Wigton get the nod to raise the roof to the tune of £44k
Last updated 11:45, Thursday, 17 July 2008
WIGTON is among 19 clubs to benefit from the Rugby Football Foundation’s latest round of loans and grants approved at the June panel meeting.
The Lowmoor Road club is to get a £44,000 loan for a clubhouse roof replacement, which is part of the latest £222,857 payout.
The RFF, a charitable trust established by the Rugby Football Union, provides funding for capital projects at junior rugby clubs to support the recruitment and retention of players.
Since 2003 the RFF has distribute £10m in grants and loans, attracting an additional £16.46m in partnership funding.
The RFF Trustees have also approved a streamlined two-stage process for applications for interest free loans by clubs at Level Four and below in the English Clubs Championship who are identified as high priority within their Constituent Body Facility Plans.
This aims to ensure that clubs without sufficient facilities to cater for their current and projected playing programmes gain prioritised support for their projects by the RFU and RFF in achieving their objectives.
The other recipients are: Derby £14,000 loan and £6,000 grant for full pitch floodlights; Watford £29,000 loan, £6,000 grant for changing room extension; Millwall £50,000 loan, £6,000 grant for clubhouse refurbishment; Dorking £6,000 grant for training floodlighting; Winchester £6,000 grant for changing room, shower and toilet upgrade; Chard £4,871 grant for kitchen refurbishment and replacement of windows; Exmouth £6,000 grant for replacement cooker and boiler; St Just £4,900 grant for shower refurbishment; South Leicester £6,000 grant for changing room refurbishment and roof repair; Ely £6,000 grant for mobile training floodlights; Ludlow £4,500 grant for resurfacing of driveway; Northampton Old Scouts £5,900 grant for changing room boiler; Haringey £2,450 grant for mobile floodlighting; Dinnington £5,000 grant for improved drainage on training pitch; Whitley Bay Rockcliff £2,450 grant for lighting improvements; Gloucester Old Boys £2,711 grant for electrical upgrade; Midhurst £2,000 grant for reconditioned tractor; Chiswick £3,075 grant for floodlight refurbishment.
