Anger as Buttershaw cricket club is attacked again

7:00am Friday 7th September 2012 in News By Hannah Baker

A crime-stricken cricket club has been hit by vandals who smashed their way through a brick wall for the second time in two months.

The latest attack on Westwood Park Cricket Club in Buttershaw ’s Skylark Avenue saw yobs batter a hole through a garage wall, which had only just been repaired following a burglary in June.

At the time, the Telegraph & Argus reported how thieves took a £400 strimmer. During this week’s incident nothing was taken, but volunteers at the club say it has suffered so many break-ins over the past four years its insurers will no longer cover it.

Club committee member Michael Haycock said: “It’s so frustrating.”

Police are investigating the latest attack, which is believed to have happened between Monday evening and 3.30pm on Wednesday.

Witnesses should contact police on 101.

Comments(3)

Mike Strutter says...
8:58am Fri 7 Sep 12

I read somewhere that the police had helped the club secure funding of £5k for security shutters.

Maybe now they should invest in some CCTV equipment which is relatively cheap nowadays to catch these scumbags

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gobbydave says...
10:51am Fri 7 Sep 12

Buttershaw, that beacon of workless deprivation and lawless youths.

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Mike Strutter says...
9:11pm Fri 7 Sep 12

gobbydave wrote:
Buttershaw, that beacon of workless deprivation and lawless youths.
I'd argue Buttershaw is the other side of Cooper lane so this is Clayton Heights.

Anyway it's a half decent private housing estate but in 10 years will resemble Buttershaw !

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