Burgess Hill Cricket Club Launch 'Turn St John's Park Green' Campaign

Burgess Hill Cricket Club have a launched a campaign to improve the outfield at St John's Park in time for the club's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2022.

The outfield has deteriorated over a number a years, with a lack of grass in large areas and an uneven surface which is a danger to players when fielding - especially the youths.



With the Adult first XI progressing through the leagues, there's a requirement to have a good quality outfield for games to be permitted to be played.

As the ground is maintained by Mid Sussex District Council - who have a limited budget for pitch improvements - the club are looking to finance and undertake the majority of the work themselves.

The works will include:

• Install irrigation system to the square using pop up sprinklers
• Using 360 degree heads system - irrigates much of the outfield
• Laser level the square using surplus soil to level the outfield
• Renovate, top dress and reseed the square and a 25 metre area around the square
• Scarify and reseed the remaining outfield area 

Donate
The club have estimated the cost of the work to be £39k and have setup a 'Local Giving' fundraising page where supporters can donate to the cause: https://localgiving.org/charity/burgesshillcricket/project/turnstjohnsparkgreen/

Fundraising Gets Off To A Flying Start
Burgess Hill Tweeted on Saturday morning to reveal they've already received £5k in donations...

Thanks to your amazing support we’ve hit the £5k mark for our ‘Turn SJP Green’ project thank you!

A fab start to improve the public park in SJP

We hope for more support from MSDC & other sources but a long way to go. You can support us here ??https://t.co/mckXMzUnOK

— Burgess Hill Cricket (@BurgessHillCC) September 5, 2020