ambitions “We need to keep trying to improve the ‘One Club’ ethos that we have been working on. Society has changed, when I played the Cricket and Social sides FROCESTER CRICKET CLUB PAVILION COMPLETED MARCH 2017 Fromebridge Construction was formed in 1997 and specialises in the construction of bespoke new build property for private developers and individuals. We work in and around the Gloucestershire area building properties to suit the sensitive requirements of the region. We specialise in using traditional materials combined with the latest technological advances to produce high quality, high performance homes. Please take time to review our case studies. For further information please see our contact page for details of how to get in touch. Tel/fax: 01453 840222 W: www.fromebridge.co.uk E: [email protected] Fromebridge Construction Limited 7 Wallbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3JS were much easier to integrate. These days the 1st and 2nd teams are younger and this makes integrating them into the framework of the club more difficult. Our ambition is to develop and retain players to ensure that we continue to thrive at all levels of cricket. It will also be important to ensure the new Pavilion continues to be fully utilised.” www.sportip.biz 37