Yetminster Sports Club
Brierley Hay, Yetminster DT9 6NR, 01935 872489,
The Sports Club is currently closed and the Parish Council has taken on the cost of insurance, utilities and grounds maintenance until a decision can be made on the future of the facility.
This a a valuable community asset, but it badly needs local groups to commit to regular use for its future viability. The Parish Council would be interested to hear from any resident who would be willing to set up new groups to use the facilities or who has ideas for their future use. Please send all ideas to the Clerk of the Council.
Tennis and Croquet Club
Will continue to operate as usual and a user agreement will be drawn up with the Parish Council to secure the future use of the facilities.
Membership fees (under review)
Annual membership of the tennis club is currently £50 for a family and £25 for an individual, which includes unlimited tennis.
Annual membership of the croquet club is £116 for a family and £60 for an individual. The subscription covers the cost of the weekly mowing of the lawns and attendance at sessions on Wednesday and Friday at 3.00 pm.
Contact Julian Turnbull on 01935 873846 or John Strover on 01935 872437
DIRECTIONS Travelling from the High Street, in the direction of Leigh, take the first left after passing over the railway bridge into Brierley Hay and follow the signs past the allotments to the Sports Club where you will find football pitch and an all-weather tennis court. In the summer an area of the sports field is used for croquet.
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History of Hamcrate
Due to some uncertainty as to the ownership of the land, enquiries uncovered a letter from Bartlett and Sons Solicitors on 27.2.1962 which stated the following: –
Thomas King, deceased, re Bequest to Yetminster Parish Council (of) Field “Hamcrate, Yetminster” Hamcroft Field.
By his will the above named deceased bequeathed the above property to your Council in the following terms:
I hereby devise (free of all duties) to the Parish Council of Yetminster in the said county of Dorset my freehold close of land situated in the parish of Yetminster aforesaid called “Hamcrate” for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said Parish of Yetminster.
The title deeds to the land were passed to Messrs Ffookes and Grimley Solicitors of Sherborne on 20 June 1941. Since that time successive Parish Councils have enacted the stewardship of the site which has seen the addition of a children’s playground, scout hut, allotments, tennis court football pitch, croquet lawn and sport pavilion.
A group of trustees were appointed to manage the site, which resulted in the building of the original club house and a further extension in the 1990’s. The loss of skittles and football resulted in the committee of the Sports Club taking the decision to terminate their lease in February 2018. After a tender process new tenants took over the management of the facilities but, after struggling to attract regular custom, their lease was terminated in June 2019.