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Eakring Road Mansfield Nottinghamshire NG18 3EW UK Main Rugby Club Website Contact Person: Steve Troman Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: 01623 649834 Mobile Phone: 07966 220515 Like all Rugby Clubs, from the outset we have always dreamed of owning our own ground and facilities. After several disappointments, we were offered 9 acres of derelict land off Eakring Road. This was finally purchased in 1977. Whilst never used as a tip, several heaps of sand and soil had been dumped on the land. With a fall of 10metres, drastic grading was necessary. A Euclid was hired in September 1977, and an area of sufficient size for two pitches and the Clubhouse were graded. About 30,000 tons of sand were moved, involving a cut of up to 3 meters and a fill of up to 4 meters. These two pitches were seeded in April 1978, and were to come into use in September 1980. A floor slab 190’ x 38’ for the Clubhouse, changing rooms, and squash courts was laid in June 1978, into which nearly 400 tons of concrete was poured. A Vic Hallam sectional building was purchased in May 1976 and stored at Hucknall, was moved to the site and erected by Club Members in July 1978. This building forms the shell of the Clubhouse, but has been quite drastically modified with the front brick-faced. The changing rooms have been built and a steel roof fitted. Water and electricity were laid on, and the interior was soon finished. In October 1979 Max Boyce planted the first of a thousand trees, supplied by Mansfield Civic Society. The trees were planted during the winter by children from the Manor School, Mansfield Woodhouse. |
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