Event partners - their contribution

NatWest CricketForce@

Sawley & Long Eaton Park CC 

‘midlands showcase club 2011’

Event partners—their contribution

NatWest – provided 300 T-shirts while 30 staff members attended on the big day

England & Wales Cricket Board – provided the inspiration and arranged for former England players Mike Gatting, Denis Amiss, Michael Vaughan and Test players Ajmal Shahzad, Jenny Gunn and Katherine Brunt to visit the event.

Derbyshire Cricket Board – provided encouragement and guidance throughout event.

Derby College provided construction, decorating and stewarding kills for the event. Laid the patio, re-laid disabled access ramp, constructed the access ramp to the main pavilion store room, built the new brick balustrade and enlarged the social area in the GD Pavilion. Decorated the main pavilion inside and out. Provided 24 stewards on the big day.

Notts Sport— resurfaced the non turf practice pitch.

Barry White  Builders—provided invaluable expertise and advice throughout the event as well as volunteering on the day.

Westerman Homes – supplied the 3000 bricks required to build the new balustrade at the GD Pavilions and the new access ramp to the store room at the main pavilion.

Henshaw Building Contractors Ltd – donated 120 paving slabs to enable the club to enlarge the patio outside the main pavilion.

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK – provided 20 tonnes of aggregate for the base of the enlarged patio and sand for the new brickwork.

Midland Plant—collected the aggregate and delivered it to the club in their 8-wheel tipper truck. 0115 973 3333

Adkins Bakery – donated 60 dozen rolls for the BBQ – keeping the army of volunteers feed on the big day.

Gary Dundas Butchers – local butcher who has provided all the burgers and sausages for the volunteer’s BBQ.

Tesco Stores, Long Eaton – provided a great deal of the refreshments being served in the hospitality area.

Trent Shop fitters – built the three new trophy cabinets for both pavilions.

Smart Kitchens – supplied a new kitchen in GD Pavilion which was fitted by club volunteers.

Danatile—tiled the cellar and kitchen area of the main pavilion.

Wilko – supplied new crockery and cutlery for cricket teas at the GD Pavilion, paint for the changing room floors and a staff volunteer.

IKEA—donated picture frames for junior team montages.

Manor Pharmacy – provided first aid kits, competition prizes and staff volunteers on the day.

Jewson – provided all the cement and building sand for all the building work.

Taylor Maxwell – transported the bricks to club pavilions on West Park

Concept Painting Contractors – donated all the paint and painting accessories to decorate the main pavilion.

A1 Secure Fabrications Ltd – supplied the security grills and doors for the GD pavilion and down pipe protectors at main pavilion.

Long Eaton Plant – sponsored two skips for the event

Roberts Skips – special deal for the three skips used during event

John A Stephens – provided substantial amount of building materials including 150m² insulation and 80 paving slabs.

Dulux Decorator Centre – provided a substantial amount of paint and decorating materials for the GD Pavilion refurbishment –0115 973 5040

Sinbad Tool Hire – provided props for holding up roof on GD pavilion before new brick balustrade built—0115 923 5111

John Gregory Painter & Decorator – provided painting advice, helped prepare the GD Pavilion for decorating while supervising the painting on the day.

Owzat Cricket – provided prizes for the event quiz—0800 542 8711

Travis Perkins – supplied plasterboard for the refurbishment of the female dressing room—0115 946 8100

Classic Drinks – supplied some bar drink stock for the day—0174 483 1400

Gunn & Moore—provided 50 miniature bats for the autograph hunt—www.gunnandmoore.com

PKF Accountants & Business Advisers – provided the administration team to help the smooth running of the event.

Attenborough Industrial Doors—Supplied and installed three roller shutters at the GD Pavilion to protect our new windows.

Oak Tree Windows—Fitted three UPVC windows in the GD Pavilion—giving some natural light in this pavilion.

Brownett Ltd—provided event signs, event documentation, event partner ‘thank you’ certificates and volunteers throughout the event.

Redmond Builders–helped with the construction work at the GD Pavilion during the pre-event activity day.

Event Supporters

 Wilsthorpe School – producing a video of the entire event – before, today and after – with the help of Graham Forde’s G-Force Media – cost of the production funded by school supporters. Also producing an array of artwork to decorate the newly decorated pavilions.

4^th Attenborough Brownies – serving the refreshments in the hospitality area.

3^rd Long Eaton Scouts – provided and erected the marquees in the hospitality area.

Long Eaton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club – sending a working party down on the day.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club– sent Freddy the Falcon to the event.

DHL— provided some staff volunteers on the big day.

Funding Partners

Sport England—provided funding to purchase two sight screens, mobile practice cage & rain cover —all assembled on the day by volunteers.

EON@Radcliffe-on-Soar Power Station—provided a donation of £300 to help fund security grills and doors at GD Pavilion.

Erewash Sport—Community Sports Network [CSN] - provided a grant of £375 to assist in the refurbishment of a changing room at for our growing girls membership.

The Lord’s Taverners—agreed to a grant of £3000 towards the re-surfacing of our non turf practice pitch which was over 25 years old.

Several club Vice Presidents made personal donations to help fund developments.