Barnsley bowls club “heartbroken” over vandal damage

The chairman of a Barnsley bowling club says members were left “heartbroken” to discover that vandals had rode on the green with bikes and even burned wooden disability ramps over the weekend.
Danielle Andrews
By Danielle Andrews
Published 13th Apr 2022, 11:25 BST
Updated 14th Apr 2022, 15:26 BST
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Keith Clegg, chairman of Barnsley Central Crown Green Bowling Club, said the vandals caused the damage on Sunday afternoon.

They also “built a bonfire at the foot of an adjacent 60ft tree next to the green,” and “vandalised seated shelters by breaking off top border plastic fascia from the roof section”.

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Keith Clegg, chairman of Barnsley Central Crown Green Bowling Club, said the vandals caused the damage on Sunday afternoon.Keith Clegg, chairman of Barnsley Central Crown Green Bowling Club, said the vandals caused the damage on Sunday afternoon.
Keith Clegg, chairman of Barnsley Central Crown Green Bowling Club, said the vandals caused the damage on Sunday afternoon.
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Mr Clegg added that if the tree had caught fire and burned down, “it could have crashed through the fence and onto the green, and that would have been the end of the season which started just last week.”

He added that the 34-member club, who are mostly aged 50-85, have undertaken building work and green maintenance themselves, funded through The Ward Alliance, the local W.M.C and Winter League bowling.