Cricket club gets £3k to halt crime
A cricket club has been awarded almost £3,000 to install extra security measures after a number of attempted break-ins.
Hammerwich CC received the cash from Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis's People Power Fund.
The Burntwood Road club is using the money to install crime prevention equipment including steel doors and alarm systems to all of its outbuildings.
In the past 20 months, there have been two or three attempted break-ins at the club. In the summer, someone unsuccessfully tried to steal a tractor from a shed.
In 2013, a two-ton lawn roller was stolen.
Mr Ellis said: "I was extremely disappointed to hear about people breaking into the cricket club and am thrilled that the funding has allowed them to install equipment to prevent crime."
As part of his commitment to local communities, the commissioner is providing £500,000 in 2014/15 through the People Power Fund in the form of grants of between £100 and £3,000.
David Henn, chairman of Hammerwich CC, said: "A grant from the People Power Fund has enabled the club to complete security measures such as a palisade entrance gate. A CCTV system has been installed in and around the clubhouse and anti-ram telescopic barriers have been fitted.
"The club has now carried out all it possibly can do to deter thieves thanks to the People Power Fund."
The club boasts 90 members and has a thriving youth section.
