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fortunate in obtaining from this Club’s outstanding body of volunteer helpers. No fewer than 20 of our members have given up their time freely and willingly by coming along, mainly but not exclusively on Saturday mornings, to assist. Some have possessed specialist expertise and others with just a desire to get involved for the benefit of Ossett United. All the jobs large and small that have been carried out are for the betterment of our Club and Ingfield, I would suggest Ingfield is becoming a ground to be proud of and certainly one of the better facilities at Step 4 Level.

Projects completed make impressive reading. The new dressing room block is ‘work-inprogress’ but jobs also ticked off the list include:- new laundry roof, refurbishment of the café to comply with Food Hygiene requirement and regulations, refurbishment of the covered accommodation on the far side of the ground, relocation of the medical room and manager’s office, refurbishment of both the ladies and gents toilets (in Club colours no less!), roof repairs to the toilet block, new serving counter in the hospitality room, painting the edgings of the terracing, steps etc., reparation to the front of the toilet block, attending to leaks in the main stand roof, painting of the disabled cover and surrounding barriers, painting in the Peter Mountain stand, clearance of loose material from under the pitch perimeter barrier, demolition of the stand adjacent to the changing rooms, relocation of offices, replacement of the old and rotting decking in front of the laundry block, renovation of damaged panels and fascias to the shop/can bar building.

I should, at this point, mention by name all those who have played their part in these improvements but the limits of space and more importantly the fear of inadvertently missing someone out steer me away from doing so. Believe me everyone who has helped is highly valued and appreciated and your efforts are never taken for granted. Thanks again to all those who have played their part in making sure this Club doesn’t stagnate and remains committed to providing the best facilities possible for our supporters on match days. Trevor Lockwood’s generosity regarding a donation to a ‘drinks kitty’ was important in enabling us to thank our volunteers in a small way at our last home match. To a man though, all said they didn’t volunteer for any kind of reward but simply to help the Club!