Sport In Profile UK Issue 12 | Page 50

St Boswells FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/SPORT_IP St. Boswells Mowers For a Sharp Service Local Hire Sales & Service Centre St. Boswells Mowers hire, sell and repair an extensive range of quality gardening equipment and small plant in the Scottish Borders. We provide a wide range of machinery such as dumpers, diggers and lawnmowers from leading brands such as Honda, Efco and Hayter. For a complete range of gardening machinery, call us today on “The biggest challenge that we face is the continual struggle to keep players playing which I am sure any club will agree can be a problem at times.” 01835 824 555 Facilities “We have just before Christmas, given the inside of the clubhouse including the bar and male toilets a huge clean up and painted these areas also. We are also looking to put plans in place over the next few years where we will look to continually decorate the club and keep it to a very high standard. Facilities wise we have very good facilities available for cricket with an umpires changing room, indoor score hut with heating (which is necessary to play cricket in the Scottish summer) a nd 2 showers for each home and away changing rooms. We also have a bowling machine, double lane nets and a newly installed artificial wicket for 2016. We were also the first club in the Scottish Borders to have floodlights and have sight screens at each end meaning we are one of the best equipped clubs in the league.” 50 Issue 12 Challenges/Ambitions “The biggest challenge that we face is the continual struggle to keep players playing which I am sure any club will agree can be a problem at times. Keeping the junior section of the club thriving is also a huge task. We will also be looking to keep the social side of the club as active and organise as many fundraising activities for the community as possible. The main ambition for the next 5 years will be to increase playing numbers and get the club back into East League Division 1 and back competing in the Border League and hopefully winning the trophies available to us. We will also be building toward the clubs 125th anniversary season in 2020 where we hope to be playing in the highest league possible for the club.”