Plymstock Cricket Membership locals had been warned to not strategy their amenity because the travellers ‘have been throwing rocks at individuals… everybody keep clear and keep secure’
A cricket membership was forced to cancel fixtures after travellers “broke in” and parked their vans on their taking part in discipline.
Native Lee Garlick captured drone footage of the tyre-markings left on the pitch due to the unauthorised encampment at Plymstock Cricket Membership. The Devon-based membership mentioned it had to cancel everything going on on the membership “for the foreseeable future” – with the tennis and soccer groups additionally affected.
The membership posted on social media {that a} “group of travellers” had damaged into their pitch on 28 July – and had been throwing rocks at individuals. Their assertion learn: “Sadly our pitch has been damaged onto and we now have a gaggle of travellers organising camp.
“Do no strategy the bottom as they’ve been throwing rocks at individuals. Everybody keep clear and keep secure.”
Lee, who visited the membership yesterday night (30 July) to acquire footage, mentioned: “I simply went right down to get footage, as I’ve completed with different travelling websites earlier than. See what the state of the bottom is like, what number of are there, that type of stuff.
“I parked up within the automobile park and launched my drone. Inside a couple of minutes, some youngsters came visiting and requested what I used to be doing, so I instructed them. They went off and bought some older youngsters (youngsters), I say about 14 to 16-year-olds.
“They requested the identical questions and why I used to be flying over and filming them, as its towards the regulation. I once more, defined and knowledgeable them of the regulation and I used to be entitled to do what I used to be doing.
“They did not like this and instructed me to f*** off and keep away earlier than one thing occurs. There have been some vehicles going out and in of the encampment that had been shouting out the window as they had been exiting the automobile park, telling me to f*** off and to go play together with your toy some place else.
“I do not intimidate simply, so I stayed, completed what I used to be doing after which left.”
The membership instructed the BBC the information is “completely heart-breaking” as they lately “put a whole lot of effort into bettering [their] pitch and amenities” and that is going to be “an enormous step backwards”.
They added: “We’ve got been in contact with the council and MP concerning this and hope that they are often moved on quickly as it is a very energetic sports activities facility utilized by many in the neighborhood.”
In a press release, Devon and Cornwall Police mentioned: “We’re conscious of an unauthorised encampment at Dean Cross, Plymstock and are liaising with the council in relation to this.
“Officers have attended the positioning and engaged with the group.”
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