COVERS SLASHED AT RASE PARK

BY ANDREW RICHLEY, MARKET RASEN CRICKET CLUB

The town’s cricket club was shocked to the core this Sunday, when they discovered that the new covers – which were only delivered in April this year – had been deliberately slashed overnight.
The police are investigating this hateful attack, which also saw the sightscreen at the River Rase end of the ground slashed as well.
It is assumed that the absence of games at Rase Park this weekend allowed them the time and opportunity to indulge their destructive streak.
All of the town’s major sporting institutions are on the rise; from Market Rasen & Louth RFC’s confident progression to Midlands 1 East, the Football Club adapting to life in the Lincolnshire League and the Cricket Club attracting quality players and completing substantial projects; such as the new nets and covers.
Furthermore, with the Business Improvement Group’s success at turning Market Rasen into a Portas Pilot town and local businesses expanding, things have rarely seemed brighter in the town during the last decade.  Against this backdrop the destruction at Rase Park seems even more senseless and ill-judged and it can only be hoped that the hooligans responsible realise the impact that their actions have on the community as a whole and that they are swiftly brought to justice.
If you have any information with regards to the damage wrought at the cricket ground, please contact Market Rasen Police by telephoning 101.