As a result of the work already done by PMR Leisure, the leisure consultancy firm employed by Argyll and Bute Council to produce a Sports Strategy for the region, there are strongly positive moves to secure a competition standard 3G all-weather sports pitch for Campbeltown in Kintyre. Such a pitch is built to UEFA, FIFA and FA specifications.
The Council has succeeded in a Stage 1 application to sportscotland and are now preparing a Stage 2 application, the final main stage, as they were given high priority status at stage 1.
At 7.00pm on Wednesday 1st December 2010, in the Town Hall in Campbeltown, PMR Leisure are hosting a public information evening and consultation to update the community of Campbeltown on the proposed synthetic pitch project planned for Kinloch Green.
The meeting will be shown the plans to be submitted for planning by the second week of Decembers and the aim is to gain energetic support from the community for this long awaited project.
Any concerns that any community members have regarding the new facility on the park should be raised at the meeting where it is hoped that answers ca be provided.
Community endorsement of the plans will be a strong support for the way the final application is received.
Residents of Campbeltown and Kintyre are asked to provide their support in two ways:
- Send letters of support directly to PMR Leisure to be attached to the application to sportscotland for funding
- Once the plans have been submitted to planning, submit an online supporting statement for the project
Details on how to do these two things will be given at the meeting on 1st December.
Anyone who cannot make that meeting but who wishes to help by supporting this important project in this way, may email PMR Leisure directly: penny@pmrleisure.co.uk
The draft Sports Strategy has been submitted to Argyll & Bute Council and the Campbeltown 3G has come forward as a clear pitch facility priority.
Penny Lochhead of PMR Leisure – whose approach to the work they are doing has met with universal respect across Argyll, says: ‘PMR Leisure are delighted to be back in Campbeltown working with the sporting community to take forward the long awaited synthetic pitch project towards its major funding application.
‘We know that the town very much needs this facility and we do hope that all the efforts of the community will be rewarded within the next year as we hope to see this project come to fruition’.
Campbeltown has not one but two amateur football teams – each training twice a week. It has the unique negative distinction among Argyll’s major towns in being the only one not to have an all weather pitch to support the development of the game and of its players.
The analysis by PMR Leisure and the Council’s action early in the development of the Sports Strategy for Argyll and Bute could not be more timely and will give hope to those, like David Paterson of The Kintyre Forum, who have long campaigned for this pitch.
I think it is only right to highlight that it is South Kintyre Sports Council who have been the real driving force of this campaign over the last 5 or 6 years. They have continually raised the issue with the Council and hopefully we are on the brink of a breakthrough. People like me have simply used the likes of the Kintyre Forum to highlight the issue.
So it is absolutely imperative that members of the community come along on Wednesday night at 7pm in the Town Hall and show your support once again. At the meeting PMR Leisure will explain what we, as a community, can do to ensure the provision of an All Weather Pitch happens in Campbeltown. We can all do our bit and every little helps.
As mentioned above “Anyone who cannot make that meeting but who wishes to help by supporting this important project in this way, may email PMR Leisure directly: penny@pmrleisure.co.uk”
I’m very optimistic about this happening in 2011. We have a real chance of delivering a facility that will make a huge difference to a high proportion of the population of Kintyre. So lets once again show our support by coming along next Wednesday. See you there!!
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Well done to everyone who campained for this absolutely essential facility for Campbeltown. Funding is now in place to build our a full-sized all-weather park, a facilty that will be of a competitive playing standard and meet UEFA, FIFA, and national association criteria.
Thanks to everyone involved, South Kintyre Sports Council, Argyll & Bute Council, Sandy McTaggart, Willie Young, PMR Leisure with Penny Lochhead and staff, Sportscotland, the CHORD Project, our local Councillors, the people of Campbeltown for their unstinting enthusiasm and support, and, last but not least David Paterson, the driving force behind it all. Hopefully, I havn’t missed someone along the way, but if I have, my appreciation is extended to evryone who made it possible.
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