Pitches, flood work and council jobs across West Cumbria

Six new grass football pitches, 3 adult and 3 mini soccer, on land to the east of the school made available by the Leconfield Estate with support from Lady Egremont.

Work commenced in 2005, the pitches were available for play in September 2006, and Peter Beardsley MBE joined pupils, guests and John and Mark Elliot for the official opening in October 2007.

The £1/2 Million project was funded by the school with a £326,969 grant from the Football Foundation and support from the Cumberland FA, and came in under budget and ahead of time.

Over the last 20 years a number of attempts had been made to rectify the water on the Seaton Rangers ARLFC pitch with little or no success. After a successful grant application in January 2010, the club appointed John Elliot Limited.

The drainage was funded through Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust and the Foundation for Sport and the Arts. The pitch was ready to play at the beginning of the season, and stayed playable through a particularly wet period that followed.

The club has 2 open age sides and junior sides from U8s to U16s, around 500 members in total, and the pitch is also used by the school and other local groups.

We constructed a sports field playing surface out of a disused plot of land littered with broken glass, timber, bricks, blocks, tarmac and assorted paraphernalia.

The job was completed on time and on budget, and the pitch now caters for two open age teams and four junior teams. It can be viewed from the car park next to Solway Park on the Glasson Industrial Estate.