All change at Wellingborough

The 2000 members of Wellingborough Old Grammarians Association’s 71-year-old multi-sports club enjoy some of the best facilties around after £1m was spent on an upgrade.

The main clubhouse at the progressive club’s 46-acre site was improved, providing new changing rooms for eight teams and match officials as well as treatment and social areas.

A new cricket pavilion was also built for the Association which has strong strategic links with Wellingborough District Council and the Hindu Society Indian Cricket Club.   

Sport England invested over £300,000 of Lottery funding in the project after agreeing a strategy to help more members of the community gain access to the facilities and clubs.

It has certainly proved successful and the community now use the facilities for rugby, cricket, football, bowls, tennis, table tennis, athletics, rounders and ladies hockey.

Wellingborouogh Old Grammarians Association factfile

• 17 club teams regularly play on site in rugby, cricket, football, bowls and ladies hockey
• The cricket club has senior teams, ladies section and two youth teams   
• The club has two dedicated child protection officers

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