New Sport First Project Kicks Off

We have exciting plans for a sports hub at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School on West Street, Horncastle. This will be open to the public and include a range of sports facilities to accommodate football, rugby, and athletics.

This will include:

• A full-size 3G football pitch
• A full-size school rugby pitch
• A mini soccer 7 v 7 grass football pitch
• A youth 11 v 11 grass football pitch
• A junior artificial cricket wicket
• Six cricket nets
• Six clay or ‘sand-dressed’ courts for tennis, netball, hockey and basketball
• A range of athletics facilities including an eight-lane running track as well as long/triple jump, high jump, javelin and shot-put facilities.

Chief Executive of the Horncastle Education Trust Sandra James said: "As a trust at the heart of the communities we serve, we have a civic duty not only to advance education, as you would expect, but also to serve the people living and working in the vicinity of our schools and help to improve their lives through the provision of recreation or other leisure facilities.

“We are delighted to announce our plans to create an exciting new inclusive sports hub. The facilities will be enjoyed by young people during school hours and will then be available to the community during evenings, weekends and school holidays.”