\n One concerned person involved with the Dorset Cricket League who did not wish to be named said he will not\u00a0to allow his team to play at the\u00a0Slades Farm cricket\u00a0ground after his team were not supplied adequate changing facilities.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said:\u00a0\u201cI refuse to play there.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s more they [Dorset Cricket League and BCP Council] are not doing anything about it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSomething need to be done.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The changing rooms in Slades Farm have been closed since a \u201clarge\u201d fire caused significant damage to the building on Friday, May 9.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since then, cricketers of all ages have either been forced to squeeze into the nearby caf\u00e9 to change in the toilets or change in view of the public on the park green.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s not practical,\u201d said the concerned resident.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s a caf\u00e9 with people in there and you\u2019re walking through with all your kit.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He added he was speaking on behalf of multiple other teams which were also concerned.\n<\/p>\n
\n As well as the lack of a space to change, the man said there was no shelter and players were “nearly passing out” as there was nowhere for them to sit.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s just about the safety of the kids,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey need to be putting some porter cabins out there with shade, a place to change like a safe space.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A BCP Council spokesperson said: \u201cThe fire at the start of the cricket season caused extensive damage to the changing room building.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSince then, we have worked closely alongside Active Dorset who operate the community caf\u00e9 and co-ordinate fixtures on the cricket pitch, to make sure sport can continue at Slades Farm this summer.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTo ensure the safety of players, the home club have been asked to ensure their members and visiting sides arrive at the ground changed and ready for play.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Dorset Cricket League have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One concerned person involved with the Dorset Cricket League who did not wish to be named said he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-93661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}