Yetminster Community Sports Club

Brierley, Yetminster, DT9 6NR 07780 857153 ycsc@btinternet.com

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YCSC operates as a not-for-profit members’ club in which all the staff work as volunteers. The club aims to promote, encourage and champion community involvement in a wide range of sports, activities and social events.

Winter Opening Hours

Friday 5.00 pm to 10.30pm
Saturday for special events
Or on request

Forthcoming Events

Saturday 22 January: Pen Mill Athletic versus Farway at 2.00 pm

Artsreach performances in July 2021

TBC
As soon as it is safe to do so, we will reschedule the Only Fools and Horses Quiz night in aid of Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance. Special appearance by Denis Lill who played Rodney’s father-in-law. £40 for a team of 4 to include a light supper.

COVID 19 Guidelines

Do not come to any of our events if you are displaying any of the COVID 19 symptoms
Although not a legal requirement, we strongly advise that you register your attendance by scanning in with out QR code.
We will continue to provide hand sanitiser for the foreseeable future and recommend that hands are sanitised on entry to the clubhouse or after using the bathroom.
Please be respectful to our neighbours when leaving the building
Please contact us if you display any symptoms of COVID 19 in the two weeks after your visit.

We realise that this may seem to be restrictive but would ask that you fully respect these guidelines so that we can keep everyone safe.

Membership

We are currently offering free membership. Please email ycsc@btinternet.com for your membership application form.

The renamed Yetminster Community Sports Club is now open as a centre for community activity. A series of music events, quiz nights, skittles evenings and social gatherings will be staged and promoted to all members. The football pitch is available for hire and members will be able to hire the facilities for events and private parties.

This is a valuable community asset which can only survive with the support of the local community. We would be interested to hear from any resident who would like use the facilities for new activities. We have been encouraged by the number of young people using the sports field on a casual basis and will be looking to set up a youth club in the near future. We have also been approached by parents who would like us to run some football coaching sessions. Please contact us if you are interested in these two activities

Costs

Hire of football pitch and changing rooms: £30 per match or a negotiable rate for a block booking
Hire of the clubhouse: £20 per session (morning, afternoon or evening) or £15 for a block booking of 10 sessions, free for members
Hire of the clubhouse: £30 per day or £25 for a block booking of 10 days, free for members

Buffets:
£5 per head: to include sandwiches, cocktail sausages
£7.50 per head: to include sandwiches, chicken legs, dips
£10 per head: knife and fork supper either meats, cheeses and salad, chicken curry or chilli

Wriggle Valley Tennis and Croquet Club

See tennis and croquet pages for details

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.

History of Hamcrate

After some uncertainty as to the ownership of the land, enquiries uncovered a letter from Bartlett and Sons Solicitors dated 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 Fookes 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 sports 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, which included a skittle alley. In the past football teams used the pitch on both Saturdays and Sundays, while a cricket team used the facility in the summer months. The cricket team folded some years ago and the loss of skittles and football in the summer of 2017 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.

In February 2020 a new tenancy agreement was signed and Yetminster Community Sports Club Ltd was formed as a not for profit organisation. Within weeks of re-opening, the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a forced closure for most of the year. With the lifting of restrictions, membership grew and both skittles and football teams were attracted back to the club in September 2021 after a four-year absence.