New 3G football pitch in Calderbank destroyed by vandals

Calderbank
Author: Clyde NewsPublished 6th Nov 2019
Last updated 6th Nov 2019

A new 3G pitch for Lanarkshire schoolkids has been wrecked by vandals.

The ground in Calderbank has been left unplayable and scorched in several places.

One furious local said: "our lovely new sports facility, well used by the community..ruined, and it's only the 4th of November."

Calderbank pitch

It's part of a 25 thousand facilty for local schoolchildren that was only opened last year by North Lanarkshire Council following a programme of fundraising.

Council leader Jim Logue carried out the official opening of the park – for which the budget included funding from the local development programme which is overseen by Airdrie and Villages local area partnership.

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It transformed ground which had lain unused for years into a new pitch and running track.

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