Bees and Moors to submit plans.Byline: BY PAUL BOLTON PERTEMPS Bees and their sporting neighbours Solihull Moors football club are set to submit a planning application for a pounds 1 million redevelopment of Damson dam·son n. In both senses also called bullace, damson plum. 1. A Eurasian plum tree (Prunus insititia) cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit. 2. Park. The Bees hope to sell their current first team headquarters at Sharmans Cross Road Capacity Sharmans Cross Road has been viewed by many as one of the worst grounds in Division 1 for several years due to the fact that the 1st XV pitch was simply a field with one "bus shelter" like construction on one side of the ground. for a housing development and to use some of the proceeds from the sale of the site to develop a new multisport mul·ti·sport also mul·ti·sports adj. 1. Composed of, involving, or accommodating several sports: a multisport competition; a multisport stadium. 2. facility with the Moors at Damson Park. OfTcials from both clubs have been locked in high-level talks from Solihull Council and Sport England Sport England (formerly the English Sports Council) is the governing body responsible for advising, investing in and promoting community sport in England. Its ambition is to get two million people more active in sport by 2012. since the Sunday Mercury Sunday Mercury is a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, UK. A tabloid, with a sensationalist streak, it is owned by Trinity Mirror and produced in the same newsroom as The Birmingham Post and The Evening Mail. References 1. revealed plans for the link-up between the sporting neighbours last October. Architects have been appointed to draw up plans for the redevelopment of Damson Park and they are likely to be submitted to Solihull Council around the middle of next month. The plans are likely to include a state-of-the-art artificial pitch, a 1,000-seater stand and new changing room changing room n (BRIT) → vestuario changing room change n (Brit) (in shop) → salon m d'essayage: (Sport) → facilities to cope with the additional players required in a rugby squad. The Damson Park proposals are likely to be submitted on the same day as plans for the housing development at Sharmans Cross Road. Until planning permission has been obtained for both the housing project and the Damson Park redevelopment, the Bees will continue to play their home games at Sharmans Cross Road. The timescale timescale Noun the period of time within which events occur or are due to occur timescale n → délais mpl timescale time (Brit) n means that the groundshare with the Moors is unlikely to start before the New Year. The link between the sporting neighbours includes the creation of a large community department to encourage the development of rugby football and other sports, including hockey, in Solihull. On the pitch the Bees are set to strengthen their squad for their return to National Two after eight years by signing winger Joseph Mbu from French club Dax. The 26-year-old Nigeria-born player has already had stints with Bristol, Bath, Harlequins and Wasps but he moved to France three years ago when he scored 12 tries in 25 games for Pau. |
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