BLACKWELL MINERS WELFARE F.C.

1
BLACKWELL MINERS WELFARE F.C.

• Business Plan
• For Primrose Hill Changing Facilities

2
Aims and Objectives

• Our aims are to create a community based
  organisation which provides the opportunity and
  platform for the youth of the area to practise
  sport and other social activities. We aim to give
  all members of the community the chance to be
  involved with our organisation whether it be by
  participation or by spectator support.

3
The Team

• Project Manager Stephen Harris
• Assistant Project Manager Martin English
• In 2001 the team completed a project to install
  floodlighting on the ground and in 2005 we
  upgraded the ground to include concrete walkways
  on 2 sides of the playing surface along with
  additional perimeter fencing to the pitch.
• Since being appointed in 1998 the project manager
  and his club committee have continued to work
  towards improving the level of facilities at the
  ground and have introduced youth teams and
  development of the coaching staff to meet this
  programme.

4
Community Opportunities

• Past, present, future
• The facilities offered by the Blackwell Miners
  Welfare over the years has encompassed many
  fields of sports and activities. Cricket,
  Football, Rugby, Bowls and Tennis have all been a
  source of entertainment for the villagers and
  parishioners of Blackwell. However today the
  principle pastimes enjoyed are by 5 football
  teams, one cricket team, a bowls team and an
  Athletics club.
• All these teams utilise the present facilities
  and the football clubs also use other pitches
  maintained by the Blackwell Parish Council.
• All groups operate a policy of open participation
  for all members of the community and to this end
  they have organised group training sessions for
  anyone interested.
• As well as the participation in these sports, the
  community has the opportunity to watch the games
  in a safe environment

5
Problems and Setbacks

• Problems and Setbacks
• The major problem for the participating groups
  and supporters are the outdated changing and
  toilet facilities. Whilst the condition of the
  playing surface, stadium availability and
  facilities for spectator viewing have improved
  over recent years, the condition of the changing
  area which was built in 1908 has deteriorated
  drastically.

6
Acceptable Standards

• The authorities have recognised that for the safe
  and healthy participation in sport, adequate
  changing facilities and toilet facilities should
  be accessible for both healthy and disabled
  members of the community

7
Alternative Groups and Facilities in the Area

• Other similar organisations in the area include
  Tibshelf Football and Cricket Clubs / Morton
  Cricket Club / Pilsley Cricket club
• These clubs operate at different standards but do
  not have the advantage of floodlighting on the
  grounds. In the case of Tibshelf football clubs
  they have to utilise pitches in both their own
  parish as well as Blackwell parish pitches, none
  of which have the advantage of the good spectator
  viewing facilities offered at Blackwell.

8
Goals Objectives

• Five-year goals
• To have New changing facilities on the ground
• To increase community participation in all groups
• To expand the coaching and training programmes
• To extend the choice of activities on the ground
• To achieve the highest level of participation for
  the groups involved on the ground.

9
Financial Plan

• The purchase of the new facilities will be
  achieved through funding from National sports
  bodies, commercial funding grants and through a
  vigorous fund raising activity programme from the
  participating groups.
• The maintenance costs of the facilities will
  continue to be met by the participating groups.

10
Resource Requirements

• Changing rooms for home and away teams to include
  toilets, wash basins, showers and heating.
• Changing rooms for match officials to include
  toilets, wash basin, shower and heating
• Toilet facilities for Disabled, Male Female
• Kitchen area to prepare refreshments for both
  participants and spectators.

11
Risks Rewards

• Risks
• That the funding requirements cannot be met in
  time and thus secured funding may be withdrawn
• Addressing risk
• Make all applications correctly and produce
  sensible project briefs, feasibility plans and
  workable project programme and timescales.
• Rewards
• Project is completed to schedule and in
  accordance with planned budget

12
Key Issues

• Short term
• That the present facilities deteriorate to such
  an extent that finance needs to be channelled
  into maintaining them in order to continue.
• Long term
• That the present facilities become unusable or
  fall below the standards set for the current
  level of participation.
• If the present standard falls, the level of
  participation would need to be reduced
  accordingly.
• The funding needs to match the requirements
  expected from the sports national bodies.

13
PROJECT BRIEF

• New changing facilities on Primrose Hill Sports
  Ground, Blackwell

14
Introdution

• Who are we?

15
The Scheme Partners

• Blackwell M.W. Football Club
• Blackwell M.W. Cricket Club
• Blackwell M.W. Bowls Club
• BADYS
• Blackwell Youth Club

16
William Henry Foulke was born in Blackwell
(Derbyshire) on April 12, 1874, and at first
played for Alfreton and Blackwell Colliery before
joining Sheffield United in 1894. He was a bear
of a man and a veritable colossus. He played for
England once in 1897 (40 Wales). Fatty Foulke
had prodigious strength and packed a cannon blast
with his foot. He was constantly gaining in mass
and weighed in at well over 130 kg, yet despite
his great bulk was admirably nimble in
goal.Between 1894 and 1905, Fatty Foulke
played 291 league matches for Sheffield United,
conceding a total of 404 goals. During the
1905/06 season, he played 34 league matches for
Chelsea London (27 goals), and during the 1906/07
season another 22 (30 goals) for Bradford City.
He was without a doubt the world's heaviest
national goalkeeper, and not only in the 19th
century. Occasionally, he still played cricket
for Derbyshire. His excessive weight was the main
reason why he did not live long, and he died on
May 1, 1916.
21-year-old William Henry Foulke
FAMOUS SONS of BLACKWELL
FA Cup Winner, 1899, 1901 (both Sheffield United)
Worked as a miner in Blackwell, Derbyshire before
being signed by Sheffield United having already
turned down Derby County. The tallest player ever
to play for England. Surprising agile and an
expert penalty stopper - this by adopting the
strategy of charging of his line, this being
permitted in the early 1900s. Faulke also had an
enormous throw. During one game in 1897, he
caught the crossbar my mistake, snapping it in
two. Once appeared in a bath towel because there
was a clash of colours and no other shirt that
would fit him.
William Henry Foulke later in the highest English
league
17
Where are we?

• LOCATION
• The village of Blackwell is situated in
  Derbyshire close to the Nottinghamshire border
  and 2 miles from the Junction 28 of the M1
  motorway. It is part of the District of Bolsover
  (BDC) and served by the Blackwell Parish Council
  (BPC). The parish covers 1,738 acres and has a
  population of 4,230. The village has some 1700
  households of which around 560 do not have access
  to a car. Some 800 children are in the age
  bracket of 0 to 15 and 150 adults are unemployed.

18
SITE PLAN OF PROPOSED PROJECT
Position of new facility
Existing facility
19
IN THE AREA

• Top right Former colliery workshops now used by
  H.W.Martin Ltd

Above The Saxon church of St. Werburgh
Above Match day action with the beautiful
Derbyshire countryside in the distance
Club headquarters The Welfare
20
Blackwell - A Very Brief History

• Blackwell receives an entry in the Doomsday book
  of 1085 showing that there was a Lord of the
  manor, 13 Villeins, 4 Bordars with ploughs, 7
  acres of meadow, 1 wood and 1 priest with bordar.
  Whether the villeins were the first football team
  in the village was not recorded.
• The meaning of Blackwell is attributed to a
  Dark Spring and is believed to be a spring on
  the hill known as Sinai opposite the church. As
  coal deposits are close to the surface in that
  area it may well be they coloured the water to a
  dark appearance. The community was served by the
  mining industry throughout the 1800s but the
  first deep mine was sunk in 1870 and known as A
  Winning with the nearby B Winning (Hilcote)
  soon after. The community expanded around this
  time and records from the Derbyshire Times show
  that organised football took place in the village
  even around this era. Without the distractions of
  television, sport was a major interest for all
  the villagers.
• In 1900 the present sports ground was opened and
  Rugby and cricket was played. Football matches
  tended to be played on other pitches in the
  village. The cricket ground has staged many
  important games during its history, with county
  games being played there, and holds the world
  record for the 9th wicket stand 283 Derbyshire
  v Glamorgan. The Rugby teams also played at a
  high level entertaining teams such as London
  Scottish during their peak.
• The village produced many good home-grown
  teams and everyone turned out to see family,
  friends and work-mates in action. One record from
  a treasurers account showed an entry for one game
  of 40 gate money _at_ sixpence each. This equates
  to 1600 paying customers. Teams around the early
  to middle of the century competed in the Ripley
  and District leagues.In the early 50s the team
  moved to the Notts. Alliance and enjoyed instant
  success when they finished runners-up to a very
  strong Gedling Colliery side who dominated local
  football at that time. The following 2 seasons
  saw them finish 3rd and in 1954/55 the team won
  the Notts Alliance Championship and finished
  runners-up to Boots Athletic in the Senior Cup,
  losing 6-3 in front of 6,000 people at Meadow
  Lane. That day the village was like a ghost town
  when 6 train coaches and numerous buses ferried
  the villagers to the game.
• Since the closure of the collieries in the late
  1960s no industry has been associated within the
  village although the former colliery buildings
  have been utilised by several small businesses in
  recent years.
• The hamlet is not blessed with many commercial
  outlets and is served by a general store that
  also doubles as newsagents, post office and has
  an ATM. A community Hall, Health centre and old
  peoples home are all maintained by the BDC and
  parish council. The converted Brigade Hall
  once the venue of the clubs changing rooms has
  now been converted into The Cottage Inn
  restaurant.
• The village has one public house and the Miners
  Welfare which hosts a Bowling, Cricket and
  Football clubs and headquarters for several hobby
  clubs.
• Public transport links the village to nearby
  Alfreton Sutton in Ashfield and larger shopping
  complexes at Chesterfield and Mansfield.
• Blackwell has a church St. Werburgh which is one
  of the oldest in Derbyshire and this also has a
  fascinating history in its own right dating back
  to Saxon times. A Chapel has recently been
  demolished after falling into disrepair, thus
  ending another amenity within the village.

21
Was this the first crowd at a Blackwell match. It
is believed that this may have been the opening
of the pavilion (demolished in the 1970s)
probably the Mine managers wife on the front row.
The old Colliery Rows homes to the miners of
Blackwell. Ground on right
The team of 1947 Derbyshire Medal Winners
Jack Harper in typical pose
22
PRIMROSE HILLs WORLD RECORD
This record stands today and hopefully will never
be beaten. Lets hope the venue can still remain
DERBYSHIRE v WARWICKSHIRE
MATCH DRAWN Played at Blackwell
Colliery Ground, 18, 20 and 21 June
1910  WARWICKSHIRE 504 for eight declared
(Charlesworth 216, Quaife 88, Kinneir 87) and 63
for two.  DERBYSHIRE 262 (Newton 87, Higson 36,
Jelf 33, Foster 5 62) SECOND INNINGS E.
Needham c Charlesworth b Foster 34 F.A.
Newton lbw b Quaife 21 J. Handford c Foster
b Field 16 S.W.A. Cadman b Foster
0 A. Morton b Santall 13 C. F. Root run
out 34 T.A. Higson c Charlesworth b Field
2 A. Warren c Phillips b Field 123 H.F.D.
Jelf c Charlesworth b Field 0 J.
Chapman b Foster 165 J. Humpries not out
8 Extras 14 430 BOWLING O M R W Foster
26.4 4 119 3 Phillips 9 0 27 0 Quaife 12 2
47 1 Santall 22 4 66 1 Field 29 5 124
4 Charlesworth 4 1 16 0 Baker 2 0 7
0 Umpires White and Moss The ninth-wicket
stand of 283 between Warren and Chapman remains a
world record for the ninth wicket.
23
OUR EXISTING FACILITIES a guide
Primrose Hill Sports ground has at present two
entrances. At the bottom end of the ground is a
large double mesh iron gate. On match days the
public enter through the side gate located on
Colliery road, adjacent to the Cottage Inn. The
whole ground is surrounded by a brick built wall,
constructed from the bricks from Blackwell
Colliery brickyard circa 1890. In days gone bye
another double gate was in the corner of Colliery
Road / The Ridge, this has since been bricked in.
24
Once on the ground the present changing
facilities, The Rifle Range can be seen in the
far corner. This building was erected circa 1908
25
Inside the building as you enter on your right is
the kitchen area which has a serving hatch to the
outside for use on match days. The Tea Bar serves
refreshments to the supporters and participants.
We also have a Hospitality room to entertain
visiting officials.
26
(No Transcript)
27
The Gym mainly used for storage of the
aluminium goalposts and ground maintenance
equipment, but in bad weather spectators can
enjoy their refreshments in here and we have also
used it for training.
Ground maintenance is extremely important for the
all year round activities to continue. Thanks to
a grant from SSP we were able to purchase a
Ransome sit on mower and other equipment to
enable this to be carried out by the committee.
28
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AROUND THE GROUND
In October 2001 we commissioned the floodlights
on the ground which enabled us to maintain the
present level of football that our senior side
competes. They also gave us more opportunity to
coach players in midweek and also provide the
facilities to other clubs and organisations in
the area.. The lighting project was initially
costed at 34,000 but through the efforts of the
committee we managed to complete a lot of the
work our selves. The trenching out for cabling,
installation of column mountings etc. meant that
we made a saving of 10,000. This page shows a
record of our efforts in this scheme.
29
ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE GROUND
Over the past couple of years we have added to
the facilities on the ground. Two covered areas
has been erected, one with 60 seats that we
obtained from Leicester Citys old Filbert Street
ground. Barriers have been erected around the
playing pitch. On the cricket field side, these
barriers together with the 3 floodlight columns
are removed to allow the cricket matches to take
place. We have installed FA Standard aluminium
goal posts and put concrete walkways around 2
sides of the pitch for spectator convenience. We
also have PA System to make announcements.
30
THE NEED FOR NEW FACILITIES
The present building was erected in 1908 and has
since been modified and added to over the years
to meet the standards required by the leagues and
associations at which we compete. We find our
selves in the position of decided whether to
spend money on the present facility to keep the
premises in good repair, knowing full well that
sooner rather than later the building will become
unmanageable. The showers are poor and various
complaints throughout each season are made about
them. The toilets are poor and do not have any
wash basin facilities. The facility is extremely
cold in winter months due to the size and design
of the premises. The building has been subject to
various episodes of vandalism. The position of
the building, in the far corner of the ground,
means that participants and spectators have to
walk over grassed areas to get to the facilities.
In winter months when the ground is wet and damp
people become caked in mud whilst making their
way to the building. For people with a disability
or wheelchair it would be impossible to get to
toilets. The governing bodies of the sports we
compete in have warned us that the facilities
need to improve. One example of this has seen the
once thriving cricket club reduced from having
four weekend teams competing in a high level of
cricket, to now having only one team on Sundays.
We do not want the same fate to happen to the
football sections after all the hard work that
has got them to their present standing.
31
THE PLAN

Our plan was to go down the road of constructing
a new facility rather than modify the existing
building, whilst power, water and sewerage
supplies already exist in this building, it would
require more money to demolish the building. Our
intention was to have a new changing block built
behind the top goals of the football pitch.
This would be angled towards the cricket area and
would be sited into the corner of the ground to
allow hard standing areas to be installed into
this corner. These hard standing areas would
allow better spectator viewing and easier access
to the new facilities toilets, especially for the
disabled. A new double gate would be created in
the corner that would allow for heavy vehicle
access during construction and also give better
access for disabled etc. This position would give
the premises a more secure location and alleviate
vandalism. The premises would meet the required
standards set down for the floor space
requirements of new changing rooms as well as
having the necessary toileting, showering and
heating. We also plan to incorporate kitchen and
refreshment facilities. The existing building
would be kept on as a storage area for the goal
posts and ground maintenance equipment.
32
THE PLAN
At present, the ground has no car parking on
site, but patrons can utilise the large car
parking area of the Welfare. This car park is
secure with a barrier at its entrance. It is
surrounded by palisade galvanised fencing and
only accessible for vehicles through the barrier.
Exit from the car parking area is by keying in a
unique number at the barrier. Further car parking
is available on Primrose Hill or at the nearby
Blackwell Community car park.
Our intention is to add a single gate to the
palisade fencing on the Whites Lane end of the
car park. Patrons can then safely park their
vehicles in the Welfare car park, which is CTV
monitored, and walk along Whites Lane to the
proposed new double gate entrance on the corner
of the ground. Any patrons with wheelchairs or
disabilities would use the new double gate as
standard. This facility would alleviate parking
congestion on Primrose Hill and reduce the time
spent walking to the sports ground entrances.
33
THE PLAN continued
The work would need to be done in various stages
and cause a minimum disruption as possible to
ongoing activities. The football season operates
between August and May with the cricket season
operating from April to September. We are
practised in the operation of removing the three
floodlight columns from the cricket field side
and the perimeter barriers on that side are also
removed for the duration of the cricket season.
Whilst the work was being completed the groups
would continue to operate from the existing
building, which would limit disruption to the
clubs activities. On completion of the new
facilities the existing building would be
utilised as storage area. The Cricket score box
and container on site would be removed to
eliminate a target for vandalism. Ideally the
work will be scheduled to implement the various
new proposals with the minimal disruption caused.
I.e. New double gate erected, allowing access to
site for heavy vehicles during construction,
allowing base slabs to be laid, allowing building
work to continue to a structured timetable.
34
THE NEEDS

• Home and Away changing rooms with a minimum floor
  area of 18 m2 (excluding shower and drying area.)
  Each room to have shower area with minimum of 4
  shower heads and a drying area, post showering. 1
  WC / 1 urinal and 1 wash basin in each room.
  Seating for a minimum of 16 persons, heating,
  lighting and ventilation in each room.
• Match officials changing room with a minimum
  floor area, (excluding shower and drying area) of
  5 m2. Room to have shower, drying area, WC and
  wash basin. Seating for a minimum of 3 persons,
  maximum of 5, heating, lighting and ventilation
  in room.

These requirements are based on Football Stadia
Improvement Fund (FSIF) Data sheets which in turn
are in accordance with FA League Standards.
35
THE NEEDS

• Toilet facilities for the public and disabled.
  Facility to be suitable for unisex and
  incorporate wash basin and conform to modern
  standards for these requirements.
• Kitchen area with serving hatch to allow
  refreshments to be prepared for participants and
  for the general public.
• Hard standing area adjacent to the new building
  to enable better access to the toileting
  facilities.
• New double gate access adjacent to the new
  building and hard standing area.
• Single gate addition to the Welfare car parking
  area.

Our ground meets the requirements laid down by
the league in which we compete. We have hard
standing the length of 2 sides of the playing
surface which in turn is surrounded on 4 sides by
a perimeter barrier 2 metres from the pitch. We
have floodlights, Public Address system, Team
dugouts /shelters each for 8 persons, seating for
60 persons with covered area for a further 140
persons, turnstile, Tea bar, public toilets and
the ground is surrounded by a boundary wall. The
only requirement missing for an advancement to a
higher standard of football would be acceptable
changing facilities that are in close proximity
to the playing area.
36
PROJECT AGENDA AND TIMETABLE OF KEY POINTS

• Form steering group of all interested parties to
  oversee project
• Football section / cricket section / bowls
  section / BADYS / Youth club
• Informing groups and organisations of our plans
• Blackwell and Tibshelf Sports Action Group
• Blackwell Parish Council
• Bolsover and District County Council
• Derbyshire County FA Sports development
• Football Foundation development office
• Football Stadia Improvement Fund
• Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire Sport
• The funding needs to match the requirements
  expected from the sports national bodies.