Agenda item

To receive the report of the Town Clerk/C.E.O

The Committee received and considered the report of the Town Clerk/C.E.O alongside a report on the Council’s grass sports pitches by STRI (formerly the Sports Turf Research Institute).

Members welcomed such a positive report showing the improvement in all the pitches from the previous year. The weather this summer had helped towards achieving this, but the impact of the Council’s new in-house ground’s maintenance regime had also played its part and was a credit to its grounds team.

It was noted that cricket provision at The Leys was still a live issue, that there were comments in the report about the wicket at West Witney and the tests relating to the football pitches at The Leys. Members asked that the findings were communicated in the most appropriate way.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report be noted and,

2.      That, the positive improvement in the Council’s grass sports pitches be welcomed and,

3.      That, communications on this are issued via the appropriate channels.