Bodham Playing Field
Committee
Fred Cable - Chair [588887],
Mel Clarke - Secretary [588840],
Paul Clarke - Treasurer [588840],
Derek Sayer [588266], Emma Gosling,
[East Coast Warriors] and David Wiltshire [Cromer Youth Old Boy]
The Playing Field Committee would like to thank the Parish Council for
their continued support.
For details please contact
Mel Clarke Secretary, Bodham Playing Field Committee, Highlands,
Cromer Road Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6QG
Email:
secretary@bodhamvillage.co.uk
Tel: 01263 588840
Next Meeting: TBC
It's the little things that can make such
a difference. A great deal of work has been completed over on the
field and more is on the pipeline.
New Picnic Benches have been received.
Our thanks go to Tesco Stronger Starts and Cllr Callum Ringer
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Heavy Duty Picnic Benches, suitable for adults and children aged
7 years and over
Made from 100% recycled plastic
Maintenance free
Does not rot, corrode or splinter
Leave outdoors 365 days a year
No staining or varnishing is required
Just wash down with a jet wash or wipe down with a cloth
25 year construction guarantee.
Saves 2,731 2pt milk containers from landfill and our oceans per
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First draft of design for new play equipment |
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 Cost of this project is around £85,000 |
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Our thanks to the businesses advertising
and supporting our Charity |
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Upcoming Fundraisers |
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For tickets please email:
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For tickets please email:
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For tickets please email:
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We are forever coming up with new fundraising ideas, so if
you would like to be kept up-to-date with new events as they
arise please feel free to join our mailing list.
secretary@bodhamvillage.co.uk |
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Disabled toilet floor now clean and tidy. |
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Broken Railings fixed |
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If you see damage on the Playing Field, please let us know so that we can fix
the problem before it becomes worse. |
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Entrance to the Playing Field |
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The entrance to the Playing Field was badly damaged and dangerous for vehicles
trying to get out onto the road. Our thanks go to Cllr Callum Ringer for his
help in getting this fixed. |
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Fruit Trees and Bushes donated by
M&J's Plant Paradise |
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Donated by the children at M&J's Plant Paradise. These bushes and trees in
time will provide fruit to be used by visitors to the field and wildlife.
Any that drop will enhance the soil. |
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Revamped Picnic Bench and 2 new tables |
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Three new bike stands We now have three bicycle stands along the
hedgerow, which we hope will be put to good use. |
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Progress on the Rocking Horse All we are now waiting for if the head
and the hand rails.
We are please to say that thanks to local
businesses and their donations of products, the Rocking Horse will soon
be reinstated. Sadly it will no longer rock as it does not comply
to modern standards, but it will still be there as a nod to the past and
people will be able to climb and sit on it for years to come.
Products have been donated by Homebase, Cromer and MKM Building
Supplies, North Walsham.
We have also asked other suppliers for
donations of products to enable us to refurbish the tables for the Car
Boot Cafe and we remain hopeful.
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Just waiting for the head and handrails to be refurbished and
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Car Boots |
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In 2024 we restarted our Car Boots. We are looking forward to
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New Serving Shelf for our Car Boot Cafe.
Bodham Playing Field
Contact:
Secretary@bodhamvillage.co.uk
Charity No: 303911
As many of you know, Bodham Playing Field is in great need of
regeneration and we are going to work very hard to make it a more
inviting space for all of you to use. This is a village asset and
we hope to provide an environment that you want to visit.
We are very lucky to have two of the best floodlit amateur football
pitches in Norfolk and with a pavilion that provides showers, changing
facilities, toilets (including disabled) and a well equipped kitchen
area.
There is also a very well attended croquet club and CCTV. We have a wide
range of adult outdoor gym equipment that is very well used.
Unfortunately, the children’s play area is not very exciting. The swings
and the slide are both very old, but still safe, much loved and well
used.
 
The Rocking Horse
Sadly, the Rocking Horse is beyond a full
repair, but as it is over 60 years old we are keen to keep it as a
feature. Many of us fondly recall playing on this when we went to Bodham
Primary School many years ago and have brought our children,
grandchildren and even for some of us great grandchildren.
For some 2 years this item of equipment has been out of use due to its
decay and unsafe condition. Much work has been carried out dismantling
it and storing all associated parts in dry storage in preparation for
refurbishment in the spring. Once complete, although it’s rocking days
are over, the horse will become a static piece that children may once
again be able to play on.

At our meeting in December, Paul Clarke
gave a presentation on ideas for the play area.
One of the ideas put forward is pictured to the left. £30,000
People from our community who attended also put forward ideas to improve
the field for all age groups as at the moment there is nothing for 10+
to play on. Some ideas are shown here.
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Combined basketball net and goal target wall. £20,000 |
MUGA is an arena for people to play a variety of sports
including: football, basketball, handball, hockey, volleyball,
badminton and tennis. £50,000 + |
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These would be maintenance free,
do not rot, corrode or splinter and come with a 25-year
guarantee.
This would provide a pleasant meeting place for all members of
the village, their families and their visitors.
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Zip line £15,000 + |
Recycled seating and tables. £650 each |
All of these ideas come at a very high price as you
can imagine.
We started our fundraising in December 2023 and we will be holding at least 3
events each month in an effort to bring to life some of these projects.
We know that we will have to aim for things in bite size chunks and that
we are unlikely to achieve it all, but we must dream big and try hard!
If we are going to achieve this goal, we will need help and support. We
have three people on our committee but we cannot do it alone. If you can
volunteer for just one event or even part of it, it will make a huge
difference to what we can achieve. If you feel you can help, just let us
know. We are lucky to have volunteers who keep the pitches cut and
weeded, the hedgerows trimmed and sort the CCTV.
We really need feedback from some of the younger members of our
community,
Especially those aged 10+. Please encourage them to be involved in this
project.
We are in the process of putting together grant applications and as part
of that we have to prove that we have consulted with the community.
Without this evidence we are less likely to be successful. Please could
you take a few moments to talk to your family and email the Secretary,
Mel Clarke on
secretary@bodhamvillage.co.uk with your thoughts and ideas about
what you think could enhance the Playing Field. For example:
Organised activities e.g. Rounders games , Fetes, Open Days.
Play equipment, such as footballs, racquets, bats to be available to
borrow.
Seating Areas.
Join our Facebook group
Bodham Playing Field to see how we are getting on and share our
progress and event posts with your friends. The more people who attend
our events, the more money we are likely to raise.
We cannot guarantee anything except that we will try our best. And your
responses will help us to prove that we have consulted with the
community.
Every journey starts with the first step and we have taken ours .
Let’s do this!
Please come along to our Annual General Meeting at the Village Hall on
Tuesday 6th February.
Playing Field Adult Equipment
Grants to put exercise equipment on the Playing Field have been
obtained from the following sources: Norfolk Community Foundation
(£5,000), Active Norfolk (£1,000), Sport Relief (£1,377), Bodham Bingo
Club (£450), Bodham Horticultural Show (£422), Bodham's Big Weekend
(£250). Awards for All also contributed and the equipment was installed
in February 2009 and officially opened by Norman Lamb MP on Easter
Saturday 2009. The new equipment has been well used and equally well
received by everybody.
Floodlights
Planning permission has been granted to the Playing Field Committee
to use the floodlights on three evening per weeks instead of a single
evening per week. Thanks are extended to Bodham Parish Council for
applying for and paying for this application.
Bodham Croquet Club
The lawn is on Bodham Playing Field. Junior sessions on Monday evenings.
Club days are Thursdays and Sundays. New members welcome.
Please contact:
Harry Bruford, Dell Cottage, The Dell, Bodham, Norfolk, NR25 6NG
Tel: 01263 588122 email:
Hbruford@aol.com
The Log Cabin is now erected and fully functioning as a Clubhouse.
Thanks our Chairman, who in the Autumn of 2008, painted Clubhouse with
wood preserver. This was well done and much appreciated.
All the latest information about Bodham can be found on our monthly
newsletter. Please click the link on the side menu to access this
information.
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