Trent Bridge Annual Report 2018

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 16 centre in the Radcliffe Road stand and was concerned that the Club had gone too far with the project. Ms Pursehouse confirmed that as well as providing additional much-needed media facilities to make the ground compliant with the ECB’s staging agreement, the new pitch-facing facility at the top of the building would be used for incremental revenue generation throughout the year. In answer to a question from Mr A B Ford, Ms Pursehouse confirmed that the budgeted cost of the Radcliffe Road development was £7.4m. Mr P Measures stated that there had been a great deal of changes in the game and he was concerned that, although Nottinghamshire CCC was a members’ club, the members were not informed of ECB decisions as promptly as they should be, which, he felt, fed suspicions as to what they were up to. Ms Pursehouse agreed that managing communications had become very difficult in recent times. Unfortunately, many of the topics that were being debated by the ECB and the Counties were being leaked to the media within hours of meetings being concluded. It made it very difficult to communicate such matters to the Club’s 8,000 members. Mr J Hofton wondered if the Victorian Pavilion was still fit for purpose for an International cricketing venue? Ms Pursehouse replied that it did need to be fit for modern day use but the Club would like to retain the character of the building. The last time the Club had looked into substantial rebuild/renovations the cost was in the region of £32m. Currently, the Club was considering how it might make changes in a more affordable and phased approach. The Chief Executive then handed over to Director of Finance and Development, Tim Eatherington, who took the members through some of the highlights of the community and cricket development programmes, following which he introduced three members of the Trent Bridge team who helped to deliver those initiatives. From a high-level point of view, he felt it was worth reminding everyone of what fitted under the umbrella of ‘community and cricket development’. The Trent Bridge Community Trust, the Cricket Development team, Senior Women’s team, County Age Group teams, the partnership with the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board, and also the Heritage projects, were all examples of what was included there. Mr Eatherington felt privileged to be connected with this work as, he was sure, would all the Club’s members. One of the most recent developments had been to increase the resources applied to protecting and showcasing the Club’s heritage. Whilst still in the early stages, significant steps had been taken over the past 12 months, including a purpose-built heritage storeroom, the appointment of a Heritage