Exciting and beneficial
How refreshing to read of a company that wants to redevelop part of our town and bring in major high street retailers.
The proposed redevelopment of Holland Market, however, does come at a cost – ie the loss of the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, the home of Spalding United Football Club for 90 years.
But they have welcomed, in principle, the opportunity to move into a purpose-built football and community-based complex on the edge of town which would be part of the redevelopment.
Before the start of the season United and Spalding Junior FC agreed a partnership. The opportunity for them now to be able to operate side by side at a multi-pitch complex would mean the junior club’s 180 young players, who currently operate at three different venues, could be together.
The prospect of also being able to accommodate women’s and disabled teams is an additional bonus.
The report also said Spalding United pay a peppercorn rent to South Holland District Council to use the Sir Halley Stewart Field. I can assure everyone, the club pays the going rate. And by putting up and taking down the goalnets they save the council money as they do not have to pay a member of their workforce to do the job.
In conclusion I see the re-development exciting and totally beneficial to Spalding and the surrounding area.
Ray Tucker
Life member
Spalding United FC
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spaldonian61
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 10:57 PMSpalding town UTD have jumped the gun i fear .. the field does not belong to them, so i wouldnt be delighted at all as im sure none of the towns people are either!!! The Sir Halley Stewart Field belongs to the towns people not Spalding United nor the South Holland District Council
CampaigningForSpalding
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 06:42 PMYou mean you've fallen for the developers false dream. Out of interest - taking another development of a similar size as comparison for what we shall actually receive - the Hombase and CarpetRight site, how brilliant has that been?! the Town was unrecognisable after the introduction of that great commercial site, wasn't it? erm......no. Also, we seem to forget too just who Sir Halley Stewart was, anybody that does know would not support this crime. The man's memory and legacy is not worth two corporate chain stores and a carpark, he'd be turning in his grave, why on Earth did he bother standing to represent Spalding in Parliament if this was going to be the disrespect of the Spalding people? Don't get me wrong, Ray, I fully support your club getting a new ground, but not this way, this is actually criminal, out of interest before the developer proposed robbing the Spalding people of their land, how many applications did the Tulips put through to either have the ground refurbished or relocated?
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