Sherwood features in ECB video on Green Grants

Leading the way in Sustainability in UK Sports Clubs

Rochester, Kent – 22 November, 2013. Sherwood Cricket Club is proud to be featured in an ECB video supporting the Green Grants awards.  

 “We are pleased to be featured in the ECB video and supporting their promotion of best practices in sustainability”, said Tony Rossiter, Chairman, Sherwood CC. "Sherwood are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and the award from ECB of a grant for our LED lighting helps us achieve these goals".

ECB, in consultation with Kent Cricket Board awarded Sherwood a grant for the replacement of the lighting system throughout the club with the latest LED lighting technology. The new lighting was supplied by Simply-LED.co.uk and TLC in Rochester. Installation was undertaken by Shane Bunn, a club member and qualified electrician at no cost to the club. The lighting system will reduce the running costs by around 83%. Since installing the new lighting system, many members have noticed a significant difference in the ambiance and appearance at the club.

The lighting system uses the latest LED bulb technology - NextGen II from Simply-LED.co.uk and a range of LED strip lighting throughout the clubhouse. 

"The grant from ECB has enabled us to further enhance the clubhouse and drive significant savings in ongoing running costs", said Tony Rossiter. "The video shows some of the aspects of our ongoing improvements and supports our aims to be a forward thinking, environmentally conscious sports club. We would liek to thank both the ECB and Kent Cricket Board for their continued support of Sherwood Cricket Club".

To see the video, <click here>

About Sherwood Cricket Club

Sherwood Cricket Club was established in 1965. We have an active Senior and Youth section of over 140 members aged from 6 to 74 years. Sherwood Cricket Club adopts an all-inclusive policy for its members irrespective of age, gender, ethnic background or cricket ability. We are a CASC, Clubmark club and recognised Focus Club by Kent Cricket Board and ECB in recognition of the community achievements and support provided to other clubs. We were awarded the Bronze for Club of the Year in the Medway Sports Awards 2009 for our outstanding achievements for cricket in the local community and recently nominated as a finalist in the Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA) in the category of Commitment to the Environment.

Sherwood plays an active role in the local community, we support grass roots cricket coaching in local primary and secondary schools as part of the Cricket Foundations Charity – Chance to Shine, delivering  over 300 hours of coaching per year to in excess of 300 children, part of a 5-year cricket sustainability programme . In addition, we work with Kent Police supporting their Afghan orphan’s project, the British Army “Be the Best” events and host the Medway Girls Cricket Academy. The clubhouse is used by local community groups and is used as a polling station for elections.

For futher information please visit www.sherwoodcricket.com

           Sherwood announces New Sponsors for Under 11's Teams

Martin Tolhurst Solicitors sponsors Sherwood Youth squad

Rochester, Kent – 12 February, 2013. Sherwood Cricket Club is proud to announce that Martin Tolhurst Solicitors have agreed to sponsor the Sherwood Under 11's squad.

Tony Rossiter, Chairman, Sherwood CC commented “We are delighted to have Martin Tolhurst as a sponsor of our Under 11 squad. We have a growing number of young cricketers from age 5 onwards. The sponsorship will go towards increasing our capability of delivering quality coaching to young cricketers with new innovative methods and updated coaching equipment.”

“Martin Tolhurst likes to support local community clubs such as Sherwood. We are proud to be associated with a club that is both forward thinking and providing facilities for our younger generation to take part in sport", said Giles Dobson, Partner at Martin Tolhurst. “I am looking forward to working closer with Sherwood in supporting the club to reach its future aspirations and to assist with their youth development".

About Martin Tolhurst Solicitors

The Martin Tolhurst Partnership has been established for over 120 years and is one of Kent's leading firms of solicitors.  We have offices in Gravesend, Longfield and Ashford and have over 100 staff in our dedicated teams.  We have historically provided a wide range of legal services to the people of Kent and all the services we offer are available at each of our offices.

It is this depth of experience which enables the Firm to identify and cater for the legal needs of our community and the Clients we serve.

For futher information please visit www.martintolhurst.co.uk

Sherwood Cricket Club gains STEM Silver Level for sustainability

Reduced carbon footprint and environmental best practices come to Sherwood

Sherwood Cricket Club has been actively pursuing a greener footprint over the past year with the installation of a large solarpv system, improved insulation and an enhanced energy management system (EMS) at the club. Additionally, the club are increasing their efforts to re-cycle waste and are seeking funding to install a rainwater harvesting and irrigation system. This combined with the training provided by the Kent County Council and South East Business Carbon Hub enables Sherwood to understand it's carbon footprint and drive initiatives to become a far more environmentally friendly facility.

Recently, Sherwood presented their achievements at the British Association of Sustainability in Sport (BASIS) annual conference at Cheltenham Racecourse to an audience of over 85 members of various national governing bodies.

"Sports clubs like Sherwood are at the heart of their local community and as such have a responsibility to become more environmentally friendly", said Peter Robinson, Director of Kent Cricket Board, "this is another example of Sherwood being a leader in sustainability and environmental best practice".