Yetminster Community Sports Club

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

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Picnic on the Pitch on Sunday 12 July. It was so nice to see groups making the most of the fantastic weather while observing social distancing.

Forthcoming Events

Sunday 27 September: Procession of vintage tractors. Tractors will assemble at 10.00 am, before a cavalcade through local villages, returning at 3.30 pm.
The bar will be open all day, serving drinks and snacks and there will be musical entertainment from 5.00 pm.

Saturday 31 October: Halloween Event – details to follow

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
The tables have been set out so that they are at least two metres apart and should not be moved
If you are using a picnic blanket, it should be set down at least 2m from any other group
Your group must not include members of more than two households
On arrival, please provide us with the names of the people in your group, your arrival and departure time and a contact telephone number or email address
On entering the clubhouse, please use the hand sanitiser provided
Please follow the one-way system through the building
Only one person from your group should come to the bar
When queuing at the bar, please observe the floor markings to ensure that social distancing is maintained
If you are unhappy in coming to the bar, we will take orders and serve you at your table or picnic blanket
Only one person should be in the toilet at at time.
Please observe hand washing procedures at all times
Please contact us if you display any symptoms of COVID 19 in the two weeks after your visit.

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 the club will also be available to hire 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.

Costs

Hire of football pitch and changing rooms: £35 per match or £30 per match for a block booking
Hire of the clubhouse: £20 per session (morning, afternoon or evening) or £15 for a block booking of 10 sessions
Hire of the clubhouse: £35 per day or £30 for a block booking of 10 days
Hire of clubhouse for an evening function to include a disco: £150
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

Bar Prices
Pint of draught cider and lager £3
Bottled beer £3
Budweiser/Corrs £2.50
Spirit with house mixer £3
Spirit with branded tonic or energy drink £3.50
Pint of lemonade/Coke £2
Shots £2 or 3 of £5
Jagerbomb £3 or 2 for £5

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.