Demolition due to start on cricket clubhouse in Odiham

Demolition due to start on cricket clubhouse in Odiham

5:30pm Thursday 22nd November 2012 in News By Chris Gregory

DEMOLITION work is due to start on a cricket clubhouse in Odiham that was ravaged by fire.

The current building at Odiham and Greywell Cricket Club went up in flames in January this year when burglars tried to open a safe with an angle grinder.

The club then gained permission from Hart District Council to build a replacement building, with a bar for its members and changing rooms.

Last week, the club chose to award the construction contract to D W King, a building firm based in Four Marks.

Phil Thomas, club captain, said demolition work on the ruins will start in the next two weeks, with part of the timber structure of the new building up by Christmas.

It is hoped work will be completed by the end of April, with a grand opening in May.

Mr Thomas said: These are exciting times. We are looking forward to it and everything seems to be moving a bit quicker than we hoped.

While some of the funding will come from the England and Wales Cricket Board, and insurance, members must still raise half of the 250,000 total cost of the building.

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