Progress on the new ground
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Ground contractors Speedcut from Oxford have been on the Blackwater Road site for the past six weeks.
“Despite the wet weather and sudden underfoot conditions, they’re making excellent progress,” beamed John Hilsum, chairman of the IWCB Operations Management Group, which is overseeing the Newclose project..
“In the short time they’ve been on site, the ground has been levelled and substantial earthworks undertaken to create a grass boom around the perimeter of the playing area.
“Some of ...
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Isle of Wight plans for Minor County Status
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The Island has tentative plans to enter the Minor Counties CA Trophy competition in a few seasons time.
The Gurit IWCB Academy team already play in the Southern Counties Under-21 Competition - against Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire – and would play its matches on the new ground.
The lion's share of the funding for the new ground is coming from cricket enthusiast and businessman Brian Gardener, who owns the land and lives at nearby Newclose Farm.
Mr Gardener’s dream is to model th...
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New county ground gets the go-ahead
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Members of the Isle of Wight Planning Committee have voted in favour of the new County Ground for the Isle of Wight.
An ecstatic Brian Gardiner who has been the leading light behind the project hopes that the ground will be ready for the 2008 season.
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