Faversham to get New Cricket Centre

Sport England has awarded The Abbey School a £7,945 grant to develop their new sports hall as an indoor cricket centre.

The grant will enable the school to buy nets and matting to allow the hall to be set up as an indoor cricket centre for the school and local clubs such as Macknade.

Hugh Robertson, the Sports and Olympics Minister in the new government and the local Member of Parliament, personally backed the bid submitted by the school which also enjoyed the support of Macknade Cricket Club.

Hugh Robertson said, “I am delighted that Sport England has given The Abbey School a £7,945 grant to install indoor cricket nets in their sports hall.

It is a very exciting opportunity for The Abbey, another important milestone in their ongoing development and will be fantastic news for all cricketers in the local Faversham area.”