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Yobs churn up cricket ground in stolen pick-up
9:40am Tuesday 15th January 2008
MEMBERS of a York cricket club have hit out at car thieves who drove a pickup truck across their newly-laid square.
Groundsman Jerry Dunnington discovered the damage to the ground at Heworth Cricket Club on Sunday.
When he arrived at the club he found deep furrows dug out of the ground and tell-tale tyre tracks. There was damage to the square, which had had work done on it in the autumn to improve play.
A Toyota pick-up truck was also found abandoned. Mr Dunnington reported the damage to North Yorkshire Police.
A force spokeswoman said the truck had been removed by police. She said the vehicle had been taken a grain storage and haulage yard in Main Street, Newton-on-Derwent, near Wilberfoss, on Thursday.
Mr Dunnington, who has tended the Heworth cricket ground for more than 40 years, said: "It's a bit soul destroying, seeing something like this - it's just mindless vandalism.
"We've had occasions in the past when we've had bikes ridden on the ground."
He said sports fields were particularly vulnerable to this type of crime. "The problem for all sports grounds is that they're always open, and vehicles can come in as and when," he said. "So unfortunately, this type of vandalism does tend to occur."
Mr Dunnington said the field was used for junior football during the cricket off-season. "It will work out," he said, speaking about the damage.
"Although the ground is wet, it is fairly firm.
"Given a fortnight's time and some light rolling, the surface will recover - but it does scar it."
Ken Johnson, the club vice-chairman, said more than half of the square had been damaged. "Just over 50 per cent of the square is very badly damaged," he said.
"We have spent £2,000 on it to try to improve the standard of the square, to make it a bit bouncier and quicker.
"We had an expert in, who did a lot of work in the autumn to try to encourage grass growth. We spent a lot of money trying to get it up and running and they've just stuffed us really."
Mr Johnson said: "We'll have to assess the square to see how much money we'll have to spend to get it back to playing standard. It's upsetting."
Police are appealing for anyone who saw suspicious activity around the yard, or saw the pick-up travelling around York, to phone Humberside Police on 0845 6060222.
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andy2007, york says...
10:27pm Wed 16 Jan 08
jk, york says...
7:44pm Wed 16 Jan 08
andy2007 wrote:lol they did a pretty crappy job,I wonder if they ran out of petrol,why else dump it
When will the Bell Farm Chavs learn to hand brake propery? White Trackies must have got stuck near the handbreak of the sports cap blocked their vision.
Unless of course they lived nearby,and had to get their electronic tags back in time,
I reckon thet will be found to be from burnhome,owing to the effort they put in.
andy2007, york says...
4:40pm Wed 16 Jan 08
plaggy terry, classic cutz heworth says...
1:08am Wed 16 Jan 08
jk wrote:and id requote it again and again lol
Voice of reason wrote:I'd love to know what I have said thats hit a nerve with you. Then I could repeat it.Get real will you!!!Der, obviously not goin' to happen! Not over-furnished in the brains/sense-of-humo ur department are you luv!?
on a different note, it dont half look like that pick up they tried to kill on top gear lol
jk, york says...
9:51pm Tue 15 Jan 08
Adam J. Porter wrote:It could have been worse, No ones mentioned the van owner,I bet it costs him/her more repairing that than the grass,Which dosn't look that bad.
I was very shocked to hear of the mindless vandalism caused at Heworth Cricket Club, the club where I have spend many a happy hour watching and umpiring cricket.knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.and this is if they are caught in the first place. Let's hope that such disgraceful behaviour does not occur again.
Adam J. Porter, York says...
9:44pm Tue 15 Jan 08
knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.and this is if they are caught in the first place.
Let's hope that such disgraceful behaviour does not occur again.
jk, york says...
4:43pm Tue 15 Jan 08
Voice of reason wrote:I'd love to know what I have said thats hit a nerve with you.
Get real will you!!!Der, obviously not goin' to happen! Not over-furnished in the brains/sense-of-humo ur department are you luv!?
Then I could repeat it.
Voice of reason, York says...
4:12pm Tue 15 Jan 08
Get real will you!!!
Der, obviously not goin' to happen!
Not over-furnished in the brains/sense-of-humo
ur department are you luv!?
jk, york says...
3:51pm Tue 15 Jan 08
Voice of reason wrote:Hang them? Get real will you!!!
At least its cricket and not bowlingOh DO be quiet jk. Or at least contribute something worth reading. It's probably the same scrotes that vandalised the scorebox at Huntington last year. Hang 'em all and let God sort 'em out!
bjb, York says...
3:16pm Tue 15 Jan 08
Hang 'em all and let God sort 'em out!
Which one (as in god)?
Voice of reason, York says...
2:51pm Tue 15 Jan 08
At least its cricket and not bowling
Oh DO be quiet jk. Or at least contribute something worth reading.
It's probably the same scrotes that vandalised the scorebox at Huntington last year.
Hang 'em all and let God sort 'em out!
Peenjay, Fromere says...
1:56pm Tue 15 Jan 08
LOL ;-)
jk, york says...
1:22pm Tue 15 Jan 08
yorkieboy wrote:YES THANKYOU,I WAS DISTRACTED BY THE VOICES,IN MY HEAD,LOL
jk wrote:You obviously didn't get my drift did you....I know it was spent improving the square.....the 2000 would be a find .....but going to the CLUB and not the Police Christmas party....NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND????yorkieboy wrote: Well I am STUMPED for words except to say going by the photo it SEAMS like the longest DRIVE made at Heworth for quite some time.The people who did the foul deed if CAUGHT should be RUN_OUT the County.Or get a good BAT around the lug-ole.At least it wasn't my lad cos he was NOT_OUT when it happened..... On a serious note if they do find the culprits they should be made to pay the 2000 grand as well as for all the damage to the ground..but knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.If you re read the story, They spent 2k overhauling it ,it won't cost 2k to repair,
yorkieboy, HongKong says...
1:11pm Tue 15 Jan 08
jk wrote:You obviously didn't get my drift did you....I know it was spent improving the square.....the 2000 would be a find .....but going to the CLUB and not the Police Christmas party....NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND????
yorkieboy wrote: Well I am STUMPED for words except to say going by the photo it SEAMS like the longest DRIVE made at Heworth for quite some time.The people who did the foul deed if CAUGHT should be RUN_OUT the County.Or get a good BAT around the lug-ole.At least it wasn't my lad cos he was NOT_OUT when it happened..... On a serious note if they do find the culprits they should be made to pay the 2000 grand as well as for all the damage to the ground..but knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.If you re read the story, They spent 2k overhauling it ,it won't cost 2k to repair,
jk, york says...
12:59pm Tue 15 Jan 08
yorkieboy wrote:If you re read the story, They spent 2k overhauling it ,it won't cost 2k to repair,
Well I am STUMPED for words except to say going by the photo it SEAMS like the longest DRIVE made at Heworth for quite some time.The people who did the foul deed if CAUGHT should be RUN_OUT the County.Or get a good BAT around the lug-ole.At least it wasn't my lad cos he was NOT_OUT when it happened..... On a serious note if they do find the culprits they should be made to pay the 2000 grand as well as for all the damage to the ground..but knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.
yorkieboy, HongKong says...
12:50pm Tue 15 Jan 08
On a serious note if they do find the culprits they should be made to pay the 2000 grand as well as for all the damage to the ground..but knowing our judicial system it will be 50 pound and a tenner court costs.
jk, york says...
12:46pm Tue 15 Jan 08
jk, york says...
11:31am Tue 15 Jan 08
Mike wrote:Your first comment wasn't intelligent either, so stop the bickering.
Thanks for that intelligent contribution ggnore
Mike, York says...
11:24am Tue 15 Jan 08
jk, york says...
11:01am Tue 15 Jan 08
Mike wrote:could have been a sat nav problem,lol
Vandalism is vandalism, do not try and defend it. The idiots who did this should be immediately deported to Iraq!
Mike, York says...
10:39am Tue 15 Jan 08
jk, york says...
10:18am Tue 15 Jan 08
for which i agreed with ,but it dosn't look as bad as the headline suggests.
At least its cricket and not bowling.
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