Oakham Tennis Club
new controversial flood lights
new controversial flood lights
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Friday, August 26, 2011
Oakham Tennis Club Considered selling off land belonging to the public to developers
Oakham Tennis Club has written to local residents. The club wishes to seek permission to install floodlights on the site owned by Oakham Town Council.
The residents in a letter from the Club Chairman were threatened with the possibility of a move and the land being sold to developers for building!
"Our two alternatives are to relocate to another site by finding a developer to purchase the Vale land for building or to put floodlights up at the Vale on all our courts".
The tennis club can not decide what happens to the land and I see it as a dirty tricks by the club to gain residents support for the installation of flood lights.
Many years ago the club secured a lease and pays peanuts for its rent. Local young people complain on social media there is no where for them to play affordable tennis. I say if Oakham Tennis Club wants to surrender its lease and move then go ahead and lets return the club grounds back to the ordinary folk of Oakham. For affordable if not free tennis for all.
February 2011
Dear Local Resident,
Oakham Tennis Club - Floodlights
I am very sorry to bother you, but would like to update you as to where we are with this and would like.
to hear your views before we proceed any further.
As a Club we are very grateful for your patience with having tennis close to your houses and hope that
we are not too much of a nuisance to you. We are now one of the few clubs within Leicestershire and
Rutland without Floodlight facilities. This is seriously hampering the playing and development of tennis
in Rutland. We are also the laughing stock of all clubs who come to play matches against us and often
cannot finish matches due to dusk etc. We have therefore been looking at alternatives for the club.
Our two alternatives are to relocate to another site by finding a developer to purchase the Vale land for building or to put floodlights up at the Vale on all our courts.
I know the Club has been down the route of floodlights before and failed with planning. However times
have now changed as has the technology surrounding floodlights. These are now much more court
focussed and have less spread beyond the tennis court area. We would like with your agreement to
put the floodlights up at The Vale to cover all the courts and to have the potential of year round use up
to ten pm.
I attach a small questionnaire for you to complete with regards to this and would ask that you drop off
your reply in the mail box at the entrance to the club. I would also like to invite you to our next tennis
committee meeting at the clubhouse on 7'h March at 8.00pm so that we can hear and discuss your
views.
Thank you for your time, patience and understanding.
Kind regards
Yours Sincerely
T.B. Davies
Chairman
The residents in a letter from the Club Chairman were threatened with the possibility of a move and the land being sold to developers for building!
"Our two alternatives are to relocate to another site by finding a developer to purchase the Vale land for building or to put floodlights up at the Vale on all our courts".
The tennis club can not decide what happens to the land and I see it as a dirty tricks by the club to gain residents support for the installation of flood lights.
Many years ago the club secured a lease and pays peanuts for its rent. Local young people complain on social media there is no where for them to play affordable tennis. I say if Oakham Tennis Club wants to surrender its lease and move then go ahead and lets return the club grounds back to the ordinary folk of Oakham. For affordable if not free tennis for all.
February 2011
Dear Local Resident,
Oakham Tennis Club - Floodlights
I am very sorry to bother you, but would like to update you as to where we are with this and would like.
to hear your views before we proceed any further.
As a Club we are very grateful for your patience with having tennis close to your houses and hope that
we are not too much of a nuisance to you. We are now one of the few clubs within Leicestershire and
Rutland without Floodlight facilities. This is seriously hampering the playing and development of tennis
in Rutland. We are also the laughing stock of all clubs who come to play matches against us and often
cannot finish matches due to dusk etc. We have therefore been looking at alternatives for the club.
Our two alternatives are to relocate to another site by finding a developer to purchase the Vale land for building or to put floodlights up at the Vale on all our courts.
I know the Club has been down the route of floodlights before and failed with planning. However times
have now changed as has the technology surrounding floodlights. These are now much more court
focussed and have less spread beyond the tennis court area. We would like with your agreement to
put the floodlights up at The Vale to cover all the courts and to have the potential of year round use up
to ten pm.
I attach a small questionnaire for you to complete with regards to this and would ask that you drop off
your reply in the mail box at the entrance to the club. I would also like to invite you to our next tennis
committee meeting at the clubhouse on 7'h March at 8.00pm so that we can hear and discuss your
views.
Thank you for your time, patience and understanding.
Kind regards
Yours Sincerely
T.B. Davies
Chairman
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