Playing Pitch Strategy 2010 - 2015

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1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Strategy Format 1 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 Objectives 2 1.5 Benefits of Developing a Playing Pitch Strategy 3

2. Context 2.1 Borough Profile 4 2.2 Policy Overview 6 2.2.1 National Context 6 2.2.2 Regional and Local Policy 7

3. Methodology 3.1 An overview of Sport England’s Playing Pitch Model 9 3.2 Applying the PPM to Nuneaton and Bedworth 10

4. Audit Results 4.1 Pitch Supply 14 4.1.1 Providers 14 4.1.2 Quantitative Overview 14 4.1.3 Qualitative Overview 18 4.2 Pitch Demand 19 4.2.1 Clubs Overview 19 4.3 Mini and Junior Football 20 4.3.1 Overview 20 4.3.2 Participation Trends 20 4.3.3 Quality Assessments 21 4.3.4 Club Survey Findings 22 4.4 Adult Football 24 4.4.1 Overview 24 4.4.2 Participation Trends 24 4.4.3 Quality Assessments 25 4.4.4 Club Survey Findings 26 4.5 Cricket 27 4.5.1 Overview 27 4.5.2 Participation Trends 27 4.5.3 Quality Assessments 27 4.5.4 Club Survey Findings 28 4.6 Rugby Union 29 4.6.1 Overview 29 4.6.2 Participation Trends 30 4.6.3 Quality Assessments 30 4.6.4 Club Survey Findings 30 4.7 Hockey 31 4.7.1 Overview 31 4.7.2 Participation Trends 31 4.7.3 Quality Assessments 32 4.7.4 Club Survey Findings 32 4.8 Other Sports 33 4.8.1 Tennis 33 4.8.2 Outdoor Bowls 34 4.8.3 Netball 36

5. Playing Pitch Analysis 5.1 Applying the Playing Pitch Model 37 5.2 Scenario “Ai” - Analysis at the Borough level based on actual numbers of 37 teams and pitches. 5.2.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations 37 5.2.2 Findings 38 5.2.3 Altering the Playing Pitch Model 39 5.2.4 Team Equivalent Exclusions 42 5.3 Scenario “Bi” - Analysis at the Borough wide level based on actual numbers 43 of teams and pitches, but also including team equivalents. 5.3.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations 43 5.3.2 Findings 44 5.3.3 Altering the Playing Pitch Model 44 5.4 Scenario “Ci” - Analysis at the Borough wide level based on team numbers/ 47 team equivalents, and the carrying capacity of secured community pitches 5.4.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations 47 5.4.2 Findings 48 5.5 Scenario “Di” - Analysis at the Borough wide level based on team numbers / 50 team equivalents, the carrying capacity of secured community pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches 5.5.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations 50 5.5.2 Findings 51 5.6 Analysis at the Locality Area Level 52 5.6.1 Scenario Aii: Analysis based on actual team numbers and secured 52 community pitches 5.6.2 Findings 53 5.6.3 Revised model to include actual team numbers and team 54 equivalents, capacity of playing pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches 5.6.4 Findings 54 5.7 Considering Additional Demand 55 5.7.1 Latent Demand 55 5.7.2 Displaced Demand 56 5.8 Predicting the Future 58 5.8.1 Football Team Generation Rates 58 5.8.2 Cricket Team Generation Rates 58 5.8.3 Rugby Union Team Generation Rates 59 5.8.4 Hockey Team Generation Rates 59 5.9 Future Population Assumptions 60 5.10 Future Participation Assumptions 61 5.11 Playing Pitch Model Calculations for 2015 62 5.11.1 Scenario Aiii - Projections for 2015 at the Borough wide level 62 based on actual numbers of teams and pitches. 5.11.2 Findings 63 5.12 Using the findings of the Playing Pitch Model Analysis. 64 5.12.1 Key Trends 64 5.12.2 Continual Improvement 65 5.12.3 Use of facilities for training 65

6. Action Plan 6.1 Operational Actions 66 6.2 Strategic Actions 69 6.3 Monitoring of Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan 73 Appendices

Appendix 1: Local Context 74

Appendix 2. a) Football Pitches 76 b) Cricket Pitches 81 c) Rugby Union Pitches 82 d) Hockey Pitches 83

Appendix 3. a) Mini and Junior Football Teams 84 b) Adult Football Teams 89 c) Junior Cricket Teams 93 d) Adult Cricket Teams 94 e) Mini and Junior Rugby Union Teams 96 f) Adult Rugby Union Teams 97 g) Hockey Teams 98

Appendix 4: Tennis Courts 99

Appendix 5: a) Mens Crown Green Bowls Clubs 100 b) Ladies Crown Green Bowls Clubs 102 c) Mixed Crown Green Bowls Clubs 103 d) Flat Green Bowls Clubs 103 e) Crown and Flat Green Bowling Greens 104

Appendix 6: a) Adult Netball Teams 105 b) Junior Netball Teams 106 c) Netball Courts 106

Appendix 7: a) Scenario Aii. Actual numbers of teams and pitches at the locality area 107 level b) Scenario Bii. Revised model to include actual team numbers and team 114 equivalents, capacity of playing pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches

Appendix 8: Borough Council Playing Pitch Changing Facilities: Quality Scores 121

Appendix 9: a) Nuneaton and Bedworth 2008 Mid-Year Population Breakdown 122 b) Nuneaton and Bedworth 2015 Mid-Year Population Breakdown 123

Appendix 10: Multi-Use Games Area Assessments 124

1. Introduction 1.1 Background Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council produced its first Playing Pitch Strategy in 2000. Ten years on, there is a need to review and update this in order to identify current provision levels within the Borough, enabling the Council to analyse existing usage and likely future levels of demand. Analysis of this will help to inform future planning policy relating to playing pitch provision. This strategy has been developed in line with the recommendations and methodology outlined within Sport England’s Playing Pitch Model which is contained within “Towards a Level Playing Field” (2003).

1.2 Strategy Format This Playing Pitch Strategy is structured in the following format:

Section 1: This introductory section identifies the key objectives and highlights the wide range of benefits of developing a Playing Pitch Strategy.

Section 2: This provides the context for the strategy, providing an overview of the Borough as well as highlighting important national, regional and local policy linked to playing pitches.

Section 3: The focus here is to provide details about Sport England’s Playing Pitch Model and show how this has been used as the basis for undertaking analysis across the Borough.

Section 4: This provides an overview of the audit of provision, as well as looking in more detail at the findings for individual sports.

Section 5: This provides the results of the Playing Pitch Model and summarises the key findings from this.

Section 6: Based on the audit of provision and the application of the Playing Pitch Model, a five year action plan has been developed which also makes a number of key strategic policy recommendations.

The Oval (Bedworth)

1 1.3 Scope In line with the assessment methodology detailed in “Toward a Level Playing Field”, the scope of this strategy is restricted to pitch based sports where the ‘team’ forms the key demand unit. The assessment is based on pitch requirements to meet regular demand from teams playing in organised competitive leagues. Therefore, there is a focus on voluntary participation by adults, young people and children in football, cricket, rugby union and hockey. The Sport England guidance also recommends including rugby league and lacrosse but there are no competitive leagues for these sports in the Borough and so they have been excluded from the assessment. This study also recognises that other sports include participation on playing pitches / sports surfaces although their demand varies, including individual and casual usage. Therefore, tennis, netball and bowls will also be included within the audit of provision. 1.4 Objectives The key objectives of this strategy are to: • Identify the spatial distribution of playing pitches across the Borough, including all known public, education, voluntary and private provision • Analyse the quantity, quality and accessibility of current levels of playing pitch provision • Engage with local sports clubs to help identify participation levels and local issues • Identify future demand for playing pitches • Develop a co-ordinated action plan for playing pitches in light of the key findings of this strategy

The development of this strategy is important to help the Council demonstrate a clear direction and set of priorities for playing pitch development over the life-span of this strategy and beyond.

2 1.5 Benefits of Developing a Playing Pitch Strategy Producing a strategy is important for the Council as it will help to: i. Ensure a strategic approach to playing pitch provision. This strategy will help to provide links to wider Council objectives. Playing pitches are essential in encouraging participation in sport and active lifestyles, helping to improve health and overall well-being. It is recognised that sedentary lifestyles can contribute to increased health problems, with obesity a major concern within the United Kingdom. The provision of high quality, accessible playing pitches can in part help to address these health concerns. ii. Improve engagement with local sports clubs and pitch providers. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council want to ensure that sports playing pitches meet the needs of local sports clubs and communities. With this in mind, the Council has used the strategy process as a means of enhancing community engagement and is committed to on-going consultation and feedback to ensure the needs of existing and future communities and clubs are being met. iii. Help in identifying improvements required and setting priorities. This strategy will address quantity and quality issues impacting upon pitch provision, and based on audit analysis, a co-ordinated action plan will be developed. The strategy will ensure that current provision and any future playing pitches enhance the quality of life of local communities and promote greater civic pride and social inclusion. iv. Help make the case for funding opportunities and future planning considerations and obligations. A comprehensive and current audit of playing pitch provision will help to provide a robust evidence base. As well as proving the need and requirement for developer contributions towards playing pitch development and associated facility improvements, it can also provide evidence of need for a range of capital grants. v. Provide an opportunity to promote and enhance sports development opportunities. Through sports club engagement and audits of provision, the Council will be able to promote sports development and wider sport participation by addressing key issues that may be affecting the progression of sports clubs or preventing the formation of additional sports clubs.

3 2. Context

2.1 Borough Profile When considering the distribution and local demands for playing pitch provision, it is important to have an understanding of the Borough and the local population demographics. The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth covers an area of 30 square miles and is situated to the east of the West Midlands conurbation, bordered by Warwickshire and Leicestershire. A map of the Borough is shown below, and from this it can be seen that the main urban areas are focused around the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Looking at the landscape character of the Borough, it comprises of a mix of both urban and rural neighbourhoods with approximately half of the land classified as green belt, largely located within the East and West of the Borough, with areas to the north classed as countryside. It is important that these rural areas of the Borough still have suitable access to playing pitch provision.

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4 The population of the Borough is 122,000 based on a 2009 mid-term population estimate. This is a 2.4% rise from the census of 2001 and accounts for 22.8% of the population of Warwickshire. This figure has grown by almost 10% since 1971 and it is predicted that by 2033 the population will have increased by a further 13.7%. It is therefore important that there is sufficient provision of playing pitches to cater for this increase in population. Nuneaton and Bedworth has a slightly younger population than the Warwickshire average with 36.7% of the population under 30 years of age. Despite this trend, since 1991, the elderly and very elderly age groups have also increased considerably, with the 75-84 age group increasing by 24%, and those over 85 by 42%. This emphasises the need to cater for the ageing population in terms of the facilities provided. Elderly residents are more likely to take part in less physically active sports and this needs to be taken into account. Groups other than White British account for 9.1% of the population. Other than Christianity, Sikh and Muslim faiths are the predominant religions in the Borough. Sports facility providers will need to ensure that facilities and playing pitches remain accessible to all sectors of the community as well as reflecting the specific sport demands of various ethnic groups. Nuneaton and Bedworth has performed relatively poorly on the Census health indicators. 19.1% of the population has a limiting long-term illness (11th of 34 West Midlands local authorities) and 9.7% class their health as ‘not good’ (10th regionally). Given the health benefits, it is important that local residents are encouraged to participate in sport. Nuneaton and Bedworth has the highest levels of deprivation in the county of Warwickshire. The borough ranks 108th out of 326 local authority districts (1st being the most deprived). Under the Index of Multiple Deprivation, each local authority area is divided into small Super Output Areas (SOAs), of which there are 32,482 in the whole of England and 70 in Nuneaton and Bedworth. Each Super Output area contains approximately 2,000 people.The nine most deprived Super Output Areas in Warwickshire are located in Nuneaton and Bedworth. The level of deprivation may impact on the ability of people to participate, with cost a potential barrier.

Miners Welfare Park Bowling Green (Bedworth)

5 2.2 Policy Overview 2.2.1 National Context The positive role that sport and active recreation can play in delivering quality of life and health benefits is recognised at the national level through several key documents. In 2002, the government produced, “Game Plan: a Strategy for delivering the Government’s sport and physical activity objectives,” which included a long-term goal of increasing participation and high performance in sport. More recently, Sport England has published “Strategy for 2008-2011, Grow, Sustain, Excel” with a clear focus on encouraging greater numbers of people to play and enjoy sport. It seeks to create a vibrant sporting culture, in which the needs of sports participants are suitably addressed. Within the strategy, Sport England make a commitment to work closely with the national governing bodies of sport and forge strong partnerships with local authorities, acknowledging that local authorities are key to driving local provision and helping to deliver high class community sport infrastructure. The link between participation in sport and health benefits is emphasised in the Chief Medical Officer’s Report (2004), which states the need for fundamental changes in attitude to active lifestyles. This backs the recommendation that for health benefits to accrue the population must undertake a minimum of 5 x 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per week. Linked to this, the Department for Health White Paper, “Choosing Health” (2004), set out new proposals for supporting the public to make healthier and more informed choices with regard to their health. It emphasised that effective partnerships across communities are essential in making available and promoting healthier choices and lifestyles. At the start of 2009, the Department of Health, published a new plan, “Be active, be healthy: a plan for getting the nation moving”, setting out new ideas for determining and responding to needs of local populations and encouraging more physical activity. Aside from the links to health and well-being, the profile of playing pitches has also risen due to key planning documents such as Planning Policy Guidance 17, “Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation (2002)”. PPG17 provides the planning policy framework for open space, sport and recreation facilities (including outdoor playing pitches), providing policy guidance for local Planning Authorities to determine individual planning applications and develop local development plans based upon audits of existing provision and an assessment of local needs. The information collated from this audit will link directly to the Open Space Assessment conducted by the Council in 2007.

6 2.2.2 Regional and Local Policy Whilst consideration of the national context is important, it is the regional and local context that is essential in ensuring that the Playing Pitch Strategy is representative of the needs of Nuneaton and Bedworth Until recently, the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for the West Midlands was seen as a crucial document in providing the broad development framework for the region. However, on 6 July 2010, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced the revocation of Regional Spatial Strategies (apart from the London Plan) with immediate effect. The implications of this decision are yet to be fully clarified and understood, although initial guidance has been issued to respond to any immediate matters that may arise. This programme returns decision-making powers on housing and planning to local Councils. It has, however, raised concerns that it could exacerbate ‘nimbyism’ at the local level at a time when steps are needed to tackle the UK’s significant housing shortage. Other important regional work include the draft Warwickshire Regional Facilities Strategy. This planned document will provide a means of improving the quantity and quality of sports facilities in the region. Locally, a number of key documents are important when considering current and future playing pitch provision. The Community Plan, Corporate Plan and emerging Local Development Framework all help to establish clear objectives and targets for the Borough across a wide range of issues. This Playing Pitch Strategy will form part of the Council’s evidence base that will identify future pitch provision requirements for the Borough up to 2026, the time period covered by the Council’s Local Development Framework. The identified pitch provision need will feed into the Infrastructure Delivery Plan which sets out what infrastructure (in its widest sense) is required to support the growth that will be taking place in the Borough. The Council also has a number of strategies that link to the development of this Playing Pitch Strategy, including its Open Space Strategy and Nuneaton and Bedworth Health Improvement Plan. Further information on these strategies can be viewed in Appendix 1. A visual summary of key policy impacting upon this strategy is shown on page 8.

7 Game Plan: A Strategy NBBC for delivering the Borough Plan Government’s sport and physical activity objectives (2002) Nuneaton Local Strategic Partnership Community Plan Chief O cers Medical Report (2004) NBBC Corporate plan “Growing Success” Choosing Health White Paper (2004) Nuneaton & Bedworth Health & Improvement Plan

Grow, Sustain, Excel NBBC - Sport England Sport & Active Strategy (2008) Recreation Plan

NBBC Open Space Be active, be Strategy healthy: a plan for Draft getting the nation Warwickshire Facilities moving (2009) NBBC Open Space Strategy Assessment

Playing Pitch Strategy

8 3. Methodology

3.1 An overview of Sport England’s Playing Pitch Model In 2003, Sport England introduced the Playing Pitch Model (PPM) as a means of providing a consistent approach to the strategic planning of outdoor sports provision. The aim of the model is to determine the number of pitches required for each pitch-based activity based on demand in an actual or predicted set of circumstances. With this in mind, the PPM methodology underpins this strategy, and can be summarised as an eight stage process, shown visually below.

Stage 1 Identifying teams/team equivalents

Stage 2 Calculating home games per team per week

Stage 3 Assessing total home games per week

Stage 4 Establishing temporal demand for games

Stage 5 Defining pitches used/required on each day

Stage 6 Establishing pitches available

Stage 7 Assessing the findings

Stage 8 Identifying policy options and solutions

9 There are three main ways in which the PPM can be used: • to reflect the existing playing pitch situation, using data on existing teams and pitches. • to test the adequacy of current provision by manipulating the variables in the PPM. • to predict future requirements for pitches, by incorporating planned pitches and projected changes in population.

3.2 Applying the PPM to Nuneaton and Bedworth Each of the eight stages will now be examined in further detail to explain how the audit process had been carried out.

Stage 1: Identification of the number of teams In order to identify local demand, and therefore be able to model the current situation in Nuneaton and Bedworth, it is necessary to identify all playing pitch sports teams. The success in determining demand is dependent on obtaining as comprehensive, and as accurate, a database as possible. With this in mind, an initial sports club questionnaire was distributed to all known clubs within the Borough. Recognising that not all clubs will respond to this form of consultation, additional club information has been gathered from a variety of sources including: • A review of Council booking information held over the previous 12 months relating to playing pitch sites within the Borough. • A review of information held within league handbooks, league web sites, and individual club web sites. • Contact with relevant league secretaries. • Contact with relevant sporting National Governing Bodies including Birmingham Football Association, Warwickshire Cricket Board, Warwickshire Rugby Football Union, England Hockey, Lawn Tennis Association and England Netball. From this it as been possible to identify a range of information, and in the main, it has been straight forward to identify the number of adult/senior teams, number of male/female teams and the number of mini and junior teams.

10 Stage 2: Calculating home games per team per week This stage calculates the total number of home games played by each team per week in the study area. This variable is calculated in two stages: i. Total number of home games played in a season by all teams (and team equivalents) / number of weeks in a season = Average number of home games per week ii. Average number of home games per week / total number of teams (and team equivalents) = Average number of home games per team per week Concerning this stage of the process, Sport England state that assumptions can be made, such as a value of 0.5 home games per week for winter sports such as football, which represents alternate home and away fixtures, and 0.6–0.8 home games per week for cricket. The higher value for cricket teams reflects the fact they are inclined to play more than one home game every two weeks because of mid-week leagues. However, within this audit, mid- week teams have been identified as separate teams and therefore the principle of alternate home and away fixtures has also been applied for cricket sides (i.e ratio of 0.5 home games per week). Additional information required to model the current situation include the use of playing pitches by schools and training sessions organised on match-day pitches. Such activity will produce wear and tear and will impact on the ability of a pitch to support competitive play. To address this, it has been necessary to make estimates as to the number of match/game equivalents.

Stage 3: Assessing total home games per week This involves multiplying Stage 1 by Stage 2 which results in the total home games played each week in the Borough. This figure provides an indication as to how many games have to be accommodated in Nuneaton and Bedworth during a typical week.

Stage 4: Establishing temporal demand for games This stage determines the proportion of home games played on each day of the week. From this information it is possible to identify periods of peak demand. Information that has been required for modelling the existing situation includes the percentage of matches played each day on each type of pitch (e.g. adult, junior or mini pitches). The future situation can be modelled based on factors such as predicted changes in the pattern of play, temporal demand for pitch provision, or changes in participation rates.

11 Stage 5: Defining pitches used/required on each day This involves multiplying Stages 3 and 4. The provides an indication of the number of pitches currently used at each day/time during the week.

Stage 6: Establishing pitches available The ownership and accessibility of pitches will influence their actual availability for community use. Therefore, this stage involves reviewing all pitch information and counting the number that are secured for use by the community in the Borough. The table shown below summarises the different types of access classification that have been used in this strategy.

Category Definition Qualifying Criteria A (i) Secured Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management A (ii) Community Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are Pitches open to members of the public A (iii) Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Used by Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community but community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user not secured agreements) C Not open for Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or community use practice, available for hire by the public

Based on this classification system, secured pitches include: • All Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council maintained pitches • All Warwickshire County Council school pitches (and other education providers) that are available subject to formal community use agreements • All other pitches, used or maintained by clubs/private individuals and which, as a matter of policy and practice, are available to large sections of the public e.g. through membership of a club Only pitches that are available in secured community use have been included in the Playing Pitch model. Additional information is required for assessing the adequacy of existing provision. For instance, the condition of the pitch may impact upon how often it can be used, and as a means of assessing this, it is necessary to gauge pitch quality. Therefore, all pitches with secured community access were also assessed against a range of quality criteria.

12 All Borough Council maintained playing pitches and private sports clubs have been assessed using a non-technical turf pitch quality assessment. In short, this involved assessing a range of criteria such as slope of pitch, grass cover, evenness of surface, etc, as detailed within the Sport England toolkit. In addition to pitch quality assessments, a separate inspection of all Council maintained changing and ancillary facilities has also been conducted. Non-technical turf pitch quality assessments have not been carried out at schools locations. Instead, the consultation directed at these providers asked respondents to rate their own playing pitches and linked ancillary facilities, and this has formed the basis on allocating a quality rating for these facilities.

Stage 7: Assessing the findings This stage focuses on comparing the number of pitches required on each day (calculated in Stage 5) with the number of pitches available (Stage 6). This is important as it reveals whether there are spare or under used pitches, excess demand or if supply matches demand.

Stage 8: Identifying policy options and solutions The eighth and final stage of the process deals with policy options and solutions. The identification of issues when modelling the existing situation will serve to identify possible policy options that could be implemented when analysing the adequacy of current provision and future requirements. The club and school questionnaire process also helped to identify specific issues encountered by local sports clubs and providers.

Pingles Football Pitches (Nuneaton)

13 4. Audit Results

4.1 Pitch Supply This section focuses on the audit of provision and identifies current playing pitch provision in Nuneaton and Bedworth.

4.1.1 Providers A comprehensive assessment of existing playing pitch supply in the Borough has been undertaken. This shows provision is in the form of three main providers. • Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council – Playing pitch provision is located at parks and recreation grounds. Whilst these open spaces are freely accessible and can be used for informal sports use, organised football, cricket and bowls matches have to be booked through the Council’s parks service. • Local Education Providers – Schools provide pitches which are used during school hours for school sport and PE. Some of these schools have formal community use agreements in place, whilst others permit community use without formal arrangements being agreed. It should be noted that the local management of schools has meant that some adopt the policy of not permitting outside use of their facilities, whilst a small number of schools do not have any playing pitches within their school grounds. • Private / Voluntary Sports Clubs - These providers include private sports clubs with ownership of their facilities, or clubs that have an agreed lease of Council facilities for their own use.

4.1.2 Quantitative Overview The audit of playing pitch provision has identified that there are 151 playing pitches within the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, based on football, cricket, rugby and hockey pitches. (A full breakdown of playing pitches is provided in Appendix 2 and a map showing the distribution of these pitches is shown on page 16) With regard to the ownership of these facilities, this supply is broken down as follows:

Pitch Ownership Number of Playing Pitches

Council 51 Education 70 Private 30 Total 151

14 Most Council maintained pitches are available for wider community use. This is also applicable to most private facilities, which although privately owned, can be used by large sections of the public through membership of a club or admission fee. However, as previously stated in 4.1.1, some school providers do not permit access for wider community use. Therefore, the following table displays the number of pitches currently in secured community use.

Pitch Ownership Number of Secured Playing Pitches

Council 50 Local Education Authority 33 Private 28 Total 111

In addition to these secured pitches, it should be noted that there are an additional 26 playing pitches at school locations that do have some existing club use. However, they have no formal community use agreement and so cannot be classed as ‘secured playing pitches.’ On a sport by sport basis, the secured playing pitches are broken down as follows:

Sport Mini Pitches Junior Pitches Adult Pitches Total Football 16 9 51 76 Cricket 15 15 Rugby Union 3 13 16 Hockey 4 4 Total 16 12 83 111

The locations of all secured playing pitches is shown on page 17.

Pingles Football Pitches (Nuneaton)

15 All Sports Pitches located in Nuneaton and Bedworth (irrespective of access)

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16 Sports Pitches in Secured Community Use

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17 4.1.3 Qualitative Overview Non-technical turf pitch quality assessments were carried out to establish the quality of all secured playing pitches.

Pitch Ownership Average Quality of Secured Playing Pitches

Council 70.7% Local Education Authority 69.4% Private 86.5% Overall Average 74.3%

This shows that private club pitches scored considerably higher than Council-maintained and school pitches. On a sport by sport basis, the quality of secured playing pitches is summarised as follows:

Sport Mini Junior Adult Average Quality

Football 66.4% 69.7% 71.7% 70.3% Cricket 86.3% 86.3% Rugby Union 74.7 82.7% 81.2% Hockey 78.7% 78.7%

This indicates that there is scope for improving the quality of the Borough’s football pitches, as this form of provision scores lowest when compared to other playing pitch sports. Particular emphasis should be placed on mini pitches as they only averaged 66.4% compared to the overall average of 70.3% for all football pitches. Cricket pitches scored highest (86.3%), with rugby union pitches also averaging in excess of 80%. It is important to remember that the non-technical turf quality assessments are limited to the factors set out in the Sport England toolkit. Therefore, each pitch is only assessed against a maximum of fifteen factors. These assessments should be treated as a means of comparing pitch quality, and in effect, they represent a snap shot in time. Any natural influences such as the weather, grounds maintenance regime, etc, may impact upon the quality score attributed to individual pitches.

18 4.2 Pitch Demand The audit of demand has identified all formal teams playing in organised competition that require access to playing pitches on a regular basis.

4.2.1 Clubs Overview A total of 112 clubs are based in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, generating 350 teams. These numbers are broken down as follows (all identified clubs and teams are displayed in Appendix 3):

Sport Number of Clubs Number of Teams

Mini / Junior Football 21 145 Adult Football 59 90 Mini / Junior Cricket 6 30 Adult Cricket 15 49 Mini / Junior Rugby 3 13 Adult Rugby 6 14 Mini / Junior Hockey 1 1 Adult Hockey 1 8 Total 112 350

The following sections will now look at demand on an individual sports basis.

Miners Welfare Park Cricket Pitch (Nuneaton)

19 4.3 Mini and Junior Football 4.3.1 Overview The audit of provision has identified that a total of 21 junior football clubs from Nuneaton and Bedworth compete in organised league competitions (see Appendix 3a). The four identified leagues in which teams compete are: • Nuneaton and Bedworth Mini and Minor League- fixtures scheduled for Sunday mornings. • John Bryan Coventry Minor League - fixtures scheduled for Sundays mornings or afternoons. • Tamworth Junior Football League - fixtures scheduled for Saturday mornings. • Midland Junior Premier League - Nuneaton Town Community Club and Bedworth United compete in this league during Saturday mornings. 12 clubs have teams competing both in the Nuneaton and Bedworth league and also competitions outside of the Borough boundary.

4.3.2 Participation Trends On reviewing available club data and league websites, it is evident that there has been a significant reduction in the number of junior teams competing in Nuneaton and Bedworth during the current season when compared to 2008/2009 season. This is emphasised in the table below, which shows that 42 fewer teams are competing in the Nuneaton & Bedworth Minor League than the previous season.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Minor League Season League Division 2008/2009 2009/2010 Under 11's Sporting Touch 13 11 Under 11's Frank Parker 13 n/a Under 12's Sporting Touch 8 12 Under 12's Nuneaton Trophy 7 n/a Under 13's Peter Harper 13 9 Under 13's Sporting Touch 13 n/a Under 14's Reg Long 10 11 Under 15's Daniel Cooper 12 6 Under 15's Sporting Touch 12 8 Under 16's Graham Baxter 7 9 Total Number of Teams 108 66

20 With regard to mini provision, the number of teams has increased compared to the 2008/2009 season. This is due to the creation of an under 8’s mini league as well as an under 10’s girl’s league. Consequently, there are 12 more mini teams compared to last season.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Mini League Season League Age Group 2008/2009 2009/2010 Under 8’s n/a 11 Under 9's Monarch 9 8 Under 9's Super Nova 10 8 Under 10's Cosmic 10 9 Under 10's Meteor 10 10 Under 10's Girls n/a 5 Total 39 51

The Council’s first playing pitch strategy was produced in 2000. This coincided with the formation of the Borough’s first mini league season which began in 1999/2000. For this first year, the Nuneaton and Bedworth Mini League agreed to cap participation to 40 teams. This shows that up until 2008/2009, team numbers remained consistent with this initial start-up figure. This would indicate that the increase in demand has only occurred in the past 12 months. Participation in girls football is restricted to mini soccer. The audit has identified that there are no junior age girls teams competing in organised competition.

4.3.3 Quality Assessments Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council maintain six mini soccer football pitches, with quality scores ranging from a lowest of 58% (Craft Centre) to a highest score of 78% at Johnson Road. Key reasons as to why the Craft Centre pitch scored lowest were due to the unevenness of the pitch and the fact that there were high levels of unofficial use of the pitch. To illustrate, as well as informal use, this location is also used by the Council for events and activities such as amusement fairs. The Council only maintains three junior pitches and the quality of these varies, with Newdigate Recreation Ground assessed to be a ‘good’ pitch given it’s quality score of 73%. In contrast, the pitches at Kingswood Recreation Ground and Stockingford Recreation Ground only scored 55%, the lower limit for ‘average’ pitches. Both sites showed evidence of unofficial use, with tyre tracks visible on the Kingswood pitch, and thin grass coverage also adversely impacted on the scores awarded. The two privately maintained mini pitches are assessed as being “good”, with quality scores of 70% awarded to the pitches located at the rear of Nuneaton Old Edwardians Rugby Club.

21 The quality of school pitches is seen to vary considerably. This in part can be explained by the fact that schools were asked to self-assess their own pitch provision, and so site inspections were not carried out by the same assessor. Of the eight mini pitches that are available in secured community use, scores ranged from 50% up to 87%, (with the highest score recorded at both Milby Lane School and Higham Lane School). The lowest score was recorded at Nicholas Chamberlaine School, where grass coverage, line markings and firmness of surface were all awarded a “poor rating”. A wide range of scores were also recorded for school junior pitches. Stockingford Junior School recorded the joint lowest average score (62%). Issues affecting the quality of pitches at this school included the bounce of ball and evenness of pitch, both of which received a poor rating. The George Eliot School also received the same overall score of 62% and this was due to most of the individual quality factors being assessed as acceptable, (as opposed to good which would have increased the overall score). These two schools were 25% lower than the score awarded to the highest scoring school pitches, located at Milby Lane School.

4.3.4 Club Survey Findings All mini and junior clubs affiliated to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Mini/Minor League were given the opportunity to complete the sports club questionnaire. Eight out of twenty clubs responded to the club questionnaire (40% return rate), accounting for 59 mini and junior teams. The clubs that responded were: • Weddington Sports JFC • Chetwynd AFC • Haunchwood Sports JFC • Attleborough Sports JFC • Higham Football Club • Windmill Cougars • Ambleside Junior Football Club • Nuneaton Town Community Club

22 Encouragingly, six of the eight respondents stated that their membership has increased over the past five years, with the remaining two clubs indicating static membership patterns. When compared to the participation trend discussed previously, although the total number of clubs appears to have declined, those that continue to compete in league competition appear to show positive membership trends. Only one of the eight clubs has a development plan in place, Nuneaton Town Community Club, indicating that there is scope for encouraging clubs to look at the long-term development of their club. Issues that are faced by clubs include lack of appropriate facilities, with five of the clubs stating that this as a factor. Following on from this, a lack of internal funds, and a lack of external funding are cited as other problematic factors for three of the clubs. With this in mind, future plans focus on increasing membership which will have a positive impact on helping to generate club funds.

23 4.4 Adult Football 4.4.1 Overview The audit of provision has identified that a total of 63 clubs from the Borough compete in organised leagues (see Appendix 3b). There are four main leagues in which senior teams from the Nuneaton and Bedworth area compete. They are as follows: • Nuneaton and District Sunday League - with fixtures scheduled for Sunday mornings. • Coventry Alliance Football League - with fixtures scheduled for Saturday afternoons. • Coventry and District Sunday League - with fixtures taking place on Sunday mornings. • Coventry and District Church League - with fixtures scheduled for Saturday mornings. Whilst there is some cross border travel into the surrounding area, it should be noted that this is minimal, with the majority of clubs competing in the Nuneaton and District Sunday League. Within this league, 88 teams compete across 7 divisions, with 70 of these sides playing home fixtures within the Borough boundary. The remaining 18 teams are all based outside of Nuneaton and Bedworth.

4.4.2 Participation Trends Club participation trends show a slight increase over the previous 12 months with 6 additional teams competing in the Nuneaton and District Sunday League during the 2009/2010 season,

Nuneaton and District Sunday League Season Football League 2008/2009 2009/2010 Premier 1 9 11 Premier 2 12 12 Division 1 12 13 Division 2 11 12 Division 3 14 13 Division 4 11 14 Division 5 13 13 Total 82 88

Although the Council’s first Playing Pitch Strategy did not distinguish between junior and senior football, it is worth comparing team numbers to gauge changes in participation. In 2000, a total of 168 senior and junior teams were identified. Ten years on, a total of 191 teams have been identified, indicating 14% more teams competing in organised football competition.

24 4.4.3 Quality Assessments There are 32 pitches maintained by the Borough Council which are publicly available for community use, with an average quality score of 70.3% recorded based on the non-technical turf assessments (there is one pitch owned by the county Council, located at Tomkinson Recreation Ground). Using the Sport England toolkit, this would indicate that Borough Council sites are typically “good” pitches. The highest scoring pitch was located at Vale View, where a score of 81% was obtained. However, the second adult pitch located at Vale View scored 69% showing variation within this particular open space. Vale View is situated within the locality area of Arbury & Stockingford, and it was noticeable that the quality of adult football pitches was consistently high here (average quality score calculated as 76%). When viewing the table below, it is evident that the quality of pitches is poorest within the locality area of Abbey & Wem Brook (63.2% average), whilst Camp Hill & Galley Common have no Council maintained adult pitches.

Locality Area Number of secured Average Quality Score community pitches (%) Arbury & Stockingford 5 76.0 Bedworth South 5 72.6 Weddington & St Nicolas 4 72.2 Bedworth North 5 72.0 Whitestone & Bulkington 9 67.3 Abbey & Wem Brook 4 63.2 Camp Hill & Galley Common 0 N/A Total 32 70.3

As with mini soccer pitches, the poorest scoring site was located at the Craft Centre with the score again limited by unofficial use and the uneven nature of the pitch (quality score of 52%). This was the only adult pitch deemed to be “below average”. Other pitches that scored low included Attleborough Recreation Ground (55%). Here the score was limited by the fact that it has no changing accommodation and other factors such as grass length, which on the assessment day was deemed to be excessively long. A total of seven privately maintained adult pitches were identified as being available in secured community use. These pitches and their associated facilities were noticeably in better condition than the Council maintained provision, emphasised by the fact that the average quality score for these pitches was 85.6% (representing an increase of 15% when compared to Council average pitch scores). Using the Sport England Toolkit, two of these pitches are classed as excellent; the Oval , which scored 96% on the quality assessment and Stockingford AA, 94%. In addition, the other five pitches all scored greater than 75%.

25 Similar to mini and junior pitches, the quality of pitches in secured community use at school locations showed high levels of variation. The quality of provision at Nicolas Chamberlaine was again highlighted as being the lowest in comparison to other schools (averaging only 58% for it’s six adult pitches). Areas of concern from the quality assessment were grass coverage and line markings, both of which were assessed as “poor”. The highest scoring school adult pitches were located at Higham Lane School, where pitch quality was recorded as 87%.

4.4.4 Club Survey Findings All clubs that compete in the Nuneaton and District Sunday League or make use of Council maintained football pitches were given the opportunity to complete the sports club questionnaire. Unfortunately, only five clubs completed the questionnaire, accounting for fourteen teams, making meaningful analysis difficult. Clubs were given several opportunities to complete the questionnaire and the poor response rate (less than 10%), shows that more needs to be done to help positively engage with local football teams. Responses were received from: • Crows Nest FC. • Bulkington Sports & Social FC. • Nuneaton Town Community Club. • Orchard Athletic (Bedworth) FC. • Haunchwood Sports FC. Over the past five years, membership levels have remained static for three of the clubs, with the other two seeing increased membership numbers. Nuneaton Town Community Club, as with the mini and junior leagues, is the only club to have a development plan in place, and so there is scope for encouraging clubs to look at this aspect. The main issue faced by clubs include the lack of appropriate facilities, with three of the clubs highlighting this as a problem. Linked to this, future plans focus on expanding the range of facilities available.

26 4.5 Cricket 4.5.1 Overview: The audit of provision has identified that there are 10 cricket clubs in the Borough that competed in the Warwickshire Cricket League during the 2009 season (see Appendix 3d). In addition to this Saturday league competition, all 10 clubs also compete in the midweek twenty over league, which is known as the “Nuneaton Thursday League”. These are the two principle league competitions in which Nuneaton and Bedworth teams compete. However, it should be noted that other matches also take place in the Borough, with Khalifa Sports competing in the Khalifa Community League. Although this is a Nuneaton based cricket club, the majority of league matches take place outside of the Borough at Richmond Park, Hinckley. Other sides from outside of the Borough make use of Nuneaton and Bedworth pitches to enable them to compete in league competitions. Examples include the Coventry Sunday League and Coventry 40 Overs League, who hire Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council cricket pitches to host numerous games throughout the season. In addition to mens cricket, six of the ten Warwickshire Cricket League clubs have active youth set-ups, with age levels ranging from under 9’s to under 17’s (see Appendix 3c). Most structured play is arranged through the North and East Warwickshire League, although other competitions include the Lord Taverners League, as well as some friendly fixtures. There are no dedicated women’s or girls cricket teams within the Borough.

4.5.2 Participation Trends: Participation levels in the Warwickshire Cricket League remain consistent. This league acts as a feeder system into the Birmingham and District Premier League, and the 2009 season saw 98 clubs compete across 18 divisions (with the majority of these clubs supporting a minimum of two teams). The 2010 season is anticipated to see similar numbers although it should be noted that the single teams league is being re-organised so that single teams play more varied opposition over a wider geographical area as opposed to regionalised fixtures. At the local Borough level, it is anticipated that Haunchwood Cricket Club is going to merge with Stockingford (Note: for the purpose of the playing pitch modelling, all data has been based on 2009 data).

4.5.3 Quality Assessments The average quality score of the seven Council maintained cricket pitches was 79.9%. This encompassed a lowest score of 75% at Bulkington Recreation Ground to a highest score of 93% at Miners Welfare Park. Bulkington Recreation Ground scored lowest given that part of the outfield also forms adjoining football pitches, and there was evidence of wear on the cricket outfield. However, using the Sport England toolkit to equate these figures to

27 classifications, it is important to state that all pitches are assessed as “good”, with the Miners Welfare Park pitch assessed as “excellent”. Privately maintained cricket pitches scored even higher with the six pitches averaging 93.7%. Ambleside’s cricket pitch scored 97%, closely followed by Griff & Coton and Stockingford AA (both 96%). This indicates that all privately maintained pitches are in excellent condition.

4.5.4 Club Survey Findings Questionnaires were completed by three of the ten clubs who compete in the Warwickshire Cricket League (30% return rate). • Bulkington CC • Collycroft CC • Griff and Coton CC Additional club responses were received by Pakstars Cricket Club, who compete in the Coventry and Warwick Wednesday District League, and Heckley Cricket Club. Three of the five clubs have seen membership increase over the past five years, whilst the other two clubs have seen membership remain static. Encouragingly, two of the five clubs, Bulkington and Griff and Coton, have written development plans in place indicating the desire to plan strategically for the future. Membership retention and recruitment appears to be the biggest challenge facing local league clubs, with four of the five clubs highlighting this as a concern. Other issues focus on a lack of internal and external funding, whilst access difficulties for members, and lack of information about services also emphasised as concerns. With regard to plans for the future, again much focus is placed on membership with all clubs highlighting the need to expand membership. Collycroft Cricket Club highlighted a lack of suitable training facilities within the Borough. When asked to assess the quality of their pitches, three of the five clubs appear to be satisfied with their playing pitches, with Griff & Coton and Collycroft Cricket Club ranking the overall quality of their pitch as good. Heckley and Pakstars CC assess the overall quality of their pitch as acceptable (both make use of Heckley Recreation Ground). However, Bulkington Cricket Club rank the overall quality of their pitch as poor, with the evenness of the pitch, and litter identified as particular concerns. Interestingly, this supports the findings of the non technical quality assessments (see 4.5.3). This identified that Bulkington Recreation Ground scored 75%, the lowest score of all the Borough Council and privately maintained pitches. This suggests there is scope for improvements to raise the standard of this cricket pitch.

28 4.6 Rugby Union 4.6.1 Overview The audit of provision has identified that there are six rugby union clubs located across the Borough: • Nuneaton RFC • Manor Park RFC • Bedworth RFC • Coventry Welsh RFC • Nuneaton Old Edwardians RFC • Nuneaton Ladies RFC All five of the mens clubs play on privately owned pitches, with no Council maintained provision available. Of these clubs, Nuneaton RFC compete in the national league (currently National League 1 during the 2009/10 season). Given the standard in which they compete, they have a wide range of facilities available including four adult pitches and two junior pitches. All of the other four mens clubs compete in regional based competition, with first XV’s taking part in the Midlands League, followed by clubs second and third teams competing within the Warwickshire league (see Appendix 3f). There is only one ladies team in the Borough, Nuneaton Ladies RFC. They compete in the National Challenge Midlands North 2. Junior rugby participation is heavily focused at Nuneaton RFC, unsurprising given the level at which the adult teams compete (see Appendix 3e). Information collated by the Rugby Football Union shows that the club currently runs the following junior teams: • Under 7 to Under 12 age groups = 6 teams • Under 13 to Under 15 age groups = 3 Teams All of these clubs play in organised matches against sides from across the region. In addition to these nine teams, the club also has an Under 17’s and Colts side, emphasising the extensive range of junior and mini rugby played at the club. There are two other junior sides that compete locally, Nuneaton Old Edwardians Under 16’s, who have played in a series of friendly fixtures during the 2009/10 season, and Bedworth Colts.

29 4.6.2 Participation Trends The Council’s first Playing Pitch Strategy identified four rugby clubs within the Borough. It incorrectly excluded Coventry Welsh Rugby Club, although this may have been due to differences in the Borough boundary when compared with the current administrative boundary. Adult participation remains encouraging with all five men’s clubs supporting at least two adult teams. However, as emphasised in 4.6.1, junior participation is mainly restricted to Nuneaton RFC. Prior to the 2009/10 season, four of the clubs had no junior or mini rugby teams. Nuneaton Old Edwardians have looked to address this by creating an Under 16 side for the current season, and the club is considering further junior teams in the future.

4.6.3 Quality Assessments Non-technical turf pitch quality assessments were carried out at all of the privately maintained rugby pitches that were identified as being within secured community use; eleven full size and two junior size pitches. The quality scores obtained by these pitches were consistently high with an average score of 86.2% recorded. The highest score of 93% was obtained at Bedworth Rugby Club and Coventry Welsh Rugby Club, thus highlighting the fact that suitable playing surfaces are available for clubs in this Borough. In addition to the private provision, a further three pitches were available in secured community use at school sites, although the quality was deemed to be much lower at these locations. Nicolas Chamberlaine has two rugby pitches (58% quality), whilst the George Eliot School has one pitch (average 62%).

4.6.4 Club Survey Findings Three of the five mens clubs responded to the questionnaire (60% return rate). They were: • Bedworth RFC • Nuneaton Old Edwardians RFC • Nuneaton RFC Two of the clubs have seen an increase in membership over the past five years, although Nuneaton RFC has seen its membership decrease, whilst all three have written development plans to help shape their long-term development. The national governing body for the sport, the Rugby Football Union, also confirmed that one of the two remaining clubs have written development plans in place (Manor Park RFC are the only club without a plan). When asked to assess the quality of their main match pitches, Bedworth RFC and Nuneaton Old Edwardians RFC classed the overall quality as ‘good’, whilst Nuneaton RFC feel that their pitch can be assessed as ‘acceptable’, supporting the findings of the non-technical turf pitch quality assessments. The only factor that was deemed to be “poor” was the issue of litter, which was highlighted both at Bedworth RFC and Nuneaton RFC.

30 4.7 Hockey 4.7.1 Overview There are only two adult hockey clubs in the Borough, both affiliated to Hockey England: • Nuneaton Men’s Hockey Club • Nuneaton Ladies Hockey Club Although there are no other adult sides within the Borough it should be noted that there is a mixed club in Atherstone located adjacent to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough boundary. Both Nuneaton clubs play their home fixtures at Etone Leisure Centre, with the men’s club supporting five adult teams that compete in various divisions of the Midlands Regional Hockey Association. The Ladies Club have three sides that compete in the Warwickshire League, as shown in Appendix 3g. Whilst hockey is played at schools, there is limited participation in organised club competition at the junior age level, with no boys junior side and only one girls side - Nuneaton Ladies Juniors. Nuneaton Ladies Juniors encourage players of all standards from 7 years of age upwards. Training takes place on Sunday mornings, again at Etone Sports Centre, with the club competing in the Warwickshire Vixens hockey league, playing regular fixtures against other local clubs. In addition to this, the junior side also compete in the U13 mini national competition.

4.7.2 Participation Trends The Council’s first playing pitch strategy stated that, “Hockey is played solely on the Council’s artificial turf pitch at the Etone Sports Centre. Although a case could be made for an additional artificial turf pitch due to existing peak demand, training needs of local clubs are currently met by the use of a hard surface area at Ambleside Sports Club, where grass pitch use is also available for occasional training needs.” This situation reflects the current position, with both clubs still forging strong links with Higham Lane Leisure Association, located at Ambleside Sports Club. During the 2007/2008 season, Nuneaton Men’s Hockey Club supported 6 teams. This number was reduced to five for the beginning of the 2008/2009 season, and team numbers have remained constant for both the Ladies and Men’s clubs during the past two seasons.

31 4.7.3 Quality Assessments A non-technical turf pitch quality assessment was not carried out for the artificial pitch at Etone Sports Centre. The quality assessment is designed for use on grass playing pitches. Etone Sport Centre has a full size floodlit hockey pitch that is sand filled in order to meet hockey competition requirements. Given that it is not susceptible to the wear and tear associated with grass playing surfaces, it is able to support far greater levels of training and match competition. Aside from this, there are a further three grass hockey pitches that are located at school sites, that are available in secured community use. These pitches are located at Higham Lane School (average quality score of 87% for its two pitches) and the George Eliot School (62%). None of this additional provision is currently used for any club activity and has been excluded from the Playing Pitch Model analysis in section 5.

4.7.4 Club Survey Findings Questionnaires were provided to both the Men’s and Ladies hockey clubs by the national governing body, Hockey England. Unfortunately, no responses were provided by either club.

Etone Artificial Hockey Pitch (Nuneaton)

32 4.8 Other Sports

4.8.1 Tennis Within Nuneaton and Bedworth, there is one tennis club affiliated to the national Lawn Tennis Association; Nuneaton Lawn Tennis Club. Facilities offered at this club include five tarmacadam tennis courts, two of which are floodlit. During 2009, the club had four mens teams and one ladies team competing in the Coventry and District Tennis League. In addition to this, the club also has a veterans side competing in the Warwickshire Veterans League, and junior players competing at different age groups. Over the past 3 years, Nuneaton Lawn Tennis Club have been developing extensive plans to upgrade their facilities, working in partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association and Warwickshire County Council. Improvement works have included: • Re-surfacing of courts 3, 4 and 5 with porous macadam. • Installation of floodlights on courts 3, 4 and 5 so that all available courts are floodlit. • Re-surfacing of courts 1 and 2 with synthetic grass. These significant improvements will help to raise the quality of facilities available, and with all courts being floodlit, this will help to enable participation to take place throughout the year. This is important as it supports the priorities of the sports governing body which is to invest in facilities which will generate additional playing hours and enhance the junior coaching and competition programme and overall participation in tennis. Whilst there is only one dedicated tennis club in the Borough, informal participation also takes place at forty-one more courts located across the Borough (a breakdown of this is provided in Appendix 4). Fourteen publicly accessible tarmacadam tennis courts are available at Council maintained parks and open spaces, including courts at Bailey Park, Heckley Recreation Ground, Miners Welfare Park, and Pingles (shown below). Two more courts are available through private club membership at Higham Lane Leisure Association, located at Ambleside. Finally, a further twenty five courts are located at school sites.

Pingles Tennis Courts (Nuneaton)

33 4.8.2 Outdoor Bowls Both crown green bowls and flat green bowls are played within Nuneaton and Bedworth. Fifteen crown green bowls clubs exist in the Borough, and they are affiliated to the North Midlands Bowling Association. Within this structure, clubs can compete in a variety of competitions including:

Mens Crown Green Leagues: • Coventry & District Midweek League (with matches scheduled for Wednesdays) • Coventry & District Thursday League • Coventry & District Saturday League • Nuneaton & District Saturday League • Nuneaton & District Sunday League • Nuneaton & District Mens Midweek League (with matches scheduled for Wednesdays)

Ladies Crown Green Leagues: • North Midlands Ladies League (with matches scheduled for Mondays) • Coventry & District Ladies League (with matches scheduled for Mondays) • Nuneaton & District Ladies League (with matches scheduled for Fridays) • Nuneaton & District Thursday League

Mixed Crown Green Leagues • Tuesday Mixed League Most clubs generate several teams, such as Bermuda Bowls Club who have four mens teams, three ladies teams and one mixed team. In addition, clubs may also host a range of other tournaments throughout the season for all age groups, including county fixtures. A full breakdown of teams is displayed in Appendices 5a-5c. In terms of bowling green provision, there are eighteen crown greens situated in the Borough, distributed across eleven private membership clubs and one Council maintained site (refer to Appendix 5e). Miners Welfare Park is the only Council maintained facility that is currently used, and this fenced green is the home venue for Bedworth Ex-Service Bowls Club.

34 In addition to Crown Green Bowls, within the county of Warwickshire there are also 59 clubs who are affiliated to the National Governing Body for flat green bowls, Bowls England. Of these, two clubs are located within Nuneaton and Bedworth; Ambleside Bowls Club and Nuneaton Bowls Club. Both bowls clubs have men, ladies and mixed sides competing in various competitions including Coventry and Warwickshire Leagues (Appendix 5d).

Miners Welfare Park Bowling Green (Bedworth)

35 4.8.3 Netball Teams from Nuneaton and Bedworth compete within the Coventry and Warwickshire league. This league has eight divisions with 29 clubs providing a total number of 81 teams. Of these clubs, six are located within Nuneaton and Bedworth (see Appendix 6a). In summary, the clubs support the following numbers of teams: • Ambleside - five adult teams • Bedworth - one adult team • Bulkington - four adult teams • Griff & Coton - three adult teams • Nuneaton Old Edwardians - one adult team • Synergy - four adult teams League matches take place on Saturdays with the league season running from October to April. Junior age netball teams compete in Coventry and Warwickshire leagues. During the current 2009/2010 season, only 2 clubs have junior sides (Appendix 6b). Ambleside have four sides ranging from under 12’s to under 16’s, whilst Bulkington have one under 14’s team. At present, only five venues are used for organised league matches. Two locations are Council maintained facilities, at Bulkington Recreation Ground (two courts) and Heckley Recreation Ground (one court), whilst a further two venues are in private ownership; Griff & Coton (one court) and Ambleside (three courts). One school is used for league matches, Alderman Smith School, which has six netball courts available for use (a full inventory of netball courts available is displayed in Appendix 6c). It should also be noted that a further 27 netball courts have been identified at secondary schools, although some courts are used for other sporting activities and are not solely netball courts. Similarly, courts are also available at primary schools but these are generally multi- purpose surfaces used for a range of sports and have therefore been excluded from the audit. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council have recently developed a summer netball competition, with matches taking place on the two courts available at Pingles Leisure Centre. This is aimed at more informal participation as opposed to structured, rigid league formats. It should also be noted that the Warwickshire Netball Association are currently in the process of developing a new three year action plan for the region, encompassing the Nuneaton and Bedworth area.

36 5. Playing Pitch Analysis

5.1 Applying the Playing Pitch Model Having provided an overview of pitch and sports club provision within Nuneaton and Bedworth it is now important to assess the adequacy of this provision. Therefore, this section focuses on using the audit data and applying it to the playing pitch model (PPM). As detailed in Section 3, the PPM is an eight stage process, with the first six stages used to make calculations from the collated data. This methodology will be applied to each of the four principle sports addressed within this strategy - football, cricket, rugby union and hockey, and this information is summarised below.

5.2 Scenario Ai Analysis at the Borough level based on actual numbers of teams and pitches.

5.2.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team numbers Adult 90 48 14 8 48 Junior 84 30 13 1 Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 45 24 7 4 24 week Junior 42 15 6.5 0.5 Temporal Sat am Adult 6% 33% 2% Demand (%) Junior 5% Sat pm Adult 11 60% 96% 67% 7% Junior 11% Sun am Adult 80% 89% Junior 18% 16% 89% 100% Sun pm Adult 2% 15% 4% 2% Junior 77% Mid wk Adult 1% 20% 1 Junior 42% Mid wk Adult 5% 2 Junior 42% Pitches Currently Adult 51 13 16 15 2 available Junior 9 3

37 Stage Age Sport Mini Soccer Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Union Under-use or Sat am Adult 48.3 15.0 13.0 0.7 15.5 shortfall Junior 6.9 15.0 3.0 2.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 46.1 0.6 6.3 -0.7 indicate a 14.3 shortfall of Junior 9.0 15.0 2.3 2.0 pitch Sun am Adult 15.0 15.0 13.0 2.0 -5.4 provision) Junior 1.4 12.6 -2.8 1.5 Sun pm Adult 50.1 11.4 12.7 2.0 15.5 Junior -23.3 15.0 3.0 2.0 Mid wk Adult 50.6 10.2 13.0 2.0 16.0 1 Junior 9.0 8.7 3.0 2.0 Mid wk Adult 51.0 13.8 13.0 2.0 16.0 2 Junior 9.0 8.7 3.0 2.0

5.2.2 Findings This analysis shows that based solely on the actual number of teams and associated number of pitches, that: • There is currently a shortfall of 5.4 mini soccer pitches at the peak time of organised games (Sunday mornings). However, it should be noted that the playing pitch model has compared the number of teams with actual number of mini-sized football pitches. It fails to take into account that some teams do organise matches on larger sized pitches and this has not been reflected in Scenario Ai. • With regard to adult football, there are sufficient numbers of pitches to support the existing number of teams at all times during the week, including the main match time of Sunday morning. • Concerning junior football pitch provision, during the peak time of Sunday afternoons when over 75% of the matches take place, there is a large shortfall of 23.3 pitches when compared with the number of teams requiring pitches. Again, as with mini soccer, the model has compared teams with the actual number of marked out junior pitches. Several teams make use of adult size pitches and this is not currently reflected within Scenario Ai. • There are enough rugby union pitches at present to meet adult team pitch requirements. However, on Sunday mornings, the model indicates that there is a shortfall of 2.8 junior pitches. However, the model assumes that all matches take place at the same time on Sunday mornings. However, some of Nuneaton Rugby Club’s junior fixtures are phased throughout the morning to ensure that all age groups fixtures can be scheduled. Scenario Ai also assumes that all junior age matches take place on junior sized pitches, of which

38 there are only three in secured community use. Again, as with football and mini soccer, this is not the case as Nuneaton Old Edwardians, and other Colts sides play matches on adult size pitches. • There is only one artificial hockey pitch in the Borough and this is the home venue for 8 adult hockey teams and 1 junior side. Artificial hockey pitches are not affected by the same wear and tear as grass equivalents. Sport England’s guidance recommends that these pitches should therefore be considered to be able to sustain four games on the peak day, in effect acting as two pitches. The grass hockey pitches at school sites have been excluded from the model as they are no longer used for competitive club matches. According to the PPM, at peak periods of play (Saturday afternoon), there is an insufficient supply of pitches to meet the necessary requirements of the adult teams. However, it needs to be emphasised that the model fails to take into account that match times can be varied across the day to ensure that more than one game can take place during a morning or afternoon session. The model assumes that two matches are scheduled for the morning and two for the afternoon, and it does not have the ability to factor in flexible programming of matches.

5.2.3 Altering the Playing Pitch Model Aside from the limitations highlighted within the narrative above, the modelling shown in Scenario Ai is very simplistic as it implies that usage is restricted solely to match day games, and fails to take into account the concept of team equivalents and training requirements. This is particularly important when trying to reflect usage of school pitches that are secured for the community. As well as hosting matches for community sports teams, these pitches are also used for PE lessons and school sports teams during school term-time. Similarly, sports training on grass pitches also produces wear and tear and impacts upon the capacity of pitches to accommodate competitive games. Therefore, establishing team equivalents for training purposes is also an important consideration. The table below summarises the approach taken when calculating team equivalents within this strategy:

Length of Type of Players Activity Match Equivalent Team Equivalent session (based on ratio of 0.5 home matches per week) Up to 2 hrs 7-11 year olds PE lesson / 1 game 2 mini teams school sports club Up to 2 hrs 11 - 16 year PE lesson / 1 game 2 junior teams olds school sports club Up to 2 hrs Adults Football, 1 game 2 adult teams rugby, hockey

39 The main impact of team equivalents is on mini and junior football (linked to the use of secured community use school pitches). Additionally, the training requirements of rugby union and hockey also need to be addressed as training takes place on match pitches in several cases. i. Football Team Equivalents: Location Type of Age Number Total Team Game activity group of pitches usage Equivalents Equivalents per week (per week) (hrs) Nicholas PE / School 11-16 6 adult 37.5 * 36 junior 18 Chamberlaine School team use yrs teams Nicholas PE / School 11-16 4 junior 25 * 24 junior teams 12 Chamberlaine School team use yrs Higham Lane School PE / School 11-16 3 adult 11.7 * 12 junior teams 6 team use yrs Higham Lane School PE / School 11-16 2 mini 7.8 * 8 junior teams 4 team use yrs Stockingford Junior PE / School 7-11 1 mini 6.0 * 6 mini teams 3 School team use yrs Stockingford Junior PE / School 7-11 1 junior 6.0 * 6 mini teams 3 School team use yrs Canon Maggs Junior PE / School 7-11 1 junior 5.4 ** 5 mini teams 2.5 team use yrs St James C of E PE / School 7-11 1 junior 5.4 ** 5 mini teams 2.5 Junior team use yrs The George Eliot PE / School 11-16 1 junior 5.4 ** 5 junior teams 2.5 School team use yrs The George Eliot PE / School 11-16 1 adult 5.4 ** 5 junior teams 2.5 School team use yrs Milby Primary School PE / School 7-11 1 mini 5.4 ** 5 mini teams 2.5 team use yrs Milby Primary School PE / School 7-11 2 junior 10.8 ** 10 mini teams 5 team use yrs Newdigate Primary PE / School 7-11 1 junior 5.4 ** 5 mini teams 2.5 School Use yrs * Data provided by school ** No information provided by school so based on average usage from those that did provide data

This shows that there are an additional 42 mini team equivalents, and 90 junior team equivalents that need to be included in the PPM. In addition, the temporal demand for matches needs to be altered to reflect the extra 21 mini game equivalents and 45 junior equivalents that take place each school week.

40 ii. Rugby Union Team Equivalents Location Type of Age Training Training Team Game activity Group Usage Day Equivalents Equivalents (hrs) (per week) Nuneaton RFC Ladies Training Adult 2 Tues pm 2 adult teams 1 Nuneaton Old Eds Training Adult 2 Tues pm 2 adult teams 1 Nuneaton Old Training Adult 2 Thurs pm 2 adult teams 1 Edwardians Bedworth RFC Training Adult 4 Midweek 4 adult teams 2 Coventry Welsh Training Adult 2 Tues pm 2 adult teams 1 Coventry Welsh Training Adult 2 Thurs pm 2 adult teams 1 Nuneaton RFC Training Adult 4 Midweek 4 adult teams 2 Manor Park Training Adult 2 Tues pm 2 adult teams 1 Manor Park Training Adult 2 Thurs pm 2 adult teams 1 Nuneaton Old Training Junior 2 Weds pm 2 junior teams 1 Edwardians Junior Bedworth Colts Training Junior 2 Midweek 2 junior teams 1 Nuneaton RFC Training Junior 2 Weds pm 2 junior teams 1 Juniors Nicholas PE / School 11-16 12.5 * Mon-Fri 12 junior 6 Chamberlaine School use yrs teams The George Eliot PE / School 11-16 5.4 ** Mon-Fri 5 junior teams 2.5 School use yrs * Data provided by school ** No information provided by school so based on average usage from those that did provide data

This shows that there are an additional 6 junior team equivalents and 22 adult team equivalents based on the training requirements of rugby union clubs in the Borough. This results in an extra 3 junior game equivalents and 11 adult game equivalents per week. It is important to state here that the training requirements of all junior and mini sides under the age of 15 have been excluded as they generally train on their scheduled match days as an alternative to organised friendly / league matches based on team information collated, and so have already been factored into scenario Ai. In addition to the rugby union club training patterns, it is also important to recognise usage of rugby union pitches at the two schools that currently provide secured community use of their pitch facilities. This results in an extra 17 junior team equivalents.

41 iii. Hockey Team Equivalents Location Type of Age Training Training Team Game activity Group Usage Day Equivalents Equivalents (hrs) (per week) Etone Artificial Pitch Training Adult 2 Varies 2 1 - Nuneaton Mens through Hockey season Etone Artificial Pitch Training Adult 2 Varies 2 1 - Nuneaton Ladies through Hockey season

This shows that there are an additional 4 adult team equivalents based on the training requirements of the Borough’s two hockey clubs. This results in an extra 2 game equivalents per week. It is important to state here that the training requirements of the Nuneaton Ladies junior team has been excluded as they generally train on their scheduled match days as an alternative to organised friendly / league matches.

5.2.4 Team Equivalents Exclusions: Adult football training has not been included when calculating team equivalents. A high proportion of matches takes place at Council maintained facilities. These pitches are used informally by both members of the public and by sports clubs, but there is no accurate data available. This is because the Council do not formally charge for training sessions, only for organised matches taking place on playing pitches. Therefore, recognising the fact that wear and tear is produced by informal training, an approximate amount of informal activity on each Council playing pitch was estimated in order to limit the overall quality score attributed to each playing pitch. This is important as it impacts upon the capacity of pitches to accommodate competitive matches. Therefore, although team equivalents have not been calculated, additional usage on Council playing pitches has still been considered within the strategy. For this study, team equivalents have not been calculated for cricket, as training tends to be based away from grass cricket squares. Instead, practice is focused on the use of net sessions and artificial wicket practice. A similar principle has also been applied to exclude usage of school cricket pitches when calculating team equivalents, as PE lessons will not be based on the actual cricket square. Scenario Bi will now use this idea of “team equivalents” to further refine the playing pitch model.

42 5.3 Scenario Bi: Analysis at the Borough wide level based on actual numbers of teams and pitches, but also including team equivalents. 5.3.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 90 48 36 12 numbers / 90 Junior 174 30 36 1 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 45 24 18 6 45 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 87 15 18 0.5 Temporal Sat am Adult 6% 23 1% Demand (%) Junior 3 Sat pm Adult 11% 60 50 47 3% Junior 10 Sun am Adult 80% 45% Junior 10 16 76 Sun pm Adult 2% 15 2 1% Junior 37 Mid wk Adult 1% 20 24 30 25% 1 Junior 25 42 14 Mid wk Adult 5 24 25% 2 Junior 25 42 All Pitches Currently Adult 51 15 13 2 16 available Junior 9 3 Under-use or Sat am Adult 48.3 15.0 13.0 0.6 15.6 shortfall Junior 6.4 15.0 3.0 2.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 46.1 0.6 4.0 -0.8 indicate a 14.7 shortfall of Junior 9.0 15.0 1.7 2.0 pitch Sun am Adult 15.0 15.0 13.0 2.0 -4.3 provision) Junior 0.3 12.6 -6.9 1.5 Sun pm Adult 50.1 11.4 12.6 2.0 15.6 Junior -23.2 15.0 3.0 2.0 Mid wk Adult 50.6 10.2 8.7 0.2 4.8 1 Junior -12.8 8.7 -0.4 2.0 Mid wk Adult 51.0 13.8 8.7 2.0 4.8 2 Junior -12.8 8.7 -0.4 2.0

43 5.3.2 Findings The addition of team equivalents increases the overall number of matches per week, and causes a change in the temporal demand with high levels of usage for school PE lessons and school sports teams, resulting in enhanced midweek demand for mini soccer, football and rugby union. It should be noted that the temporal demand for school pitches from school teams has not had a major impact upon the demand for pitches during peak periods of activity (weekends). There are still insufficient mini soccer, junior football and junior rugby union pitches for peak day activity. In terms of mid week activity, this revised model shows that there is currently insufficient junior pitch provision available to address the mid week requirements of team equivalents for junior football and junior rugby union teams. However, this is a false position as school usage is spread over five days not two, but one of the limitations of the PPM is that it cannot include more than two midweek periods to model. As discussed in section 5.2.2, the model has compared teams / team equivalents with the actual number of marked out junior football and rugby pitches. Several teams make use of adult size pitches and this is currently not reflected in the model.

5.3.3 Altering the Playing Pitch Model So far in the two scenarios, the impact of pitch capacity hasn’t been considered. The methodology set out in ‘Towards A Level Playing Field’ advises that local authorities should also take into account carrying capacity - the number of games that pitches can sustain over a given time period. There is no exact method for calculating the carrying capacity of a pitch, but factors that should be considered include the quality of the surface, current maintenance regime, etc. Therefore, Scenario Ci will take into consideration pitch capacity. The weighting system that will be used is shown on page 45. It links carrying capacity to the quality of the pitch, as determined by the non technical turf assessments carried out as part of the audit process. In short, higher quality pitches are able to accommodate more matches over a given period when compared to lower quality pitches. The Sport England guidance recommends that an average figure of two games per week should be assumed. Increasing the quality of a pitch will therefore increase the capacity of a pitch and may reduce the overall number of pitches required. Therefore, qualitative improvements are an important consideration when planning future pitch improvements.

44 Pitch Quality Associated Carrying Capacity Multiplication Factor Excellent or Good Quality Pitch able to support three matches (or more) 1.5 (64% and above) per week Average Quality (55% - 64%) Pitch able to support two matches per week 1.0 Below Average Quality (30% Pitch able to support one match per week 0.5 - 54%) Poor Quality Pitch able to support one match (or less) per 0.25 (30% and below) fortnight

By applying this conversion system to the data collected as part of this audit it is possible to compare the actual number of pitches available with the equivalent availability:

Sport Type Capacity Number in Factor Score Borough (number x factor) Football Mini 3 or more games per week 8 1.5 12 2 matches per week 4 1.0 4 1 match per week 4 0.5 2 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 16 18 Junior 3 or more games per week 5 1.5 7.5 2 matches per week 4 1.0 4 1 match per week 0 0.5 0 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 9 11.5 Adult 3 or more games per week 38 1.5 57 2 matches per week 12 1.0 12 1 match per week 1 0.5 0.5 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 51 69.5 Cricket 3 or more games per week 15 1.5 22.5 2 matches per week 0 1.0 0 1 match per week 0 0.5 0 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 15 22.5

45 Sport Type Capacity Number in Factor Score Borough (number x factor) Rugby Junior 3 or more games per week 2 1.5 3 Union 2 matches per week 1 1.0 1 1 match per week 0 0.5 0 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 3 4 Adult 3 or more games per week 11 1.5 16.5 2 matches per week 2 1.0 2 1 match per week 0 0.5 0 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0.25 0 Total number of pitches 13 18.5 Hockey 3 or more games per week 1 2 2 2 matches per week 0 0 0 1 match per week 0 0 0 1 match (or less) per fortnight 0 0 0 Total number of pitches 1 2 Total 108 146

Therefore, in Nuneaton and Bedworth, although there is an actual total of 108 playing pitches included in the PPM, due to the varying quality of these pitches, there is in effect an equivalent of 146 pitches available at any one time, indicating that pitches are generally well maintained and able to support increased numbers of matches. These pitch equivalents will now be used in scenario Ci to further refine the playing pitch model. Please note that in scenario Ci, secured community use cricket pitches at school locations have been excluded in the model as no community clubs currently use these outdoor pitches for matches or training and there are no team equivalents or game equivalents calculated for these schools. Hockey Pitches have been excluded from scenario Ci as the number of hockey pitches has already been adjusted to reflect the fact that these types of pitches are able to support more matches than grass equivalents.

46 5.4 Scenario Ci: Analysis at the Borough wide level based on team numbers / team equivalents, and the carrying capacity of secured community pitches

5.4.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations

Stage Age Sport Mini Football Cricket Rugby Union Soccer Identify team Adult 90 48 36 numbers / 90 team equivalents Junior 174 30 36 Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 45 24 18 45 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 87 15 18 Temporal Sat am Adult 6% 1% Demand (%) Junior 3% Sat pm Adult 11% 60% 50% 3% Junior 10% Sun am Adult 80% 45% Junior 10% 16% 76% Sun pm Adult 2% 15% 2% 1% Junior 37 Mid wk Adult 1% 20% 24% 1 25% Junior 25% 42% 14% Mid wk Adult 5% 24% 2 25% Junior 25% 42% All Pitches Currently Adult 69.5 18.5 18 19.5 available Junior 12 4 Under-use or Sat am Adult 66.8 19.5 18.5 17.6 shortfall Junior 8.9 19.5 4.0 (Red figures indicate a Sat pm Adult 64.6 5.1 9.5 shortfall of 16.7 pitch Junior 11.5 19.5 2.7 provision) Sun am Adult 33.5 19.5 18.5 -2.3 Junior 2.8 17.1 -5.9 Sun pm Adult 68.6 15.9 18.1 17.6 Junior -20.7 19.5 4.0 Mid wk Adult 69.1 14.7 14.2 1 6.8 Junior -10.3 13.2 0.6 Mid wk Adult 69.5 18.3 14.2 2 6.8 Junior -10.3 13.2 0.6

47 5.4.2 Findings This analysis shows that based on the total number of teams / team equivalents, combined with pitch capacity data, the same key trends are still evident that have been emphasised throughout: • There are insufficient dedicated mini soccer playing pitches for Sunday morning fixtures. • The model highlights that more dedicated junior pitches are required to address junior league requirements on Sunday afternoons. • The model indicates that there is a deficit of junior rugby pitches for organised matches on Sunday mornings. • Based on carrying capacity, there are still sufficient adult football and cricket pitches to support peak day demand. The main area of concern regarding existing pitch provision is focused on junior football, as according to the model there is a potential shortfall of 20.7 pitches at the time of peak activity (Sunday afternoon). However, the model needs refining one stage further to reflect the fact that some organised matches do not take place on the relevant age-specific pitch. To illustrate, some junior football fixtures will be played on full size adult pitches, particularly for under 14 to under 16 age groups. This is also applicable for junior rugby union teams. The Sport England model will only assess junior teams against available junior pitches. Therefore, any adult pitches that are used for junior age level matches will not be included within the assessment for junior football teams. The final scenario will therefore adjust team numbers where it is known that a team play fixtures on a different size pitch compared to the assumption made by the Playing Pitch Model. As a case-in-point, Nuneaton Town Community Club have six junior teams that play fixtures on the adult pitches located at Pauls Land. In Scenario Di, these six teams will be deleted from the cumulative total for junior teams and added into the adult teams section. This is because these teams are placing extra wear and tear on the adult pitches, not junior pitches, and this needs to be examined by the model. Similarly, all rugby union matches from under 13’s upwards are played on full size pitches. The PPM has so far as assessed all junior age teams (from Under 7’s through to Colts) against the quantity of junior pitches available. In scenario Di, the number of teams classified as senior or junior has been altered to reflect the size of pitch on which matches take place. This may therefore challenge the notion that there are sufficient adult football and rugby union pitches as shown in scenario’s Ai to Ci, as they fail to take into account usage by junior age teams.

48 A similar principle applies to team equivalents on school playing fields. Where an adult pitch is used by school children this creates a junior team equivalent. However, this team equivalent has no impact on junior pitches as the wear and tear is taking place on an adult pitch. Again, where this arises, team equivalents will be moved from junior to adult team equivalents in scenario Di. Cricket and hockey are not displayed in scenario Di as all matches take place on the same pitch irrespective of age group. In the case of cricket, the boundary position may be altered depending on the age level, but junior age matches still take place on the same cricket squares and so the playing pitch figures do not need to be adjusted.

49 5.5 Scenario Di: Analysis at the Borough wide level based on team numbers / team equivalents, the carrying capacity of secured community pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches

5.5.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations

Stage Age Mini Soccer Football Rugby Union

Identify team Adult 207 61 numbers / team equivalents 82 Junior 65 11 Home games per week (ratio) Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 Junior 0.5 0.5 Total home games per week Adult 104 24.5 41 Junior 32.5 3 Temporal Sat am Adult 4% 1% Demand (%) Junior 1% Sat pm Adult 6% 42% 4% Junior Sun am Adult 42% 39% Junior 25% 100% Sun pm Adult 22% 16% 1% Junior 24% Mid wk 1 Adult 28% 13% 21% Junior 25% Mid wk 2 Adult 27% 13% 21% Junior 25% All Pitches Currently available Adult 18 70 18.5 Junior 12 4 Under-use or Sat am Adult 65.4 18.5 17.6 shortfall Junior 11.2 4.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 63.3 7.5 indicate a 16.4 shortfall of Junior 11.5 4.0 pitch Sun am Adult 26.0 18.5 2.0 provision) Junior 3.4 -0.4 Sun pm Adult 46.7 14.2 17.6 Junior 3.7 4.0 Mid wk 1 Adult 56.0 10.9 6.7 Junior 3.4 3.5 Mid wk 2 Adult 56.0 10.9 6.9 Junior 3.4 3.5

50 5.5.2 Findings This analysis shows that by further refining the model to reflect junior and mini age level matches that take place on different size pitches that: • During peak periods of activity, there are two secured community use pitches currently under used on Sunday mornings for mini soccer. • By altering the team numbers to reflect actual pitch size usage, there is much reduced demand for junior football pitch provision. As a consequence, instead of showing a shortfall in pitch provision, there is now sufficient provision to meet team requirements, with 3.4 pitches under used at periods of peak activity. • Adult pitch provision continues to meet team requirements with sufficient pitches available at periods of peak demand (Sunday mornings), supporting the same trends highlighted in scenario’s Ai to Ci. • By adjusting the model to ensure that junior age rugby union teams that play on adult size pitches are counted in the senior teams component of the PPM, the revised analysis shows that there is a slight deficiency in junior pitch provision compared with demand (-0.4 pitches at periods of peak activity). With regard to adult provision, there is sufficient pitch availability to meet match and training requirements. Insufficient mini soccer and junior football pitch provision is no longer identified as an area of concern in this revised playing pitch model. However, for this to happen, some teams play fixtures on pitch sizes that are not directly related to their age group. This poses the question as to whether this is an acceptable situation, particularly when thinking about long-term player development. This is investigated further in section 5.7.2

51 5.6 Analysis at the Locality Area Level Analysing pitch provision at the Borough level provides an overview of supply and demand issues without being able to identify trends at the local level. This is important to consider in a Borough like Nuneaton and Bedworth, which contains a mix of urban and rural areas. Therefore, consideration has also been given to supply and demand at the local level. The adequacy of current provision is therefore examined for each of the Borough’s seven locality areas. The table below only shows whether there is sufficient pitch provision for the period of most activity during the week. (A full breakdown of the results for each Locality Area is displayed in Appendices 7a and 7b).

5.6.1 Scenario Aii: Analysis based on actual team numbers and secured community pitches

Locality Area Age Sport Mini Soccer - Football - Cricket - Rugby Union - Hockey - Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) Abbey & Adult 0.8 -0.7 N/A N/A -1.1 Wem Brook Junior -2.5 N/A N/A N/A Arbury & Adult 0.5 0.0 -0.5 N/A -0.5 Stockingford Junior -2.9 2.4 N/A N/A Bedworth North Adult 2.5 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.5 Junior -0.4 0.5 N/A N/A Bedworth South Adult 6.3 0.1 2.5 N/A 2.0 Junior -6.5 0.8 -0.5 N/A Camp Hill & Adult 0.0 N/A N/A N/A -1.0 Galley Common Junior -0.5 N/A N/A N/A Weddington & Adult 2.2 1.2 4.3 -0.7 -3.0 St. Nicolas Junior -4.4 1.8 -3.6 1.5 Whitestone & Adult 2.8 -0.1 N/A N/A -2.6 Bulkington Junior -6.6 0.3 N/A N/A (N.B. Red figures indicate a shortfall of pitch provision)

52 5.6.2 Findings: The table above shows that all locality areas are affected by insufficient playing pitch provision at periods of peak activity for at least one sport. This model shows that: • Five of the seven locality areas have a shortfall of provision for mini soccer. There appears to be a geographic trend, as the southern part of the Borough (Bedworth) currently has sufficient pitch provision to meet demand, whereas all other areas are showing a deficit. Of particular concern are the locality areas of Whitestone & Bulkington, and Weddington & St Nicolas, both of which have an additional requirement of more than 2 pitches to meet current demand. • All locality areas have sufficient adult football pitches to meet peak day demand. In direct contrast, this model shows that all locality areas have a pitch deficiency on peak day demand for junior football matches, with Bedworth South and Whitestone & Bulkington showing deficiencies of more than 6 pitches. • Abbey and Wem Brook have insufficient adult cricket pitch provision to meet peak day demand based on the parameters set in this model. However, it should be noted that in both cases the quantity is less than one pitch. • Only two locality areas have junior rugby pitch provision, and in both cases, this model indicates that there is inadequate supply to meet junior teams requirements. Of particular concern is Weddington & St Nicolas which shows a deficit of 3.6 pitches. With regard to adult provision, Arbury & Stockingford shows a deficiency of less than 1 pitch when compared with current demand. • In Weddington and St Nicolas, the model states that there is insufficient hockey pitch provision to meet peak day requirements (-0.7 pitches). However, again, it is important to highlight that the model is not sensitive enough to be able to take into account that match times can be varied across the day to ensure that more than two games can take place during a morning or afternoon session. • The model highlights the overall lack of playing pitch provision in Camp Hill and Galley Common, where available pitch based sports are limited to mini soccer and football. This model highlights differences between locality areas for all four of the principle sports covered by this strategy. However, scenario Aii is a very basic model based solely on actual team and pitch numbers. The issues identified when carrying out the PPM at the Borough wide level still apply, and so scenario Bii will factor in these adjustments including team equivalents, pitch capacity and the fact that some junior age level matches take place on adult size pitches.

53 5.6.3 Scenario Bii: Revised model to include actual team numbers and team equivalents, capacity of playing pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches

Locality Area Age Sport Mini Soccer - Football - Cricket - Rugby Union - Hockey - Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period Peak Period (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or (Under use or shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) shortfall) Abbey & Adult 0.3 -0.2 N/A N/A -0.6 Wem Brook Junior -0.3 N/A -0.3 N/A Arbury & Adult 4.3 2.0 -0.6 N/A 1.0 Stockingford Junior 0.0 4.2 N/A N/A Bedworth North Adult 4.5 0.5 0.1 N/A 0.5 Junior 1.0 1.0 N/A N/A Bedworth South Adult 6.0 1.1 1.2 N/A -2.7 Junior -0.5 1.8 N/A N/A Camp Hill & Adult 0.4 N/A N/A N/A -0.5 Galley Common Junior N/A N/A N/A N/A Weddington & Adult 3.8 0.7 4.7 -0.8 0.3 St. Nicolas Junior 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.5 Whitestone & Adult 6.0 0.9 N/A N/A -0.5 Bulkington Junior -0.9 1.3 N/A N/A

5.6.4 Findings: Scenario Bii shows different trends compared to the modelling that was based solely on team and pitch numbers. The revised findings include: • Bedworth South has a shortfall of 2.7 pitches at periods of peak activity for mini soccer (the model based on actual teams and pitches showed that there was an over supply of provision). This is the largest deficit of all four of the locality areas that currently have insufficient provision to meet periods of peak activity. Arbury & Stockingford has one mini pitch under used at periods of peak activity. • Only three of the seven locality areas are now showing a deficiency in junior football pitch provision (compared with all seven in scenario Aii); Abbey & Wem Brook, Bedworth South and Whitestone & Bulkington. In all three cases the deficiency is less than one junior pitch at periods of peak activity. • As with scenario Aii, all seven locality areas continue to have sufficient adult size pitches to meet team requirements. Whitestone & Bulkington, and Bedworth South have the highest number of pitches under used at periods of peak activity; a total of six pitches.

54 • There is only one locality area that has insufficient rugby union adult pitches to meet demand at periods of peak activity; Arbury and Stockingford. This deficiency is as a result of Manor Park Rugby Club having three adult teams but only one designated home pitch. To address this, some matches are scheduled at King Edward VI College. However, it should be noted that this pitch is excluded from the analysis as it is not in secured community use. Had this extra pitch been included then the PPM would show that there is sufficient provision at periods of peak activity. • There is a slight deficiency in junior rugby pitch provision in Abbey & Wem Brook. This is due to limitations of the Playing Pitch Model, as all rugby in this locality area is played at George Eliot School. The model only permits details to be entered for two mid week days, when in fact school usage is spread out between Monday to Friday.

5.7 Considering Additional Demand When assessing the adequacy of current playing pitch provision, aside from the PPM analysis already covered, it is also important to look at additional demand.

5.7.1 Latent Demand This is demand that cannot be expressed because of a lack of access to pitches or other ancillary facilities. Poor quality pitches and a lack of ancillary facilities may have an impact on latent demand. Included within section 4 was qualitative assessments of all secured playing pitches. The general trend was that most pitches are deemed to be acceptable for competitive sport, with privately maintained facilities identified as the highest quality form of provision, as determined by quality assessments. However, one area that has not been covered within the strategy is the quality of changing facilities. An assessment of all Council maintained changing facilities has been undertaken (see Appendix 8). This shows that there are sixteen Council maintained changing facilities with an average quality score of 67% recorded. On the face of it, this would seem to suggest that these facilities are maintained to an acceptable standard. However, this masks significant variation across sites with scores ranging from as low as 29% (Tomkinson Recreation Ground) up to 90% (Greenmoor Road). The Sport England toolkit for assessing changing accommodation only contains a minimal set of criteria and so there is a need to undertake a more detailed assessment to identify where improvements can be made as six sites scored less than 60% indicating that improvements can be made. Another point to make here is that there are eight Council maintained sites that lack any form of changing accommodation for mini soccer / football, and this can be identified as a barrier to participation.

55 National Governing Bodies for playing pitch sports are looking to drive forward sports development projects in the Borough, and this can also influence latent demand. For instance, Ambleside Cricket Club are exploring the option of developing womens cricket and the Warwickshire Cricket Board are supportive of such initiatives. This would lead to an increase in demand for cricket pitches and would impact upon the PPM. Should a ladies team be created that plays matches on a Saturday afternoon (period of peak activity for adult cricket), this would lead to increased pressure on the existing pitch supply. Scenario Ai showed that based on actual team and pitch numbers that there is less than one pitch spare at the period of peak activity. Therefore, the provision of extra teams would lead to insufficient pitches being available.

5.7.2 Displaced Demand Displaced demand is a further consideration that needs to be examined within this strategy. There are currently 8 junior football teams and five mini football teams that are evidence of displaced demand - teams located in Nuneaton and Bedworth but who play games outside of the Borough boundary (10 teams from Haunchwood Junior FC, 2 teams from Bulkington Sports Junior FC, and 1 team from Higham FC). The Playing Pitch Model has already showed that there is insufficient dedicated junior pitch provision to meet the needs of junior football teams and so inclusion of these teams within the model would exacerbate the situation. (When factoring in team equivalents and capacity of pitches to support games this figure is reduced to a deficiency of 20.7 pitches - scenario Ci) As has been highlighted in the strategy, the deficiency in junior pitch provision does not prevent junior teams from competing. Instead, some junior fixtures take place on adult size pitches, and when the team numbers are adjusted to reflect this (scenario Di), it shows that there are sufficient junior size pitches to accommodate those clubs that play fixtures on this particular size of pitch. However, from a football development perspective, it is important for children and young people to play matches on pitches that are suitable for their age group. Therefore, whilst a practical solution may be to play fixtures on adult pitches this should not be seen as an acceptable long-term solution. The PPM analysis carried out to date has shown that there is spare capacity in adult pitch provision. One way of addressing the shortfall of junior pitch provision would be to convert some of the adult pitches into junior pitches. This is of even more importance for the 2010/11 junior football season, as the Nuneaton Minor League look to roll out their 9 a-side under 11 and under 12’s league. This is seen as a transition from playing 7 a-side mini football to moving straight to 11 a-side. It is therefore important to ensure that there is suitable junior pitch provision.

56 When considering the feasibility of changing adult pitches to junior provision, another point to consider is at what age is it acceptable for junior teams to play on full size adult pitches. If you consider it acceptable for under 15’s and upwards to play on full size adult pitches then this has an impact on the playing pitch model that hasn’t yet been explored. Scenario Ai identified 90 senior teams and 84 junior teams (from under 11’s to under 16’s). 27 of these junior teams were under 15’s or under 16’s. By re-classifying them to adult teams, (based on the principle that it is acceptable for them to play on adult pitches), junior team demand is reduced. If displaced teams are also included, an extra six teams are added to the junior teams list (two of Haunchwood Junior FC’s teams are under 15’s or above and so would be re-classed as adult teams), and two extra are added to the adult teams. As a result, this would show 119 adult teams and 63 junior teams. Under this scenario, there would still be an under supply of 15.3 junior pitches at times of peak activity. However, it is worth highlighting the important role of school pitches that are available on an ad-hoc basis (not included within the PPM analysis). There are seven junior pitches at schools that are available for community club use, and an additional 9 adult pitches. Including these in the model would further reduce the deficiency to 8.3 pitches for junior pitches, whilst there would be an over supply of 12.4 adult football pitches at the peak day period. This would suggest that there is scope for converting nine adult pitches to junior pitches. Whilst this would enable displaced teams to play matches at a location within the Borough, it would leave little spare capacity for either adult or junior provision. Spare capacity is an integral part of playing pitch provision as it helps to accommodate latent and future demand for existing playing pitch teams, and also helps to accommodate fixture backlogs and for rest and recovery periods. Therefore, potential new junior pitches should be identified in conjunction with encouraging more schools to adopt formal community use agreements. Aside from football, within cricket, Khalifa Sports Cricket Club is another example of displaced demand. They are a Nuneaton based club who have two adult teams. During the 2009 season, part of their fixtures took place at Stockingford AA’s cricket ground, but their remaining fixtures took place at a ground located in Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council due to their being no additional pitch provision available within the Nuneaton vicinity. As has been previously discussed with regard to the potential for ladies cricket development, extra demand may require additional pitch provision.

57 5.8 Predicting the Future In addition to looking at the adequacy of current playing pitch provision, the next stage is to address future pitch provision requirements. In order to do this, it is necessary to examine the idea of Team Generation Rates (TGRs). TGRs indicate how many people in a specified age group are required to generate one team, and are calculated by dividing the appropriate population age band in an area by the number of teams in that area in that age band. (The 2008 mid population data has been used as the basis for calculating the TGR - see Appendix 9a). Once the number of teams has been established, the TGR for each sport and age group can then be used to assess future demand for sports pitches. The Sport England guidance states that an extensive number of playing pitch assessments have been undertaken throughout England. The majority of these include the calculation of TGRs. However, in this instance, there is no value in benchmarking against other local authorities TGR’s as the factors that impact upon the potential growth of team sports and playing pitch provision vary across the country.

5.8.1 Football Team Generation Rates

Type Teams Generated per TGR - 1000 population Pop in age group needed to generate 1 team Mini 8.7 115 Junior - boys 17.4 58 Junior - girls N/A N/A Adult - male 3.6 277 Adult - female 0.1 7980 Overall 3.0 330 (excluding mini)

5.8.2 Cricket Team Generation Rates

Type Teams Generated per TGR - 1000 population Pop in age group needed to generate 1 team Junior - boys 5.2 191 Junior - girls N/A N/A Adult - male 1.6 637 Adult - female N/A N/A Overall 1.1 925

58 5.8.3 Rugby Union Team Generation Rates

Type Teams Generated per TGR - 1000 population Pop in age group needed to generate 1 team Mini - mixed 0.8 1240 Junior - boys 1.7 589 Junior - girls N/A N/A Adult - male 0.6 1726 Adult - female 0.0 22,340 Overall 0.4 2405 (excluding mini)

5.8.4 Hockey Team Generation Rates

Type Teams Generated per TGR - 1000 population Pop in age group needed to generate 1 team Junior - boys N/A N/A Junior - girls 0.3 3840 Adult - male 0.2 4824 Adult - female 0.1 7980 Overall 0.2 6216

At this stage it is important to state only the “actual” number of teams competing in organised matches have been included. Team equivalents from training usage and school usage have been excluded. It is important to include team equivalents in the PPM as they impact on the overall wear and tear of pitches, but for TGRs the situation is somewhat different. For example, had team equivalents from rugby union club training sessions been included then this would have significantly lowered the TGRs for this particular sport as the TGR calculations would have been based on 49 teams/team equivalents (excluding mini rugby), as opposed to only 21 actual teams. However, it is the same club players who compete in league matches that also participate in the training so it would be falsely lowering the TGR of the sport. Similarly, with school usage, an overall figure has been provided by schools which includes use for PE lessons, use by school teams, and use for after school clubs. With this in mind, it is impossible to identify how much school usage relates to organised matches. Therefore, the decision was taken to base all TGR calculations on actual team numbers, as identified within the audit. In order to assess future demand for sports pitches, the existing TGRs that have been calculated can then be applied to estimated future changes in population. By applying TGRs to population projections for the year 2015, it is possible to project the theoretical number of teams that would be generated over the period of this strategy and gain an understanding of the adequacy of current pitch provision to meet future demand. A number of considerations have been explored when looking to model the future situation in 2015, and these are detailed in the following sections.

59 5.9 Future Population Assumptions: Firstly, it should be stated that the population projection for 2015 is based on data provided by the Office for National Statistics. This data set provides baseline data at the Borough-wide level, and is broken down by quinary age bands for males and females (see appendix 9b). This data is based on assumptions that recent trends in fertility, mortality and migration will continue, and therefore, provide the best available estimate of future population levels that would result from these trends. It is therefore important to state that modelling the year 2015 takes no account of local development policies, such as the impact of future housing, economic factors, or the capacity of areas to accommodate population. The reason that local issues have not yet been reflected in the future model is due to the fact that the Council’s Borough Plan is still in the process of being developed. The Borough Plan for Nuneaton and Bedworth will play an important role in shaping the future of the Borough. Taking a spatial approach, it will not only consider the need for more housing and employment, but will give consideration to other elements that help create sustainable communities, elements such as education, health, leisure, and other social and physical infrastructure that is vital to how places function successfully. The process of preparing the Borough Plan is broken down into a number of stages, the first of which was completed in the summer of 2009 when the Council published and consulted on an “Issues and Options” document. The “Issues and Options” document outlined the significant issues facing the Borough, a draft vision and objectives for the future of the Borough and a number of options that could deliver that vision and objectives. The next stage in the Borough Plan process is the preparation of a Preferred Option. This will set out the details of the Preferred Option and will explain why it is the preferred option, and why the other options have not been selected. Consultation took place in September 2010. No decisions about the Preferred Option have yet been made and so it is difficult at present to assess where future playing pitch provision will be needed at the local level. Consequently, it is recommended that once the Preferred Option is confirmed analysis of future need is brought up to date. Therefore, at present, future modelling is only focused on broad, Borough wide trends, but the action plan (see section 6), makes a commitment to update the Playing Pitch Model so that future modelling at the locality area level can be made once the Preferred Option is finalised.

60 5.10 Future Participation Assumptions In addition to population data, revised participation rates are also included in the future model to reflect changes in participation for each of the four principle sports covered by this strategy. There are no Council sport development targets that could be used as the basis for making projections, as Nuneaton and Bedworth Leisure Trust do not have funding or capacity to be able to support enhanced club development. Therefore, each sports relevant National Governing Body has been approached in order to make the following projections: • Football: Based on overall targets and participation rates, Birmingham Football Association project a 0% increase in adult football participation over the next five years. The rationale behind this is that the emphasis needs to be placed on retaining current numbers, which is seen to be the highest regional priority. With regard to male junior football, the target is for a 2% increase over the next 3-5 years. Within the Playing Pitch Model, the percentage increase has to represent a combined figure for adult and junior participation (this is a limitation of the Playing Pitch Model). Therefore, the figure is set as 1% - the mid point between the two projections. • Mini Soccer: Based on overall targets and participation rates, Birmingham Football Association project a 4% increase in mini soccer participation over the next five years. • Cricket: The Warwickshire Cricket Board set a 1% increase for participation, year on year, and have advocated that this be used as the basis for assuming future participation changes Therefore, over the five year period, the percentage increase has been rounded to 5%. • Rugby Union: The Rugby Football Union has produced a Community Rugby Strategic Plan (2009 - 2017). This plan makes a commitment to increase the number of section 1 adult club teams by one new team per club over the life of the plan. Within Nuneaton and Bedworth, all clubs are classed as section 1 clubs, and so this would equate to an extra five teams in the Borough by 2017 (Nuneaton Ladies RFC have been included as part of Nuneaton RFC for this purpose). This would represent a 36% increase over an eight period from the start point in 2009. Given that the life-span of this Playing Pitch Strategy is only five years, it has therefore been decided to calculate the relevant percentage increase for this reduced period; 22%, which would equate to an extra 3 adult teams within the Borough by 2015. When considering the assumptions for increased participation, the Playing Pitch model makes no distinction between adult and junior / mini rugby union. In this instance, it has been decided to keep the percentage increase fixed at 22% to reflect the fact that the Rugby Football Union continue to strive for increased participation in both junior and adult forms of the game.

61 • Hockey: England Hockey have a Capital Investment Programme and linked to this they have participation targets concerning the overall number of people taking part in organised hockey. However, following discussions with the Acting Midlands Regional Manager for England Hockey, it was identified that there are no set targets for increasing team numbers specifically for the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Due to the lack of suitable data, it has been decided to set the emphasis on maintaining the current position i.e. 0% increase in participation, and monitor the local demand for hockey over the coming years.

5.11 Scenario Aiii Projections for 2015 at the Borough wide level based on actual numbers of teams and pitches.

5.11.1 Playing Pitch Model Calculations

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Growth Factor 4% 1% 5% 22% 0% Future Adult/Junior team Adult 52% 61% 67% 89% ratio Junior 48% 39% 33% 11%

Number of teams based on TGR 48.4 175.5 78.7 21.2 9.1

New number of teams Adult 92.2 50.4 17.3 8.1 50.4 Junior 85.1 32.2 8.5* 1 Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 46.1 25.2 8.7 4 25.2 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 42.6 16.1 4.3 0.5 Temporal Sat am Adult 6% 33% 2% Demand (%) Junior 5% Sat pm Adult 11 60% 96% 67% 7% Junior 11% Sun am Adult 80% 89% Junior 18% 16% 8% 100% Sun pm Adult 2% 15% 4% 2% Junior 77% Mid wk Adult 1% 20% 1 Junior 42% Mid wk Adult 5% 2 Junior 42%

62 Stage Age Sport Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union All Pitches Currently Adult 51 13 16 15 1 available Junior 9 3 Under-use or Sat am Adult 48.2 15.0 13.0 -0.3 15.5 shortfall Junior 6.9 15.0 3.0 1.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 45.9 -0.1 4.7 -1.7 indicate a 14.2 shortfall of Junior 9.0 15.0 2.5 1.0 pitch Sun am Adult 14.1 15.0 13.0 1.0 -6.4 provision) Junior 1.3 12.4 -0.8 0.5 Sun pm Adult 50.1 11.2 12.7 1.0 15.5 Junior -23.8 15.0 3.0 1.0 Mid wk Adult 50.5 10.0 13.0 1.0 16.0 1 Junior 9.0 8.2 3.0 1.0 Mid wk Adult 51.0 13.7 13.0 1.0 16.0 2 Junior 9.0 8.2 3.0 1.0 * = The PPM does not factor in mini rugby matches for future year scenarios.

5.11.2 Findings Based on the assumptions highlighted in sections 5.8 to 5.10, it is now possible to compare the PPM analysis for 2015 with the findings based on existing team numbers and pitches (see scenario Ai). Key projections include: • There will be a shortfall of 6.4 mini soccer pitches during periods of peak activity on Sunday mornings, highlighting that this deficit will have increased by an additional pitch when compared to current provision levels. • The shortfall in junior pitch provision at periods of peak demand remains similar to those projected for the current position - a deficit of 23.8 pitches in 2015, compared to a current deficit of 23.3 pitches. • In 2015, there will be a slight deficiency in cricket pitch provision compared with team demand. Although this deficiency is predicted to be 0.1 pitches, current provision levels show that there is sufficient provision to meet existing team requirements. This highlights that there may be requirements for additional pitch provision in the future. • There will continue to be insufficient junior pitch provision for junior teams, although the model predicts that there will be adequate senior pitch provision. • The position for hockey will not be altered as there is no projected increase in sport development, whilst the projected increase in Borough population has minimal impact when factoring in Team Generation Rates.

63 5.12 Using the findings of the Playing Pitch Model Analysis. 5.12.1 Key Trends Peak day demand for football is on Sunday’s, with mini soccer and adult football heavily focused around morning matches, and junior games mainly scheduled for Sunday afternoons. With this in mind, there is need to consider the possibility of trying to spread demand more evenly across the weekend period, although at present there is no evidence that this is likely to happen. Scenario’s Ai, Bi and Ci all show that there is insufficient dedicated mini soccer and junior pitch provision at these periods of peak activity, a situation that is predicted to continue in the future. The PPM has only included pitches available in secured community use. Other pitches that are available on a more ad-hoc basis (e.g. school pitches) have been excluded as they may be made unavailable by individual schools at any given time. Given that there are currently insufficient numbers of dedicated secured community use mini soccer and junior football pitches, there is a need to encourage more schools to adopt more structured, formal user arrangements with community clubs for secured use of their pitches. As part of the audit of provision, a total of 20 school football pitches have been identified as being available to clubs without formal user agreements being in place. This consists of 4 mini soccer pitches, 9 adult pitches and 7 junior pitches. Similarly, a further three rugby union pitches are available at Etone College, King Edward VI College and St Thomas More School. Based on the audit data collated for the 2009/10 season, there is currently sufficient adult football pitch provision to cater for demand. When looking at scenario Ai (actual team and pitch numbers), it is apparent that there are 15 pitches under used at the time of peak activity on Sunday mornings. When factoring in pitch capacity, this spare provision more than doubles. Scenario Di slightly alters the level of spare provision as there are some junior clubs who play matches on adult size pitches. (However, there is still an over supply of 26 more pitches based on this revised scenario). Therefore, further consideration should be given to identify potential adult pitches that could be converted to mini soccer and junior provision. Any potential changes would need to be reviewed on a seasonal basis, given the dynamic nature of team demand. Similarly, all four scenario’s show that there is currently sufficient adult rugby union pitch provision to cater for existing demand. Although there is currently sufficient adult rugby union pitches, it is important that this situation remains given the need for pitches to recover from matches, and from intensive training schedules during the season. With regard to junior rugby pitch provision, the analysis highlights that there is a shortfall in provision, even when altering the model to reflect junior age matches that take place on adult pitches. With this in mind, if possible, additional junior provision should be encouraged, particularly should any of the Borough’s existing clubs seek to expand their youth set-up.

64 At present there are sufficient cricket pitches to meet existing demand although it appears that there is little spare capacity. This is emphasised by the fact that in 2015, there is projected to be a slight deficiency in provision. With this in mind, it would seem appropriate to identify potential locations for new cricket provision. Although the model shows that there is a slight deficiency in terms of hockey pitch provision, in reality this is not the case. The limitations of the model mean that it is not possible to fully reflect actual match day situations for this sport. Given the fact that sport development for this sport is projected to remain static, additional provision is not currently required, nor is perceived to be an issue by 2015. However, this situation may change should demand for extra teams materialise.

5.12.2 Continual Improvement There are a wide range of providers of playing pitches in the Borough which makes it difficult to provide a consistent approach to the management, cost and booking of pitches. From Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s perspective, it is important that all Council pitches are perceived to be value for money, and that booking systems are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure user satisfaction. Linked to this, it is important that the quality of pitches are maintained to a high standard.

5.12.3 Use of Facilities for Training Common problems with pitch provision are often related to a lack of training and practice facilities. The poor response rate to the consultation undertaken for this strategy means that it is difficult to pin-point this as a specific issue for the Borough, despite a small number junior and adult football clubs highlighting this as an issue. Long-term player and club development is dependent upon suitable access to training facilities. Training on match day pitches has an adverse impact on quality and pitch capacity, and this strategy has shown that main match day pitches are well used by schools and for training purposes. In 2008, 22 Multi Use Games Areas (MUGAs) were identified across the Borough and assessed against a range of quality criteria (a breakdown of MUGA scores is shown in Appendix 10). Scores ranged from a lowest of 37% (Sherbourne Avenue and Queen Elizabeth Road), up to a highest of 80% (Stockingford Recreation Ground), with an average score calculated to be 59%. These facilities have an important role to play in providing for the casual needs of various sports including football. This is important as it can help to reduce the pressure on grass playing pitches. Artificial grass pitches (AGP) also have an important part to play in reducing the pressure on match day grass pitches, although they are fewer in number than multi-use games areas. There is one full size AGP at Etone (dual use) complemented by 2 small courts, one each at Miners Welfare Park and St Thomas More School. Plans are also in place for a 4G pitch at Alderman Smith Academy, which is supported by Nuneaton and Bedworth Leisure Trust.

65 6. Action Plan

Following on from the audits of provision and the PPM analysis, it is now appropriate to develop an action plan in order to help address a range of issues identified within this Strategy. The Action Plan is divided into two sections - i. Operational Actions, and ii. Strategic Actions 6.1 Operational Actions

Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Continue policy of allowing H Enable clubs to Parks and On-going Staff costs sports clubs to pay for pitch pay for bookings Countryside bookings on-line, and via via a variety of direct debit payments methods, and spread payments over a longer period Ensure that all Council H Ensure that cost Parks and On-going Staff costs maintained multi-purpose is not a barrier to Countryside courts (including tennis courts) participation continue to be free to access and use Continue to provide technical H Ensure that N&B On-going Staff costs advice and funding assistance all sports club Leisure to sports clubs where strive to increase Trust / necessary in view of the participation and Parks and fact that the Council has no improve facilities Countryside dedicated funding officer Ensure suitable maintenance H Continue to build Parks and On-going £10,000 of the Borough’s multi-use on their use as an Countryside per year games areas including alternative to grass adequate maintenance of pitches for mini/ floodlights and fencing junior age informal kick-abouts in order to reduce the pressure on grass pitches Review Council pitch booking M Ensure that cost Parks and On-going Staff costs procedures and costs for is not a barrier to Countryside football and cricket. Bench- sports participation mark costs with neighbouring on playing pitches Councils and authorities in “family group” (authorities similar in size and nature to Nuneaton and Bedworth)

66 Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Provide web link to the M User friendly web N&B 2011 Staff costs Nuneaton & Bedworth Leisure site with clear Leisure Trust web page from the Parks links between Trust / council web page parks and leisure Parks and trust services Countryside / IT Continue to carry out verti- M Improved Parks and Every £7,500 draining of all football pitches drainage of Countryside summer per year on an annual basis all council 2011 - maintained 2015 pitches leading to increased carrying capacity Seek to carry out rolling M Improved quality Parks and Summer Estimated programme of sand top of all council Countryside 2012 - £7,500 dressing of all football playing maintained 2015 per year pitches on a bi-annual basis pitches Continue to support and M High quality, N&B On-going Staff costs encourage all clubs to achieve welcoming Leisure Club Accreditation / Club environments Trust Mark through the work of the in which to Leisure Trust part time Club participate in Development Officer (funded sport for two years) Investigate the scope for M Encourage N&B On-going Staff costs organising school cricket increased Leisure camps through suitably participation in Trust qualified coaches employed youth cricket with by Leisure Trust emphasis on boys and girls taking part Provide technical support and M High quality, value Parks and On-going Staff costs guidance for all new capital for money club- Countryside projects, such as the ground led projects and facility improvements at Griff & Coton Cricket Club

67 Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Seek to re-profile and prepare M Improved playing Parks and On-going Estimated a better playing surface for conditions, Countryside £25,000 junior football at Stockingford demonstrated by Recreation Ground increase in quality score Seek to re-profile the M Improved playing Parks and On-going Estimated Kingswood Road Recreation conditions, Countryside £40,000 Ground junior football pitch demonstrated by increase in quality score Investigate potential funding M Improved playing Parks and On-going Estimated opportunities to install conditions, Countryside £250,000 drainage at the Craft Centre demonstrated by and Pingles Stadium pitches, increase in quality and investigate the potential score for water collection and use of greywater Re-introduce the bowling M Not maintained Parks and Complete Estimated green at Riversley Park as bowling green Countryside by start £15,000 at present - under of 2012 utilised resource bowling that would provide season additional bowling facilities in Nuneaton

68 6.2 Strategic Actions

Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Review future pitch playing H Updated Playing Parks and On-going Staff costs requirements in light of Pitch Modelling Countryside Borough Plan update to identify / Planning requirements at Policy the locality area level Update the audit database H Up-to-date club Parks and Annual Staff costs collated as part of this study and pitch database Countryside / N&B Leisure Trust Repeat Playing Pitch H Updated strategy Parks and 2015 Staff costs Assessment at the end of reflecting changes Countryside this strategy period, ensuring at the national, compliance with best practice regional and local level. Seek to identify potential H Ensure that there Parks and On-going Developer locations for additional mini is adequate Countryside Contribut- soccer provision to address provision of ions deficiencies identified within pitches to meet this strategy, including the demand potential for converting Council maintained adult pitch provision Seek to identify potential H Ensure that there Parks and On-going Developer locations for additional junior is adequate Countryside Contribut- football pitch provision to provision of ions address deficiencies identified pitches to meet within this strategy, including demand the potential for converting Council maintained adult pitch provision

69 Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Work with rugby union clubs H Ensure that there N&B On-going Staff costs to address issues highlighted is adequate Leisure within the Warwickshire RFU provision of Trust Facility Plan, and continue pitches to meet to encourage potential demand club development with the provision of additional junior rugby union pitches identified as a key issue Ensure that playing pitch H Intensive training Planning On-going Staff costs provision remains protected needs of rugby Policy through the planning process. clubs means that In particular, ensure re- spare capacity is location of any rugby union an integral part pitch where loss may result of playing pitch from site development provision as it proposals helps to allow for rest and recovery periods Ensure that playing pitch H Spare capacity Planning On-going Staff costs provision remains protected is an integral Policy through the planning process. part of playing In particular, ensure re- pitch provision location of any cricket pitch as it helps to where loss may result from accommodate site development proposals latent demand - particularly important for cricket where there is little spare pitch capacity Ensure that playing pitch H The playing pitch Planning On-going Staff costs provision remains protected model analysis Policy through the planning process. identified shortfalls In particular, ensure re- in provision. It location of any mini soccer or is therefore junior football pitches where of paramount loss may result from site importance to development proposals ensure that supply is not weakened further

70 Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Continue to engage with and H Forge stronger Parks and On-going Staff costs work with all local football links with local Countryside associations in order to football clubs / N&B address local issues and raise Leisure standards Trust Encourage schools with H Increased Parks and On-going Staff costs playing pitches that are accessibility of Countryside not currently available for local pitches community use to make them helping to meet more widely accessible to community needs sports clubs. Support should be given to develop formal community use agreements, particularly relating to junior football pitch provision Work with local football teams H Council provision Parks and On-going Staff costs to support club development that is currently Countryside of Johnson Road football under-used. pitches Work with and support the M Ensure that Parks and On-going Staff costs Nuneaton & Bedworth Minor children are Countryside League in their proposals encouraged to to effectively manage the continue playing transition from mini to junior football from mini age football through to junior age competition Work with all National M Enhanced working Parks and On-going Staff costs Governing Bodies for playing relationship and Countryside pitch sports and Sport knowledge sharing / N&B England, to help identify Leisure local trends in participation, Trust relevant sports development projects, and best practice

71 Action Priority Target Council Time- Cost Lead scale Review and monitor available M Enable club to host Parks and On-going Staff costs junior football pitch options home matches Countryside for Haunchwood Junior within the Borough Football Club given that this of Nuneaton and club currently has to play Bedworth its home matches outside of the Borough as there are no available pitches in their immediate vicinity This playing pitch strategy M Improved ancillary Planning 2011 Existing has carried out a baseline facilities leading Policy Planning assessment of all Council to enhanced Policy pavilions and ancillary participation. budget facilities. Seek to undertake a Ensure that comprehensive built facilities quality of ancillary assessment and identify facilities are not improvements and remedial identified as barrier action required to participation Review and monitor available M Enable club to host Parks and On-going Staff costs cricket pitch options for Khalifa home matches Countryside Sports Cricket Club given that within the Borough this club currently has to play of Nuneaton and its home matches outside Bedworth of the Borough as there are no available pitches in their immediate vicinity Ensure that all Council web M User satisfaction Parks and On-going Staff costs site material is kept up-to- with the Council Countryside date including club and pitch web site / N&B information Leisure Trust

72 6.3 Monitoring of Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan This Playing Pitch Strategy provides a framework in which decisions can be made and is based upon the statistical analysis of the data collated as part of this audit. It is of paramount importance to ensure that this data is updated to maintain its validity, as each new sports team and playing pitch alters the playing pitch findings. In addition, the effect of shifts in sporting trends and developments needs to be recognised as this can have an impact on demand. The five year action plan makes a commitment to review the supply and demand audit data. It is therefore acknowledged that there is a need for this strategy to remain an active document.

This Strategy has been produced by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council working in partnership with the following consultant:

Consultant: Alex Jones jones e-mail: [email protected] PLUS LIMITED

73 Appendices

Appendix 1: Local Context i. Nuneaton and Bedworth Community Plan The Borough’s Community Plan, entitled ‘Shaping our Future’ is the over arching strategy produced by the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), and brings together organisations from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to work together as a single group for the benefit of an area. The key priorities for the LSP include: • Improving the well-being of communities by helping people to work together, support and understand each other. • To make Nuneaton and Bedworth a safer place for everyone where day-to-day quality of life is not marred by the fear of crime. • To improve access to health care and improve life expectancy within the Borough, by promoting more healthier and active lifestyles. • To have a high quality environment with increased biodiversity and a sustainable approach to waste and energy. • To improve the Borough’s transport infrastructure in order to provide easier access to key services and facilities. High quality and accessible playing pitches will have an important part to play on the delivery of some of these key objectives, with particular emphasis on healthier and active lifestyles. ii. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Corporate Plan The Council’s Corporate Plan has been recently updated and adopted, covering the period 2007-2021, to complement the sustainable community plan. It confirms the actions to achieve the outcomes in the Warwickshire Local Area Agreements (LAA). The Agreement is based on a set of outcomes covering local and national priorities on social, economic and environmental issues affecting the quality of life in Warwickshire. Once again, high quality sporting opportunities impact upon the delivery of key areas of work, including: • To provide a pleasant environment for those living and visiting the Borough. • To provide quality services which represent value for money.

74 iii. Development Plan (Borough Local Plan) The Local Plan sets out land use policies and proposals for the Borough up to 2011. Its main purpose is to guide new development and the provision of facilities. It provides a sound basis for making decisions on planning applications. It will influence private and public investment and help to deliver objectives and proposals in other plans. The Local Development Framework (LDF) will replace the existing Nuneaton and Bedworth Local Plan, which was adopted on 28 June 2006. The LDF consists of a range of Local Development Documents (LDDs) including the Statement of Community Involvement, the Borough Plan and the Nuneaton and Bedworth Town Centres Area Action Plan. iv. Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Space Strategy The Borough Council are currently in the process of adopting an Open Space Strategy. The development of this Playing Pitch Strategy has strong links to the Open Space Strategy, an over-arching document that identifies current and future requirements for a range of open space types, and provide a robust planning context for future proposals. v. The Nuneaton and Bedworth Health Improvement Plan The Warwickshire Local Area Agreement (LAA) Vision of the Healthier Communities and Older People Blocks is “To reduce health inequalities throughout the County, and promote healthier lifestyles for all, but with particular attention to the need for independence and choice amongst older people”. The Healthier Borough Theme of the Nuneaton & Bedworth’s Sustainable Community Plan 2007-2021 aims to improve access to healthcare, and improve life expectancy within the Borough, by promoting more healthier and active lifestyles. The Warwickshire Health Inequalities Strategy was adopted by the Public Service Board during 2009. It will be implemented countywide with an emphasis on the main causes of early death for each district. The Nuneaton & Bedworth Health Improvement and Wellbeing Partnership will respond to Warwickshire Health Inequalities Strategy, promote and improve the health and general wellbeing of the local population targeting activity in the areas of greatest deprivation and to those most at risk with the aim of reducing health inequalities. The development of a Nuneaton and Bedworth Health Improvement Plan will assist in the delivery of these initiatives.

75 Appendix 2. a) Football Pitches

Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Sandon Park Weddington & St Nicolas SA1 Council Ai Adult 75 Good Sandon Park Weddington & St Nicolas SA2 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Sandon Park Weddington & St Nicolas SA3 Council Ai Adult 66 Good Sandon Park Weddington & St Nicolas SA4 Council Ai Adult 75 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA3 Council Ai Adult 67 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA4 Council Ai Adult 72 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA5 Council Ai Adult 69 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA6 Council Ai Adult 70 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA7 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Pauls Land Whitestone & Bulkington PA8 Council Ai Adult 61 Average Stanley Road Abbey & Wem Brook ST1 Council Ai Adult 63 Average Recreation Ground Attleborough Whitestone & Bulkington AT1 Council Ai Adult 55 Average Road Recreation Ground Stubbs Pool Camp Hill & SP1 Council Ai Mini 64 Good Galley Common Greenmoor Road Arbury & Stockingford GR3 Council Ai Adult 75 Good Greenmoor Road Arbury & Stockingford GR4 Council Ai Mini 76 Good Kingswood Arbury & Stockingford KI2 Council Ai Junior 55 Average Road Recreation Ground Vale View Arbury & Stockingford VA2 Council Ai Adult 69 Good Vale View Arbury & Stockingford VA3 Council Ai Adult 81 Good Tomkinson Road Arbury & Stockingford TO1 Council ** Ai Adult 70 Good Recreation Ground Tomkinson Road Arbury & Stockingford TO2 Council Ai Adult 76 Good Recreation Ground Haunchwood Arbury & Stockingford HA2 Council Ai Adult 79 Good Sports Ground Heckley Bedworth South HK4 Council Ai Adult 67 Good Recreation Ground Heckley Bedworth South HK5 Council Ai Adult 69 Good Recreation Ground Keresley Bedworth North KE2 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Recreation Ground

76 Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Keresley Bedworth North KE3 Council Ai Adult 75 Good Recreation Ground Blackberry Lane Bedworth North BL1 Council Ai Adult 69 Good Recreation Ground Miners Welfare Bedworth South MW5 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Park Marston Lane Bedworth South MA1 Council Ai Adult 75 Good Recreation Ground Collycroft Bedworth North CO1 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Recreation Ground Johnson Road Bedworth South JO2 Council Ai Adult 79 Good Johnson Road Bedworth South JO3 Council Ai Mini 78 Good Anderton Road Bedworth North AN2 Council Ai Mini 60 Average Anderton Road Bedworth North AN3 Council Ai Mini 63 Average Newdigate Bedworth North NE3 Council Ai Adult 70 Good Recreation Ground Newdigate Bedworth North NE4 Council Ai Junior 73 Good Recreation Ground Bulkington Whitestone & Bulkington BU4 Council Ai Adult 73 Good Recreation Ground Bulkington Whitestone & Bulkington BU5 Council Ai Adult 66 Good Recreation Ground Stockingford Arbury & Stockingford SR4 Council Ai Junior 55 Average Recreation Ground Pingles Abbey & Wem Brook RI4 Council Ai Adult 69 Average Pingles Abbey & Wem Brook RI5 Council Ai Adult 69 Good Craft Centre Abbey & Wem Brook RI7 Council Ai Adult 52 Below Average Craft Centre Abbey & Wem Brook RI8 Council Ai Mini 58 Average Ambleside Weddington & St Nicolas AM1 Private Aii Adult 88 Good Griff & Coton Arbury & Stockingford GC1 Private Aii Adult 82 Good Stockingford AA Arbury & Stockingford STA1 Private Aii Adult 94 Excellent Bermuda Arbury & Stockingford BE1 Private Aii Adult 82 Good

77 Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Windmill Sports Camp Hill & WI1 Private Aii Adult 79 Good Ground Galley Common Nuneaton Old Weddington & St Nicolas NO1 Private Aii Mini 70 Good Edwardians Rugby Nuneaton Old Weddington & St Nicolas NO2 Private Aii Mini 70 Good Edwardians Rugby Grove Farm Whitestone & Bulkington GF1 Private Aii Adult 78 Good The Oval Bedworth South TO1 Private Aii Adult 96 Excellent Higham Lane Weddington & St Nicolas HL1 Education Aiii Mini 87 Good School Higham Lane Weddington & St Nicolas HL2 Education Aiii Mini 87 Good School Higham Lane Weddington & St Nicolas HL3 Education Aiii Adult 87 Good School Higham Lane Weddington & St Nicolas HL4 Education Aiii Adult 87 Good School Higham Lane Weddington & St Nicolas HL5 Education Aiii Adult 87 Good School Stockingford Arbury & Stockingford SJ1 Education Aiii Mini 62 Average Junior Stockingford Arbury & Stockingford SJ2 Education Aiii Junior 62 Average Junior Canon Maggs Bedworth South CM1 Education Aiii Adult 63 Average Junior St James C of E Whitestone & Bulkington SJ1 Education Aiii Junior 68 Good Junior The George Eliot Abbey & Wem Brook GE1 Education Aiii Junior 62 Average School The George Eliot Abbey & Wem Brook GE2 Education Aiii Adult 62 Average School Milby Primary Weddington & St Nicolas MI1 Education Aiii Junior 87 Good School Milby Primary Weddington & St Nicolas MI2 Education Aiii Junior 87 Good School Milby Primary Weddington & St Nicolas MI3 Education Aiii Mini 87 Good School Nicholas Bedworth South NC1 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine Nicholas Bedworth South NC2 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine

78 Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Nicholas Bedworth South NC3 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine Nicholas Bedworth South NC4 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine Nicholas Bedworth South NC5 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine Nicholas Bedworth South NC6 Education Aiii Adult 58 Average Chamberlaine Nicholas Bedworth South NC7 Education Aiii Mini 50 Below Chamberlaine Average Nicholas Bedworth South NC8 Education Aiii Mini 50 Below Chamberlaine Average Nicholas Bedworth South NC9 Education Aiii Mini 50 Below Chamberlaine Average Nicholas Bedworth South NC10 Education Aiii Mini 50 Below Chamberlaine Average Newdigate Bedworth North NP1 Education Aiii Junior 78 Good Primary School Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford AS1 Education B Junior Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford AS2 Education B Junior Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford AS3 Education B Adult Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford AS4 Education B Adult Ash Green School Bedworth North AG1 Education B Adult Ash Green School Bedworth North AG2 Education B Adult Canon Maggs Bedworth South CM2 Education B Junior Junior Croft Junior Arbury & Stockingford CJ1 Education B Junior School Croft Junior Arbury & Stockingford CJ2 Education B Junior School Etone Weddington & St Nicolas ET1 Education B Mini Etone Weddington & St Nicolas ET2 Education B Junior Etone Weddington & St Nicolas ET3 Education B Adult Wembrook Abbey & Wem Brook WE1 Education B Junior Primary School North Warks & Weddington & St Nicolas NW1 Education B Adult Hinckley College North Warks & Weddington & St Nicolas NW2 Education B Adult Hinckley College King Edward VI Abbey & Wem Brook KE1 Private B Adult College

79 Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Chetwynd Junior Whitestone & Bulkington CH1 Education B Mini Queens C of E Abbey & Wem Brook QU1 Education B Adult Junior Race Leys Junior Bedworth North RL1 Education B Mini School Race Leys Junior Bedworth North RL2 Education B Mini School Pingles Arena Abbey & Wem Brook PI1 Council C Adult Camp Hill Primary Camp Hill & CAM1 Education C Mini Galley Common Camp Hill Primary Camp Hill & CAM2 Education C Junior Galley Common Keresley Newland Bedworth North KEN1 Education C Mini Goodyers End Bedworth North GO1 Education C Junior Primary St Michaels C Bedworth South SM1 Education C Junior of E St Nicolas C of E Weddington & St Nicolas STN1 Education C Junior St Pauls C of E Arbury & Stockingford STP1 Education C Junior Primary St Thomas More Arbury & Stockingford STM1 Education C Junior St Thomas More Arbury & Stockingford STM2 Education C Adult Wheelwright Lane Bedworth North WH1 Education C Junior School Liberty Way Weddington & St Nicolas LI1 Private C Adult

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

** Pitch owned by County Council but part of Borough Council open space

80 Appendix 2. b) Cricket Pitches

Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score (%) Classification Pauls Land Whitestone & PA2 Council Ai Grass 81 Good Bulkington Greenmoor Road Arbury & Stockingford GR2 Council Ai Grass 76 Good Haunchwood Arbury & Stockingford HA1 Council Ai Grass 79 Good Sports Ground Heckley Bedworth South HK3 Council Ai Grass 76 Good Recreation Ground Miners Welfare Bedworth South MW3 Council Ai Grass 93 Excellent Park Newdigate Bedworth North NE2 Council Ai Grass 79 Good Recreation Ground Bulkington Whitestone & BU3 Council Ai Grass 75 Good Recreation Bulkington Ground Weddington Road Weddington & WED1 Private Aii Grass 96 Excellent St Nicolas Weddington Road Weddington & WED2 Private Aii Grass 90 Excellent St Nicolas Attleborough Abbey & Wem Brook ATS1 Private Aii Grass 90 Excellent Sports Ambleside Weddington & AM1 Private Aii Grass 97 Excellent St Nicolas Griff & Coton Arbury & Stockingford GC2 Private Aii Grass 96 Excellent Stockingford AA Arbury & Stockingford STA2 Private Aii Grass 93 Excellent Higham Lane Weddington & HL6 Education Aiii Grass 87 Good School St Nicolas Higham Lane Weddington & HL7 Education Aiii Artificial 87 Good School St Nicolas Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford AS5 Education B Artificial King Edward VI Abbey and Wem Brook KE2 Education B Artificial College Etone Technology Weddington & ET4 Education B Artificial Language Voca- St Nicolas tional College St Thomas More Arbury & Stockingford STM3 Education C Artificial

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

81 Appendix 2. c) Rugby Union Pitches

Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Capacity ID Quality Classification Score (%) Nuneaton Old Weddington & St Nicolas NO3 Private Aii Full size 91 Excellent Edwardians Nuneaton Old Weddington & St Nicolas NO4 Private Aii Full size 88 Good Edwardians Nuneaton Old Weddington & St Nicolas NO5 Private Aii Full size 88 Good Edwardians Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR1 Private Aii Full size 84 Good Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR2 Private Aii Full size 84 Good Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR3 Private Aii Full size 81 Good Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR4 Private Aii Full size 81 Good Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR5 Private Aii Junior 81 Good Nuneaton Rugby Club Weddington & St Nicolas NUR6 Private Aii Junior 81 Good Griff and Coton Arbury & Stockingford GC3 Private Aii Full size 85 Good Bedworth Rugby Club Bedworth South BR1 Private Aii Full size 93 Excellent Bedworth Rugby Club Bedworth South BR2 Private Aii Full size 91 Excellent Coventry Welsh Rugby Bedworth North CW1 Private Aii Full size 93 Excellent Club The George Eliot Abbey & Wem Brook GE3 Education Aiii Junior 62 Average School Nicholas Chamberlaine Bedworth South NC11 Education Aiii Full size 58 Average School Nicholas Chamberlaine Bedworth South NC12 Education Aiii Full size 58 Average School King Edward VI Abbey & Wem Brook KE2 Education B Full size Etone Weddington & St Nicolas ET4 Education B Full size St Thomas More Arbury & Stockingford STM4 Education C Full size

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

82 Appendix 2. d) Hockey Pitches

Site Locality Area Pitch Ownership Access Type Pitch Quality Capacity ID Score Classification Etone Leisure Weddington & St Council Ai Artificial * Excellent Centre Nicolas / Leisure Trust Higham Lane Weddington & St Education Aiii Grass 87 Good School Nicolas Higham Lane Weddington & St Education Aiii Grass 87 Good School Nicolas The George Eliot Abbey & Wem Brook Education Aiii Grass 62 Average School Alderman Smith Arbury & Stockingford Education B Grass School

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

* Artificial playing surface in excellent condition, and therefore able to withstand greater usage when compared to grass surfaces

83 Appendix 3. a) Mini and Junior Football Teams (based on 2009/10 season) Club Team Name Age Group Type League Home Match Day Association Ground Times Ambleside JFC Ambleside Colts Under 10's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Ambleside Hawks Under 10's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Ambleside Hearts Under 12's Junior N&B Weddington School Sunday pm Ambleside Hornets Under 10's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Ambleside Aztecs Under 8's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Ambleside Galaxy Under 8's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Ambleside Swifts Under 10's Mini N&B Higham Lane School Sunday am Attleborough Attleborough Sports Under 8's Mini N&B Craft Centre Sunday am Sports Attleborough Sports Under 10's Mini N&B Craft Centre Sunday am Attleborough Sports Under 14's Junior N&B Pingles 2 Sunday pm Attleborough Sports Under 13's Junior N&B Pingles 2 Sunday pm Attleborough Sports Girls Under 10's Mini N&B Craft Centre Saturday pm Attleborough Sports Under 13's Junior N&B Attleborough Rec Sunday pm Harriers Attleborough Sports Under 9's Mini N&B Craft Centre Sunday am Attleborough Sports Under 14's Junior N&B Attleborough Rec Sunday pm Hurricanes Bedworth Bedworth Eagles Under 8's Mini N&B Nicholas Sunday am Eagles Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 9's Mini N&B Nicholas Sunday am Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Gems Under 10's Mini N&B Nicholas Saturday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Girls Under 10's Mini N&B Nicholas Saturday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 10's Mini N&B Anderton Road 2 Sunday am Bedworth Eagles Under 11's Junior John Bryan Nicholas Sunday am Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 11's Junior N&B Nicholas Sunday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 12's Junior N&B Blackberry Lane Sunday pm Bedworth Eagles Under 13's Junior N&B Nicholas Sunday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 13's Junior John Bryan Nicholas Sunday am Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 14's Junior John Bryan Nicholas Sunday am Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Under 15's Junior N&B Nicholas Sunday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Eagles Youth Under 16's Junior N&B Nicholas Sunday pm Chamberlaine School Bedworth Bedworth Rangers Under 14's Junior N&B Marston Lane Sunday pm Rangers Bedworth Rangers Youth Junior John Bryan Marston Lane Sunday am

84 Club Team Name Age Group Type League Home Match Day Association Ground Times Bedworth Bedworth United Under 8's Mini N&B Canon Maggs School Sunday am United Bedworth United Under 9's Mini N&B Canon Maggs School Sunday am Bedworth United Under 10's Mini N&B Canon Maggs School Sunday am Bedworth United Under 11's Junior N&B Newdigate School Sunday pm Bedworth United Under 14's Junior N&B Newdigate Rec Sunday pm Bedworth United Under 15's Junior N&B Newdigate Rec Sunday pm Bedworth United Under 12's Junior N&B Marston Lane Sunday pm Bedworth United Under 13's Junior N&B Marston Lane Sunday pm Bedworth United Juniors Under 9's Mini N&B Canon Maggs School Sunday am Bedworth United Juniors Under 12's Junior N&B Newdigate School Sunday pm Bedworth United Vipers Under 10's Mini N&B Anderton Road 1 Sunday am Bedworth United Warriors Under 10's Mini N&B Anderton Road 1 Sunday am Bedworth Under 15's Junior Midland Miners Welfare Park Saturday am Junior Bermuda Bermuda Sports Under 15's Junior N&B Bermuda Sports Club Sunday pm Sports Bulkington Bulkington Boxers Under 9's Mini N&B St James School Sunday am Sports Bulkington Sports Under 10's Mini N&B St James School Sunday am Bulkington Sports Under 14's Junior N&B Wolvey Sports Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Under 10's Mini N&B St James 1 Sunday am Barracudas Bulkington Sports Bulldogs Under 15's Junior N&B Miners Welfare Park Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Bullets Under 11's Junior N&B Ansty Sports Ground Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Colts Under 8's Mini N&B St James School Sunday am Bulkington Sports Colts Under 15's Junior N&B Miners Welfare Park Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Lions Under 10's Mini N&B St James School 1 Sunday am Bulkington Sports Saints Under 12's Junior N&B Bulkington Rec Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Saints Under 13's Junior N&B Bulkington Rec Sunday pm Bulkington Sports Under 16's Junior John Bryan Bulkington Rec Sunday pm Bulkington Youth Youth Junior John Bryan Bulkington Rec Sunday pm Chetwynd AFC Chetwynd Under 9's Mini N&B Stubbs Pool Sunday am Chetwynd Felines Under 10's Mini N&B Chetwynd Junior Saturday pm Chetwynd Hawks Under 10's Mini N&B Stubbs Pool Sunday am Chetwynd Jets Under 15's Junior N&B Pauls Land 2 Sunday pm Chetwynd Minis Under 8's Mini N&B Stubbs Pool Sunday am Chetwynd Panthers Under 15's Junior N&B Craft Centre Sunday pm Chetwynd Squirrels Under 10's Mini N&B Stubbs Pool Sunday am Chetwynd Tigers Under 12's Junior N&B Pauls Land 2 Sunday pm Chetwynd Under 12's Junior John Bryan Pauls Land Sunday pm Chetwynd Under 14's Junior John Bryan Pauls Land Sunday pm Chetwynd Youth Youth Junior John Bryan Pingles Sunday pm

85 Club Team Name Age Group Type League Home Match Day Association Ground Times Coton Coton Hammers Under 16's Junior N&B Alderman Smith Sunday pm Hammers School Exhall Tigers Exhall Tigers Under 16's Junior John Bryan Heckley Fields Sunday pm Frank Parker Frank Parker Swifts Under 16's Junior N&B The Oval Sunday pm Swifts Grove Farm Grove Farm Demons Under 10's Mini N&B Stockingford Primary Sunday am School Grove Farm Jets Under 14's Junior N&B Tomkinson Rec Sunday pm Grove Farm Rangers Under 11's Junior N&B Stockingford Primary Sunday pm School Grove Farm Rockets Under 15's Junior N&B Haunchwood Rec Sunday pm Grove Farm Sharks Under 11's Junior N&B Stockingford Primary Sunday pm School Grove Farm United Under 15's Junior N&B Vale View 2 Sunday pm Grove Farm Warriors Under 14's Junior N&B Tomkinson Road 1 Sunday pm Grove Farm Junior Under 13's Junior John Bryan Stockingford Primary Sunday am School Haunchwood Haunchwood Under 12's Junior N&B Hartshill School Sunday pm Haunchwood Under 13's Junior N&B Stanley Road Sunday pm Haunchwood Athletic Under 16's Junior N&B Stanley Road Sunday pm Haunchwood Girls Under 10's Mini N&B Arley Sports Centre Saturday pm Haunchwood Hawks Under 9's Mini N&B Hartshill School Sunday am Haunchwood Heroes Under 9's Mini N&B Hartshill School Sunday am Haunchwood Pumas Under 10's Mini N&B Hartshill School Sunday am Haunchwood Sports Under 14's Junior John Bryan Hartshill School Sunday am Haunchwood Pumas Under 15's Junior N&B Hartshill School Sunday pm Haunchwood Sports Under 16's Junior N&B Ansley Workshops Sunday pm Haunchwood Tigers Under 10's Mini N&B Michael Drayton Sunday am Haunchwood Tigers Under 13's Junior N&B Arley Sports Centre Sunday pm Higham FC Higham FC Under 9's Mini Tamworth Higham Lane School Saturday am Higham FC Under 12's Junior N&B Sandon Park 3 Sunday pm Higham FC Under 12's Junior Tamworth Sandon Park Saturday am Higham FC Under 13's Junior Tamworth Kings Lodge Saturday am Nuneaton Griff Nuneaton Griff Under 8's Mini N&B Croft Junior School Sunday am Nuneaton Griff Under 16's Junior N&B St Thomas More Sunday pm School Nuneaton Griff Under 14's Junior N&B Heckley Fields Sunday pm Nuneaton Griff Panthers Under 9's Mini N&B Croft Junior School Sunday am Nuneaton Griff Tigers Under 9's Mini N&B Croft Junior School Sunday am Nuneaton Griff Youth Junior John Bryan St Thomas More Sunday pm School

86 Club Team Name Age Group Type League Home Match Day Association Ground Times Nuneaton Town Nuneaton Town Under 11's Junior N&B Kingswood 1 Sunday pm Community Nuneaton Town Under 12's Junior N&B Pauls Land 1 Sunday pm Club Nuneaton Town Under 13's Junior N&B Weddington School Sunday pm Nuneaton Town Under 15's Junior N&B George Eliot School Sunday pm Nuneaton Town Under 16's Junior N&B Pauls Land 6 Sunday pm Nuneaton Town Under 10's Mini N&B George Eliot School Sunday am Nuneaton Town Red Under 15's Junior N&B Pauls Land 3 Sunday pm Nuneaton Town White Under 15's Junior N&B Pauls Land 2 Sunday pm Nuneaton Town Whites Under 14's Junior N&B Pauls Land 5 Sunday pm Nuneaton Town Youth Junior John Bryan George Eliot School Sunday am Nuneaton Town Under 14's Junior Midland Pauls Land Saturday am Junior Nuneaton Town Under 15's Junior Midland George Eliot School Saturday am Junior Nuneaton Town Youth Junior Midland Griff and Coton Saturday am Junior St Nicolas St Nicolas Boys Under 8's Mini N&B Milby School Sunday am Boys St Nicolas Boys Under 11's Junior N&B Milby School Sunday pm St Nicolas Boys Under 11's Junior John Bryan Milby School Sunday am St Nicolas Boys Under 11's Junior John Bryan Milby School Sunday am St Nicolas Boys Under 10's Mini N&B Milby School Sunday am St Nicolas Boys Under 12's Junior N&B Ambleside Sunday pm St Nicolas Under 13's Junior John Bryan Ambleside Sunday am St Nicolas Colts Under 14's Junior Tamworth Ambleside Sunday pm St Nicolas Tigers Under 9's Mini N&B Croft Junior School Sunday am St Nicolas Under 16's Junior John Bryan Ambleside Sunday pm Stockingford Stockingford AA Under 16's Junior John Bryan Stockingford AA Sunday pm AA Weddington Weddington Sports Rangers Under 9's Mini N&B Weddington School Sunday am Sports JFC Weddington Sports Rockets Under 9's Mini N&B Weddington School Sunday am Weddington Sports Royals Under 9's Mini N&B Weddington School Sunday am Weddington Weddington Thistle Devils Under 11's Junior N&B Old Edwardians Sunday pm Thistle Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Under 16's Junior N&B Sandon Park 3 Sunday pm Weddington Thistle Crowns Under 9's Mini N&B Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Hornets Under 9's Mini N&B Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Light- Under 8's Mini N&B Old Edwardians Sunday am ning Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Under 11's Junior N&B Old Edwardians Sunday pm Panthers Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Pumas Under 14's Junior N&B Sandon Park 2 Sunday pm

87 Club Team Name Age Group Type League Home Match Day Association Ground Times Weddington Weddington Thistle Under 16's Junior N&B Sandon Park 4 Sunday pm Thistle Rangers (continued) Weddington Thistle Thunder Under 8's Mini N&B Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Junior Under 10's Mini John Bryan Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Junior Under 11's Junior John Bryan Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Junior Under 11's Junior John Bryan Old Edwardians Sunday am Rugby Ground Weddington Thistle Junior Under 12's Junior John Bryan Sandon Park Sunday am Weddington Thistle Junior Under 13's Junior John Bryan Blackberry Lane Sunday am Weddington Warriers Under 12's Junior N&B Sandon Park 2 Sunday pm Weddington Thistle Raiders Under 15's Junior N&B Sandon Park 4 Sunday pm Windmill Windmill Cougars Under 12's Junior N&B Windmill Sports and Sunday pm Cougars Social Club

League Association Key: N&B = Nuneaton and Bedworth Mini and Minor League John Bryan = John Bryan Coventry League Midland Junior = Midland Junior Premier League Tamworth = Tamworth Junior Football League

N.B Home grounds highlighted in red are located outside of the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough boundary.

88 Appendix 3. b) Adult Football Teams (based on 2009/10 season) Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Alties Nuneaton & District Sunday League Miners Welfare Park Sunday am Ambleside AFC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ambleside Sunday am Ambleside AFC Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ambleside Sunday am Anker FC (Weddington) Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Arley Miners (Scream) Nuneaton & District Sunday League Hill Top Arley 1 Sunday am Attleborough Fox FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pingles Sunday am Attleborough Mills FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Griff and Coton Sunday am Attleborough Mills Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Attleborough Potters Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Attleboro Potters Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Park Sunday am Attleborough Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League George Eliot School Sunday am Baddesley Social Nuneaton & District Sunday League Baddesley Rec Sunday am Baddesley Social Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Baddesley Rec Sunday am Bear & Ragged Staff Nuneaton & District Sunday League Royal Meadow, Atherstone Sunday am Bedworth Conservatives Nuneaton & District Sunday League Miners Welfare Park Sunday am Bedworth Liberal Nuneaton & District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Bedworth Liberal Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Bedworth Miners Arms Nuneaton & District Sunday League Heckley Rec Sunday am Bedworth Mount Pleasant Nuneaton & District Sunday League Newdigate Rec Sunday am Athletic Bedworth Travellers Nuneaton & District Sunday League Marston Lane Sunday am Bermuda Nuneaton & District Sunday League Bermuda Sunday am Boro Sports FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pingles Sunday am Boro Sports Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Bull & Anchor Ash Green Nuneaton & District Sunday League Heckley Rec Sunday am Chapel End Salutation Nuneaton & District Sunday League Hill Top Arley 2 Sunday am Chapel End Sal Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Hill Top Arley 2 Sunday am Chase FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote Sunday am Chase FC Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote Sunday am Chetwynd Nuneaton & District Sunday League Bulkington Rec Sunday am Clock (Atherstone) Nuneaton & District Sunday League Mancetter Rec Sunday am Clock (Atherstone) Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Mancetter Rec Sunday am Collycroft Cricketers Nuneaton & District Sunday League Collycroft Rec Sunday am Nuneaton & District Sunday League Marston Lane Sunday am Collycroft Goose FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Bermuda Sunday am Crew Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Crows Nest Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pingles Sunday am Crows Nest Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Drayton Nuneaton & District Sunday League Stockingford Allotment Sunday am Association

89 Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Drayton Res Nuneaton & District Sunday League Stockingford Allotment Sunday am Association Ford Oak Nuneaton & District Sunday League Alderman School Sunday am Ford Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Ford Sports Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Sandon Park Sunday am Griff & Coton Manor Nuneaton & District Sunday League Griff and Coton Sunday am Griff & Coton Manor Nuneaton & District Sunday League Greenmoor Road Sunday am Reserves Hartshill Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ansley Hall Sunday am Hartshill Sports Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Hartshill Rec Sunday am Haunchwood Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Haunchwood Rec Sunday am Ambleside Sunday am Haunchwood Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Haunchwood Rec Sunday am Reserves Hayrick Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Hayrick Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Attleborough Rec Sunday am Hayrick 3rds Nuneaton & District Sunday League Attleborough Rec Sunday am Hill Top Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Hill Top Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Jailhouse Nuneaton & District Sunday League Stanley Road Sunday am Kelly's Bar Nuneaton & District Sunday League Craft Centre Sunday am Lancet Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pingles Sunday am Malt Shovel Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Mancetter Athletic Nuneaton & District Sunday League Mancetter Rec 2 Sunday am Manor House Nuneaton & District Sunday League Fillongley Sunday am Mills Athletic Nuneaton & District Sunday League Windmill Sports Ground Sunday am Mount Pleasant Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Collycroft Rec Sunday am Nuneaton Jailhouse Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Nuneaton Prince Nuneaton & District Sunday League Pauls Land Sunday am Nuneaton Town Community Nuneaton & District Sunday League Vale View Sunday am Nuneaton Town Community Nuneaton & District Sunday League Tomkinson Rec Sunday am Reserves Nuneaton Town Community Nuneaton & District Sunday League Tomkinson Rec Sunday am 3rds Old Black Bank Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Newdigate Rec Sunday am Old Black Bank Spots Nuneaton & District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Reserves Orchard Athletic Nuneaton & District Sunday League Heckley Rec Sunday am

90 Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Poplar Athletic 62 Nuneaton & District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Ridge Lane Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ridge Lane Rec Sunday am Ridge Lane Reserves Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ridge Lane Rec Sunday am Royal Oak Bedworth Nuneaton & District Sunday League Marston Lane Sunday am Saunders Nuneaton & District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Sporting White Lion Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Sporting White Lion Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Park Sunday am Reserves Stockingford Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Alderman School Sunday am Stockingford Sports Nuneaton & District Sunday League Vale View Sunday am Reserves The Crown (Nuneaton) Nuneaton & District Sunday League Tomkinson Rec Sunday am Wanderers FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Vale View Sunday am Weddington Thistle Nuneaton & District Sunday League Old Edwardians Rugby Club Sunday am Weddington Thistle Nuneaton & District Sunday League Old Edwardians Rugby Club Sunday am Reserves Wentworth Wanderers Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Pauls Land Sunday am Queens C of E Junior School Sunday am Wentworth Wanderers Nuneaton & District Sunday League Sandon Sunday am Reserves Wentworth Wanderers War- Nuneaton & District Sunday League Queens C of E Junior School Sunday am riors White Hart Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ansley Hall Sunday am White Hart Res Nuneaton & District Sunday League Ansley Hall Sunday am White Lion (Atherstone) Nuneaton & District Sunday League Mancetter Rec Sunday am Windmill FC Nuneaton & District Sunday League Windmill Sport Ground Sunday am Poplar Athletic Coventry and District Sunday League Nicholas Chamberlaine School Sunday am Bulkington Sports and Social Coventry and District Sunday League Bulkington Sports Ground Sunday am Sporting Craftsman Coventry and District Sunday League Keresley Rec Sunday am Bulkington Sports and Social Coventry Saturday Alliance Bulkington Rec Saturday pm Bulkington Sports and Social Coventry Saturday Alliance Bulkington Rec Saturday pm Reserves Woodlands Coventry Saturday Alliance The Oval Saturday pm Woodlands Reserves Coventry Saturday Alliance Miners Welfare Park Saturday pm Cherry Tree Coventry Saturday Alliance Newdigate Rec Saturday pm Attleborough Potters (Sat) Coventry Saturday Alliance Pingles Saturday pm Bedworth Ex Service Coventry Saturday Alliance Grove Farm Saturday pm Bedworth Ex Service Res Coventry Saturday Alliance Grove Farm Saturday pm

91 Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Ambleside Sports Coventry Saturday Alliance Ambleside Saturday pm Ambleside Sports Res Coventry Saturday Alliance Ambleside Saturday am Nuneaton Griff & Coton Coventry Saturday Alliance Griff & Coton Saturday pm Stockingford AA Pav FC Coventry Saturday Alliance Stockingford AA Pavilion Saturday pm Bermuda Coventry Saturday Alliance Bermuda Saturday am Paint the Town Red Coventry & District Church League Pingles Saturday am Hinckley Dare Coventry & District Church League Pingles Saturday am Nuneaton Ladies East Midlands Womens League Nicholas Chamberlaine Sunday pm Nuneaton Ladies 2's Leicester Ladies League Nicholas Chamberlaine Sunday pm Westfield Nuneaton LFC Leicester Ladies League Nicholas Chamberlaine Sunday pm (Nuneaton)

N.B Home grounds highlighted in red are located outside of the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough boundary. Team names highlighted in blue indicate that the team is from outside of the Borough.

92 Appendix 3. c) Junior Cricket Teams (based on 2009 season ) Club Age Group League Association Home Ground Main Match Day Times Ambleside Under 10's North & East Warwickshire League Ambleside Fri pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Ambleside Mon pm Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Ambleside Tues pm / Wed pm Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Ambleside Tues pm Under 15's North & East Warwickshire League Ambleside Mon pm Bedworth Under 9's Friendly Fixtures Miners Welfare Park Fri pm Under 10's North & East Warwickshire League Miners Welfare Park Fri pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Miners Welfare Park Mon pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Pauls Land Tues pm Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Miners Welfare Park Sun am Under 15's North & East Warwickshire League Miners Welfare Park Mon pm Under 16's North & East Warwickshire League Miners Welfare Park Fri pm Bulkington Under 9's Friendly Fixtures Bulkington Rec Fri pm Under 10's North & East Warwickshire League Bulkington Rec Wed pm / Fri pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Bulkington Rec Mon pm Under 15's North & East Warwickshire League Bulkington Rec Mon pm Under 16's Lords Taverners Bulkington Rec Fri pm Griff & Coton Under 10's North & East Warwickshire League Griff and Coton Fri pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Griff and Coton Mon pm Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Griff and Coton Tues pm / Sun am Under 14's North & East Warwickshire League Griff and Coton Mon pm Under 15's Warwickshire League Griff and Coton Mon pm / Thurs pm / Fri pm Haunchwood Under 16's Lords Taverners Haunchwood Fri pm Newdigate Under 16's Lords Taverners Newdigate Rec Fri pm Nuneaton Under 10's North & East Warwickshire League Weddington Road Fri pm Under 11's North & East Warwickshire League Weddington Road Mon pm Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Weddington Road Sun am “A” Under 13's North & East Warwickshire League Weddington Road Sun am “B” Under 15's North & East Warwickshire League Weddington Road Mon pm Under 17's Warwickshire League Weddington Road Mon pm

93 Appendix 3. d) Adult Cricket Teams (based on 2009 season) Club Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Ambleside 1st XI WCL Ambleside Way Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Ambleside Way Sat pm 3rd XI WCL Ambleside Way Sat pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Ambleside Way Thurs pm Attleborough 1st XI WCL Attleborough Sports Sat pm Club 2nd XI WCL Attleborough Sports Sat pm Club Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Attleborough Sports Thurs pm Club Bedworth 1st XI WCL Miners Welfare Park Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Miners Welfare Park Sat pm 3rd XI WCL Pauls Land Sat pm 4th XI WCL Pauls Land Sat pm Sunday Team Sunday Single Team League Miners Welfare Park Sun pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Miners Welfare Park Thurs pm Bulkington 1st XI WCL Bulkington Rec Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Bulkington Rec Sat pm Sunday Team Friendly Bulkington Rec Sun pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Bulkington Rec Thurs pm Collycroft 1st XI WCL Heckley Rec Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Heckley Rec Sat pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Heckley Rec Thurs pm Griff & Coton 1st XI WCL Griff & Coton Sports Sat pm Social 2nd XI WCL Griff & Coton Sports Sat pm Social 3rd XI WCL Shilton Playing Fields Sat pm (Coventry) Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Griff & Coton Sports Thurs pm Social Haunchwood 1st XI WCL Haunchwood Rec Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Haunchwood Rec Sat pm Vet's Friendly Haunchwood Rec Sun pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Haunchwood Rec Thurs pm Newdigate 1st XI WCL Newdigate Rec Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Newdigate Rec Sat pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League Newdigate Rec Thurs pm

94 Club Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Nuneaton 1st XI WCL Weddington Rd Sat pm 2nd XI WCL Weddington Rd Sat pm 3rd XI WCL Weddington Rd Sat pm 4th XI WCL Weddington Rd Sat pm 5th XI WCL King Edwards College Sat pm Midweek A Nuneaton Thursday League Weddington Rd Thurs pm Midweek B Nuneaton Thursday League Weddington Rd Thurs pm Stockingford 1st XI WCL The Pavilion, Ansley Sat pm Road 2nd XI WCL The Pavilion, Ansley Sat pm Road 3rd XI WCL Greenmoor Sat pm Midweek Nuneaton Thursday League The Pavilion, Ansley Thurs pm Road

League Association Key: WCL = Warwickshire Cricket League

In addition to these clubs, other cricket teams make use of Nuneaton and Bedworth pitches including:

Team League Association Home Ground Match Day Times Khalifa Sports Khalifa Community League Richmond Park (Hinckley), Sun pm Stockingford AA Alderman Smith Nuneaton Thursday League The Pavilion, Ansley Road Thurs pm Pakstars CC Coventry & Warwick Heckley Rec Wed pm Wednesday District League Pak Shaheen Coventry & Warwick Heckley Rec Wed pm Wednesday District League Heckley Cricket Club Friendly Heckley Rec Sun pm St Giles Church Friendly Heckley Rec Tues pm Hillfields 1st X1 Friendly Heckley Rec Sun pm Coventry 40 Overs Coventry 40 overs league Haunchwood Rec Sun pm Coventry 40 Overs Coventry 40 overs league Greenmoor Sun pm Coventry Sunday League - 4 Coventry 40 overs league Greenmoor Sun pm teams Coventry 40 overs league Heckley Rec Sun pm Coventry 40 overs league Pauls Land Sun pm Coventry 40 overs league Newdigate Rec Sun pm

95 Appendix 3. e) Mini and Junior Rugby Union Teams (based on 2009/10 season) Club Age Group Home Ground Main Match Day Times Bedworth RFC Colts Rectory Fields, Smart Road Sat Nuneaton Old Edwardians Under 16s Weddington Road Sun RFC Nuneaton RFC Colts Liberty Way Sat Under 17's Liberty Way Sun Under 15's Liberty Way Sun Under 14's Liberty Way Sun Under 13's Liberty Way Sun Under 12's Liberty Way Sun Under 11's Liberty Way Sun Under 10's Liberty Way Sun Under 9's Liberty Way Sun Under 8's Liberty Way Sun Under 7's Liberty Way Sun

96 Appendix 3. f) Adult Rugby Union Teams (based on 2009/10 season) Club Team League Division Home Ground Main Match Day Times Bedworth RFC 1st XV Midlands 2 West (South) Rectory Fields, Smart Road Saturday pm 2nd XV Warwickshire Merit Table A Rectory Fields, Smart Road Saturday pm 3rd XV Warwickshire League 3 Rectory Fields, Smart Road Saturday pm Coventry Welsh RFC 1st XV Midlands 4 West (South) Burbages Lane Saturday pm 2nd XV Warwickshire League 4 Burbages Lane Saturday pm Manor Park RFC 1st XV Midlands 4 West (South) Griff and Coton Saturday pm 2nd XV Warwickshire League 3 Griff and Coton Saturday pm 3rd XV Warwickshire Friendlies Griff and Coton Saturday pm Nuneaton Old 1st XV Midlands 1 West Weddington Road Saturday pm Edwardians RFC 2nd XV Warwickshire League 1 Weddington Road Saturday pm 3rd XV Warwickshire League 4 Weddington Road Saturday pm 1st XV Midlands 4 West (South) Burbages Lane Saturday pm 2nd XV Warwickshire League 4 Burbages Lane Saturday pm Nuneaton RFC 1st XV National League 1 Liberty Way Saturday pm 2nd XV / North Midlands Reserve Liberty Way Saturday pm Develop- League ment XV Nuneaton Ladies Nuneaton North Midlands NC 2 Liberty Way Sunday pm RFC Ladies

97 Appendix 3. g) HockeyTeams (based on 2009/10 season) Club Team League Home Main Match Day Times Association Ground Nuneaton Mens Hockey Nuneaton 1sts MRHA Etone Sat pm Club Nuneaton 2nds MRHA Etone Sat pm Nuneaton 3rds MRHA Etone Sat pm Nuneaton 4ths MRHA Etone Sat pm Nuneaton 5ths MRHA Etone Sat pm Nuneaton Ladies Hockey Nuneaton Ladies 1sts Warwickshire Etone Sat am Club Nuneaton Ladies 2nds Warwickshire Etone Sat am Nuneaton Ladies 3rds Warwickshire Etone Sat am Nuneaton Ladies Juniors Warwickshire Etone Sun am

League Association Key: MRHA = Midlands Regional Hockey Association

98 Appendix 4: Tennis Courts

Tennis Court Location Number of Courts Ownership Access Type of Courts Caldwell Road, 5 Private Aii Tarmacadam Nuneaton Miners Welfare Park 4 Council Ai Tarmacadam Pingles 4 Council Ai Tarmac multi-purpose court Bulkington Recreation 2 Council Ai Tarmac multi-purpose Ground court Bailey Park 2 Council Ai Tarmac multi-purpose court Heckley Rec 2 Council Ai Tarmac multi-purpose court Ambleside 2 Private Aii Tarmac multi-purpose court Alderman Smith 3 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose School court Ash Green School 4 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose court Etone Technology 4 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose Language Vocational court College The George Eliot 2 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose School court Higham Lane School 3 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose court Manor Park 3 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose Community School court Nicholas 4 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose Chamberlaine School court St Thomas More 2 Education C Tarmac multi-purpose Catholic School court

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

99 Appendix 5. a) Mens Crown Green Bowls Clubs (based on 2009 season) Club Type League Number of teams competing Attleborough Sports Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Attleborough Sports Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1 Attleborough Sports Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Attleborough Sports Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Attleborough Sports Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 3 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 3 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 5 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 4 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Bedworth Ex Service Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 1 Bedworth Ex Service Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 2 Bedworth Ex-Service Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Bedworth Ex-Service Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 Bermuda Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1 Bermuda Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 2 Bermuda Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Bermuda Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 3 Bulkington Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 3 Bulkington Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Bulkington Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 1 Griff & Coton Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Griff & Coton Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Griff & Coton Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Griff & Coton Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 2 Haunchwood Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 3 Haunchwood Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Haunchwood Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1 Haunchwood Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Haunchwood Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 4 Haunchwood Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 Newdigate Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 3 Newdigate Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 2 Newdigate Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 2 Newdigate Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Stockingford AA Crown Coventry & District Midweek Bowls League 1 Stockingford AA Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 1 Stockingford AA Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1

100 Club Type League Number of teams competing Stockingford AA Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Stockingford AA Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 2 Stockingford Ex Cons Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Stockingford Ex Cons Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 1 Stockingford Ex Cons Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 The Plough Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 The Plough Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 1 The Plough Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 Warwickshire Police Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 1 Warwickshire Police Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 Weddington Fox Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1 Weddington Fox Crown Nuneaton & District Saturday League 1 Weddington Fox Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 1 Weddington Fox Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 1 Weddington Social Club Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 1 Weddington Social Club Crown Coventry & District Thursday League 1 Weddington Social Club Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 3 Weddington Social Club Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 2 Windmill Sports Club Crown Coventry & District Saturday Bowls League 1 Windmill Sports Club Crown Nuneaton & District Sunday League 2 Windmill Sports Club Crown Nuneaton & District Midweek League 2

101 Appendix 5. b) Ladies Crown Green Bowls Clubs (based on 2009 season) Club Type League Number of teams competing Attleborough Sports Crown North Midlands Ladies League 3 Attleborough Sports Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 3 League Attleborough Sports Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 3 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown North Midlands Ladies League 4 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 3 League Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 3 Bedworth Ex Service Crown North Midlands Ladies League 2 Bedworth Ex Service Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Bermuda Crown North Midlands Ladies League 1 Bermuda Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Bermuda Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2 Bulkington Crown Coventry and District Ladies League 1 Griff & Coton Crown North Midlands Ladies League 1 Griff & Coton Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Griff & Coton Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2 Haunchwood Crown North Midlands Ladies League 2 Haunchwood Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 3 League Haunchwood Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2 Newdigate Crown North Midlands Ladies League 2 Newdigate Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 1 League Newdigate Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 1 Stockingford AA Crown North Midlands Ladies League 1 Stockingford AA Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Stockingford AA Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2 Weddington Fox Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 1 League Weddington Fox Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 1 Weddington Social Club Crown North Midlands Ladies League 1 Weddington Social Club Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Weddington Social Club Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2 Windmill Sports Club Crown North Midlands Ladies League 2 Windmill Sports Club Crown Nuneaton and District Thursday 2 League Windmill Sports Club Crown Nuneaton and District Ladies League 2

102 Appendix 5. c) Mixed Crown Green Bowls Clubs (based on 2009 season)

Club Type League Number of teams competing Attleborough Sports Crown Tuesday Mixed League 1 Bedworth Bowls Club Crown Tuesday Mixed League 1 Bermuda Crown Tuesday Mixed League 1 Bulkington Crown Tuesday Mixed League 1 Griff & Coton Crown Tuesday Mixed League 2 Stockingford AA Crown Tuesday Mixed League 1

Appendix 5. d) Flat Green Bowls Clubs (based on 2009 season)

Club Type League Number of teams competing Ambleside Bowls Club Flat Compete in a variety of friendly and 5 mixed teams + ladies / mens league fixtures, with league matches sides for some competitions focused on the Hinckley triples league, and Saturday teams competing in Warwickshire league Nuneaton Bowls Club Flat Compete in a variety of friendly and Range of mixed, mens and ladies league fixtures, including the sides Coventry 6 league, and weekend Warwickshire league fixtures

103 Appendix 5. e) Crown and Flat Green Bowling Greens (based on 2009 season) Ground Type Number of Greens Access Attleborough Sports Crown 2 Aii Bedworth Bowls Club Crown 2 Aii Miners Welfare Park Crown 1 Ai Bermuda Crown 2 Aii Bulkington Crown 1 Aii Griff & Coton Crown 1 Aii Haunchwood Crown 2 Aii Newdigate Crown 1 Aii Stockingford Crown 2 Aii The Plough Crown 1 Aii Weddington Road Crown 2 Aii Windmill Sports Club Crown 1 Aii Ambleside Flat 1 Aii Nuneaton Flat 1 Aii

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

104 Appendix 6. a) Adult Netball Teams (based on 2009/10 season)

Team League Association 2009/10 League Division Home Ground Ambleside A Warwickshire & Coventry Premier Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside B Warwickshire & Coventry Division 2 Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside C Warwickshire & Coventry Division 3 Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside D Warwickshire & Coventry Division 6 Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside E Warwickshire & Coventry Division 7 Ambleside Netball Association Bedworth Warwickshire & Coventry Division 7 Heckley Fields Netball Association Bulkington A Warwickshire & Coventry Premier Bulkington Recreation Netball Association Ground Bulkington B Warwickshire & Coventry Division 1 Bulkington Recreation Netball Association Ground Bulkington C Warwickshire & Coventry Division 2 Bulkington Recreation Netball Association Ground Bulkington D Warwickshire & Coventry Division 4 Bulkington Recreation Netball Association Ground Griff & Coton A Warwickshire & Coventry Division 1 Griff & Coton Netball Association Griff & Coton B Warwickshire & Coventry Division 5 Griff & Coton Netball Association Griff & Coton C Warwickshire & Coventry Division 7 Griff & Coton Netball Association Nuneaton Old Edwardians Warwickshire & Coventry Division 5 Alderman Smith School Netball Association Synergy A Warwickshire & Coventry Premier Alderman Smith School Netball Association Synergy B Warwickshire & Coventry Division 4 Alderman Smith School Netball Association Synergy C Warwickshire & Coventry Division 4 Alderman Smith School Netball Association Synergy D Warwickshire & Coventry Division 7 Alderman Smith School Netball Association

105 Appendix 6. b) Junior Netball Teams (based on 2009/10 season)

Team League Association 2009/10 League Division Home Ground Ambleside Under 12's Warwickshire & Coventry Under 12's Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside Under 13's Warwickshire & Coventry Under 13's Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside Under 14's Warwickshire & Coventry Under 14's Ambleside Netball Association Ambleside Under 16's Warwickshire & Coventry Under 16's Ambleside Netball Association Bulkington Under 14's Warwickshire & Coventry Under 14's Bulkington Recreation Netball Association Ground

Appendix 6. c) Netball Courts

Location Number of Courts Ownership Access Ambleside 3 Private Aii Bulkington Recreation 2 Council Ai Ground Heckley Recreation Ground 1 Council Ai Pingles 2 Council Ai Griff and Coton 1 Private Aii Alderman Smith School 6 Education Aiii Ash Green School 2 Education C Etone 4 Education C The George Eliot School 3 Education C Higham Lane School 5 Education C Manor Park 3 Education C Nicholas Chamberlaine 8 Education C St Thomas More 2 Education C

Access Classification Key: Ai Pitches in local authority or other public ownership/management Aii Pitches in the voluntary, private or commercial sector, but which are open to members of the public Aiii Pitches at education sites which are available for use by the public through formal community use arrangements B Pitches not included above, that are nevertheless available for community use (e.g. college, school pitches without formal user agreements) C Pitches at establishments which are not, as a matter of policy or practice, available for hire by the public

106 Appendix 7. a) Scenario Aii. Actual numbers of teams and pitches at the locality area level

Locality Area: Abbey & Wem Brook

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 11 4 0 0 numbers / 5 Junior 9 0 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 5.5 2 0 0 2.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 4.5 0 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 14% Demand (%) Junior 11% Sat pm Adult 23% 86% 16% Junior Sun am Adult 77% 84% Junior 11% Sun pm Adult Junior 78% Mid wk Adult 1 Junior Mid wk Adult 2 Junior 14% All Pitches Currently Adult 5 0 1 1 0 available Junior 1 1 Under-use or Sat am Adult 4.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 shortfall Junior 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 4.5 -0.7 0.0 0.0 indicate a 0.6 shortfall of Junior 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 provision) Junior 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Junior -2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1 Junior 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 5.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 2 Junior 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

107 Locality Area: Arbury & Stockingford

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 20 14 3 0 numbers / 5 Junior 14 6 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 10 7 1.5 0 2.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 7 3 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 9% Demand (%) Junior 6% Sat pm Adult 4% 57% 100% Junior Sun am Adult 85% 100% Junior 10% 3% Sun pm Adult 13% Junior 84% Mid wk Adult 2% 2% 1 Junior 38% Mid wk Adult 28% 2 Junior 59% All Pitches Currently Adult 9 1 2 4 0 available Junior 3 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 8.1 4.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 shortfall Junior 2.6 4.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 8.6 0.0 -0.5 0.0 indicate a 2.0 shortfall of Junior 3.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 0.5 4.0 1.0 0.0 -0.5 provision) Junior 2.3 3.9 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 9.0 3.1 1.0 0.0 2.0 Junior -2.9 4.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 8.8 3.9 1.0 0.0 2.0 1 Junior 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 9.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2 Junior 3.0 2.4 0.0 0.0

108 Locality Area: Bedworth North

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 6 4 2 0 numbers / 3 Junior 6 1 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 3 2 1 0 1.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 3 0.5 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult 17% 49% 100% Junior Sun am Adult 82% 100% Junior 20% Sun pm Adult 31% Junior 80% Mid wk Adult 1% 1 Junior Mid wk Adult 20% 2 Junior 100% All Pitches Currently Adult 5 1 2 1 0 available Junior 2 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 shortfall Junior 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 indicate a 2.0 shortfall of Junior 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 provision) Junior 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 5.0 0.4 1.0 0.0 2.0 Junior -0.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1 Junior 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 5.0 0.6 1.0 0.0 2.0 2 Junior 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0

109 Locality Area: Bedworth South

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 18 9.5 3 0 numbers / 8 Junior 17 6 1 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 9 4.75 1.5 0 4 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 8.5 3 0.5 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior 5% Sat pm Adult 13% 41% 100% 24% Junior 100% Sun am Adult 74% 28% 76% Junior 18% Sun pm Adult 13% 28% Junior 77% Mid wk Adult 5% 1 Junior 39% Mid wk Adult 26% 2 Junior 33% All Pitches Currently Adult 13 4 5 2 0 available Junior 0 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 13.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 5.0 shortfall Junior -0.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 11.8 0.1 2.5 0.0 indicate a 4.0 shortfall of Junior 0.0 2.0 -0.5 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 6.3 2.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 provision) Junior -1.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 11.8 0.7 4.0 0.0 5.0 Junior -6.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 13.0 1.8 4.0 0.0 5.0 1 Junior 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 13.0 0.8 4.0 0.0 5.0 2 Junior 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

110 Locality Area: Camp Hill & Galley Common

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 2 0 0 0 numbers / 4 Junior 1 0 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 1 0 0 0 2 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 0.5 0 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult Junior Sun am Adult 100% 100% Junior Sun pm Adult Junior 100% Mid wk Adult 1 Junior Mid wk Adult 2 Junior All Pitches Currently Adult 1 1 0 0 0 available Junior 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 shortfall Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 indicate a 1.0 shortfall of Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 provision) Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Junior -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1 Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2 Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

111 Locality Area: Weddington & St Nicolas

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 14 10 6 8 numbers / 17 Junior 21 11 12 1 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 7 5 3 4 8.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 10.5 5.5 6 0.5 Temporal Sat am Adult 7% 33% 6% Demand (%) Junior 5% Sat pm Adult 8% 77% 90% 67% Junior 6% Sun am Adult 83% 94% Junior 34% 22% 94% 100% Sun pm Adult 10% Junior 61% Mid wk Adult 2% 1 Junior 58% Mid wk Adult 23% 2 Junior 20% All Pitches Currently Adult 8 7 5 5 1 available Junior 2 2 Under-use or Sat am Adult 7.5 5.0 7.0 -0.3 4.5 shortfall Junior 1.5 5.0 2.0 1.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 7.4 1.2 4.3 -1.7 indicate a 5.0 shortfall of Junior 2.0 5.0 1.6 1.0 pitch Sun am Adult 2.2 5.0 7.0 1.0 -3.0 provision) Junior -1.6 3.8 -3.6 0.5 Sun pm Adult 8.0 5.0 6.7 1.0 5.0 Junior -4.4 5.0 2.0 1.0 Mid wk Adult 7.9 5.0 7.0 1.0 5.0 1 Junior 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.0 Mid wk Adult 8.0 3.9 7.0 1.0 5.0 2 Junior 2.0 3.9 2.0 1.0

112 Locality Area: Whitestone & Bulkington

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 6 19 6.5 0 0 numbers / Junior 16 0 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 9.5 3.25 0 0 3 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 8 0 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior 5% Sat pm Adult 22% 64% 13% Junior Sun am Adult 76% 3% 87% Junior Sun pm Adult 21% Junior 95% Mid wk Adult 2% 1 Junior 41% Mid wk Adult 15% 2 Junior 56% All Pitches Currently Adult 10 0 2 0 0 available Junior 1 Under-use or Sat am Adult 10.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 shortfall Junior 0.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 7.9 -0.1 0.0 0.0 indicate a -0.4 shortfall of Junior 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 2.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 -2.6 provision) Junior 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 10.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Junior -6.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 9.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 Junior 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 10.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 Junior 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0

113 Appendix 7. b) Scenario Bii. Revised model to include actual team numbers and team equivalents, capacity of playing pitches, and adjusted to reflect usage on different size pitches

Locality Area: Abbey & Wem Brook

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 22 4 0 0 numbers / 4 Junior 9 0 5 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 11 2 0 0 2.0 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 4.5 0 2.5 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 8% Demand (%) Junior 10% Sat pm Adult 5% 86% 20% Junior Sun am Adult 43% 80% Junior 22% Sun pm Adult 22% Junior 10% Mid wk Adult 11% 1 Junior 29% 50% Mid wk Adult 11% 14% 2 Junior 29% 50% All Pitches Currently Adult 5 0 1 1.5 0 available Junior 1 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 4.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 shortfall Junior 0.6 1.5 1.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 4.5 -0.2 0.0 0.0 indicate a 0.6 shortfall of Junior 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 -0.6 provision) Junior 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 2.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 Junior 0.6 1.5 1.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 3.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1 Junior -0.3 1.5 -0.3 0.0 Mid wk Adult 3.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 2 Junior -0.3 1.5 -0.3 0.0

114 Locality Area: Arbury & Stockingford

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 27 14 7 0 numbers / 8 Junior 16 6 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 13.5 7 3.5 0 4 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 8 3 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 10% Demand (%) Junior 6% Sat pm Adult 4% 57% 60% Junior Sun am Adult 68% 26% Junior 25% 3% Sun pm Adult 17% 13% Junior 37% Mid wk Adult 1% 2% 20% 37% 1 Junior 20% 38% Mid wk Adult 28% 20% 37% 2 Junior 20% 59% All Pitches Currently Adult 13.5 1.5 2.5 6 0 available Junior 3 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 12.2 6.0 1.5 0.0 2.5 shortfall Junior 3.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 13.0 2.0 -0.6 0.0 indicate a 2.5 shortfall of Junior 3.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 4.3 6.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 provision) Junior 1.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 11.2 5.1 1.5 0.0 2.5 Junior 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 13.4 5.9 0.8 0.0 1.0 1 Junior 1.4 4.9 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 13.5 4.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 2 Junior 1.4 4.2 0.0 0.0

115 Locality Area: Bedworth North

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 8 4 6 0 numbers / 3 Junior 9 1 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 4 2 3 0 1.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 4.5 0.5 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult 12% 49% 46% Junior Sun am Adult 75% 100% Junior 20% Sun pm Adult 12% 31% Junior 44% Mid wk Adult 1% 27% 1 Junior 28% Mid wk Adult 20% 27% 2 Junior 28% 100% All Pitches Currently Adult 7.5 1.5 2 1.5 0 available Junior 3 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 7.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 2.0 shortfall Junior 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 7.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 indicate a 2.0 shortfall of Junior 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 4.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 provision) Junior 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 7.0 0.9 1.5 0.0 2.0 Junior 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 7.5 1.5 0.7 0.0 2.0 1 Junior 1.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 7.5 1.1 0.7 0.0 2.0 2 Junior 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0

116 Locality Area: Bedworth South

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 74 9.5 22 0 numbers / 32 Junior 2 6 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 37 4.75 11 0 16 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 1 3 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 1% Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult 3% 41% 30% 5% Junior Sun am Adult 23% 17% Junior 48% 28% Sun pm Adult 19% 28% Junior 52% Mid wk Adult 27% 5% 35% 39% 1 Junior 39% Mid wk Adult 27% 26% 35% 39% 2 Junior 33% All Pitches Currently Adult 16 5 3.5 3 0 available Junior 0 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 15.6 3.0 5.0 0.0 3.5 shortfall Junior 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 14.9 1.1 1.7 0.0 indicate a 2.7 shortfall of Junior 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 7.5 3.0 5.0 0.0 0.8 provision) Junior -0.5 2.2 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 9.0 1.7 5.0 0.0 3.5 Junior -0.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 6.0 2.8 1.2 0.0 -2.7 1 Junior 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 6.0 1.8 1.2 0.0 -2.7 2 Junior 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

117 Locality Area: Camp Hill & Galley Common

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 3 0 0 0 numbers / 4 Junior 0 0 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 1.5 0 0 0 2 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 0 0 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult Junior Sun am Adult 73% 100% Junior Sun pm Adult 27% Junior Mid wk Adult 1 Junior Mid wk Adult 2 Junior All Pitches Currently Adult 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 available Junior 0 Under-use or Sat am Adult 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 shortfall Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 indicate a 1.5 shortfall of Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 provision) Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1 Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2 Junior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

118 Locality Area: Weddington & St Nicolas

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 38 10 26 8 numbers / 30 Junior 19 11 6 1 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 19 5 13 4 15 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 9.5 5.5 3 0.5 Temporal Sat am Adult 5% 23% 3% Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult 3% 77% 45% 47% Junior 10% Sun am Adult 43% 48% Junior 27% 22% 80% 100% Sun pm Adult 19% 5% 3% Junior 21% Mid wk Adult 15% 25% 30% 23% 1 Junior 26% 58% 10% Mid wk Adult 15% 23% 25% 23% 2 Junior 26% 20% All Pitches Currently Adult 12 10.5 7.5 4.5 1.5 available Junior 3 3 Under-use or Sat am Adult 11.1 4.5 10.5 0.6 7.1 shortfall Junior 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 11.4 0.7 4.7 -0.4 indicate a 7.5 shortfall of Junior 3.0 4.5 2.7 1.5 pitch Sun am Adult 3.8 4.5 10.5 1.5 0.3 provision) Junior 0.4 3.3 0.6 1.0 Sun pm Adult 8.4 4.5 9.9 1.5 7.1 Junior 1.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 Mid wk Adult 9.2 4.5 7.3 0.3 4.1 1 Junior 0.5 1.3 2.7 1.5 Mid wk Adult 9.2 3.4 7.3 1.5 4.1 2 Junior 0.5 3.4 3.0 1.5

119 Locality Area: Whitestone & Bulkington

Stage Age Sport

Mini Football Cricket Rugby Hockey Soccer Union Identify team Adult 35 6.5 0 0 numbers / 1 Junior 10 6 0 0 team equivalents Home games per week Adult 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (ratio) Junior 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total home games per Adult 17.5 3.25 0 0 0.5 week (stage 1 x stage 2) Junior 5 3 0 0 Temporal Sat am Adult 2% Demand (%) Junior Sat pm Adult 13% 64% 100% Junior Sun am Adult 46% Junior 48% 3% Sun pm Adult 38% 21% Junior Mid wk Adult 1% 1 Junior 26% 41% Mid wk Adult 15% 2 Junior 26% 56% All Pitches Currently Adult 14 0 3 0 0 available Junior 1.5 Under-use or Sat am Adult 13.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 shortfall Junior 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 (Red figures Sat pm Adult 11.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 indicate a -0.5 shortfall of Junior 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 pitch Sun am Adult 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 provision) Junior -0.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 Sun pm Adult 7.4 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Junior 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 13.8 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 Junior 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 Mid wk Adult 14.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 Junior 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.0

120 Appendix 8: Borough Council Playing Pitch Changing Facilities: Quality Scores Site Capacity of Usage Quality Score Changing Rooms % Collycroft Recreation Ground 2 Football 59 Bulkington Recreation Ground 4 Football, Cricket 71 Johnson Road 2 Football 39 Greenmoor Road 2 Football, Cricket 90 Haunchwood Rec 2 Football, Cricket 49 Heckley Rec 4 Football, Cricket 78 Keresley Rec 4 Football 88 Marston Lane 2 Football 63 Miners Welfare Park 2 Football, Cricket 83 Newdigate 2 Football, Cricket 73 Pauls Land 12 Football, Cricket 76 Pingles 4 Football 59 Pingles Arena 2 Football 78 Sandon Park 8 Football 54 Tomkinson Rec 2 Football 29 Vale View 2 Football 83 Average 67

121 Appendix 9. a) Nuneaton and Bedworth 2008 Mid-Year Population Breakdown

Age Total Male Female 0 to 4 7500 3700 3800 5 to 9 6900 3400 3500 10 to 14 7800 4000 3800 15 to 19 8200 4200 4000 20 to 24 7400 3700 3700 25 to 29 7200 3500 3700 30 to 34 7000 3400 3600 35 to 39 8700 4500 4200 40 to 44 9500 4800 4700 45 to 49 8500 4300 4200 50 to 54 7800 3900 3900 55 to 59 7900 4000 3900 60 to 64 7900 3900 4000 65 to 69 5800 2700 3100 70 to 74 4800 2300 2500 75 to 79 4000 1800 2200 80 to 84 2700 1100 1600 85-89 / 85+ 1600 600 1000 90+ 600 100 500

All ages 121800 59900 61900

122 Appendix 9. b) Nuneaton and Bedworth 2015 Mid-Year Population Breakdown

Age Total Male Female 0-4 8000 4000 4000 5-9 7900 3900 4000 10-14 7100 3500 3600 15-19 7300 3700 3600 20-24 7400 3800 3600 25-29 8400 4100 4300 30-34 8100 4000 4100 35-39 7200 3600 3600 40-44 8000 4100 3900 45-49 9300 4800 4500 50-54 9000 4600 4400 55-59 7800 4000 3800 60-64 7200 3600 3600 65-69 7500 3600 3900 70-74 6000 2800 3200 75-79 4400 2000 2400 80-84 3000 1300 1700 85+ 2700 1000 1700

All ages 126300 62400 63900

123 Appendix 10: Multi-Use Games Area Asssessments

Multi Use Games Area Location Quality Assessment Score (%) Stockingford Recreation Ground 80 Middlemarch Road 74 Keresley Recreation Ground 71 Newdigate Recreation Ground 71 The Dingles 69 Heath Road 69 Vale View 66 Anderton Road 66 Heckley Recreation Ground 63 Pauls Land 60 Sorrell Road 60 Nuneaton Recreation Ground 57 Bailey Park 57 Bulkington Recreation Ground 57 Tiverton Drive 57 St Giles Recreation Ground 54 Kingswood Road Recreation Ground 51 Heath End Road 51 Crowhill Recreation Ground 51 Greenmoor Road 40 Queen Elizabeth Road 37 Sherbourne Avenue 37 Average Score 59

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