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Report & Accounts mailing in the New
Year and I shall of course share them
with you in greater detail over the coming
months.
Elsewhere in Covered, our homegrown
fast bowler Jake Ball talks about how
much representing his home county
means and Steven Mullaney explains how
Nottinghamshire has become his adopted
home having joined from Lancashire in
2009. Brett Hutton looks back on his rise
to becoming a first team regular in 2015 -
and an update is provided on the sterling
work of our charity, theTrent Bridge
CommunityTrust.
May I pass on my best wishes to you all for
a happy and relaxing festive season.
Lisa Pursehouse
Chief Executive
a status we are determined to preserve
when we enter the next round of major
match bidding, for 2020 to 2022, during
the forthcoming year.
With that in mind, as you read this
month’s Covered, we hope to be
finalising planning permission to expand
the broadcast facilities at the Radcliffe
Road end ofTrent Bridge in what will
be the first phase of our next ground
development plan.
Trent Bridge has been developed
over a 25-year period and over the
last 18 months we have undertaken a
comprehensive review of our facilities
to identify the areas for improvement.
Having consulted with our governing
body and considered recent developments
at other venues, we realise our broadcast
facilities are no longer fit for purpose. It
is, therefore, essential that we prioritise
this area if we are to preserve the future of
international cricket atTrent Bridge.
Should planning permission be obtained,
an additional floor would be added to the
building with new hospitality space also
created to generate incremental revenue
that could help fund future ground
development projects.
We hope the formal plans will have
progressed by the time of our Annual
Although the cooler weather is starting
to sweep across the country, I’m sure the
involvement of our players in England’s
winter tours will keep cricket very much at
the front of our minds.
Producing England players is a big part
of our strategy and, as well as four players
– Stuart Broad, JamesTaylor, Alex Hales,
and Samit Patel – all featuring for the
senior team, it’s also encouraging to see
Jake Ball, LukeWood, Matthew Carter,
Tom Moores andTom Keast making steps
into the ECB’s international programme at
Lions, performance squad and age group
levels.
This is also my first opportunity to say
well done to our squad and coaching staff
for their strong performances during the
second half of last season; the results sent
us all into the winter months with renewed
optimism.
Off the field, it has been a busy time for the
Club with both Royal London One-Day
Internationals selling well and the task
beginning in earnest of backing up the
record Membership of 2015. My thanks
go to you all for your tremendous support
in achieving this milestone.
Such strong passion for our sport sends
a clear message thatTrent Bridge is an
integral stop on theTest Match circuit,
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