I’m getting to the point on here where all we / I ever get is negativity.
99% of the feedback on the new club has been hugely positive, other than the bulk of messages on here.
So before people throw bricks at an establishment they pretty much know zero about, it might be an idea to look a little closer, other than rant about the injustices of the situation (which I’ve said a thousand times, we had no control over) and maybe ask yourself what have you done for your community? What have you contributed to charity?
It may not be perfect and our location may not suit everyone, but we get a lot of things right at our club.
I agree with others, that we have to accept that we are where we are. However, whilst we do need to move on, you can't blame people for criticising the decision to locate the club on the edge of the marshes; I do understand why it happened, but I still believe it was an appalling decision.
We will address the floodlights when the report arrives, we will continue to work with our neighbours, we have met with SWT with a view to them helping us to reduce impact on local wildlife, we have a tree / planting program in place to start in Jan / Feb.
This is good news. I'm sure there are many on here that will appreciate being kept up to date with progress in these areas.
Whenare you expecting the floodlights report?
Has anything being agreed with the Wildlife Trust yet and will these meetings continue / be a regular thing?
Have you any more details on the tree planting programme?
We have brought two amazing charities (men’s mental health and breast cancer support) from the old club to our new home, they are growing and we are very proud of that.
We have children playing sport at the club 7 days a week, some our schools through lack of funding are struggling to do. We are building a community facility, it’s only going to get better.
Across the last three years, the club has raised over £15K each year for charity by members doing the 3 peaks challenge twice, 40-50 people cycling 296 miles over 3 days to every rugby club in Staffordshire, people running half & full marathons and hosting various social functions. We don’t shout about it, it’s what we do but given the constant tirade of negativity we get on here, there you go. We are proud of it.
That's great to hear and I would hope that everyone on here would applaud such initiatives.
We’ll will continue to engage with people, it’s the right thing to do, but you can’t please everyone all of the time.
We all live in the same area, some things can’t change.....maybe, just maybe a little bit more objectivity / less negativity may help us all get on for the better.
Thanks!
As I've stated before, I appreciate you taking the time to come on here and put over your side regarding these issues. Yes, you are speaking to a mostly hostile audience in relation to the location but, as you indicate, we need to look at ways of moving forwards together.
As I stated above, we are where we are. We now need to work together so that rugby club, neighbours and wildlife can all see progress from where we are today.