SPORT AT EASTBOURNE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 81, 3 October 1923, Page 3

SPORT AT EASTBOURNE

CATEEING FOR - feoTtfc, SEXES;

Eastbourne is ease«ya\lly a, place" for .young,people, especial?)' those jwho follow' one' of the many' popular •summer or -winter pastimes. l'n\ the winter months Rugby football anil .\adies'; -hockey provide, amusement, anil .^ the summer cricket, tennis, and \ svrimmixig claim the attention of thos't*. devoted to the out-door, life. With \'.hi*.idea of actering for. athletic sportoof.l f. till-kinds, the Eastbourne Borough G^ ouiacil devotes a great deal of its enei^ towards the preparation of suitable a reaa upon which these sports may take^j. ilacej and during the past twelve months; has thoroughly overhauled the Iti Ground, top-dressing and. \fert oing it, •and has laid down six asphalt ■ tennis courts for public use, besides i erecting an up-to-date pavilion where ms als are now provided;' Recently the » council sold' a section in Karamu street i to the Eastbourne Football Club, the coi ntrolling Rugbjr authority in the suburb\ , and the club intends to erect a gymnj '.sium on the ground before next -season.i The section has been excavated by the \ Borough authorities in the search \,f or shingle, and club members have {.ww laid a.'tram line from the sandhills on the beach front, and, by means of woi king"bees," are busily Jilling it up HV 1 the requisite level. \ '\ At last evening's meeting of tlit \ Eastbourne Borough Council number ' of subjects of interest, to those athletically inclined were . dealt with. Thi3 general manager reported that two tip'trucks had been rebuilt and lent tothe football club to facilitate its work in filling the Karaniu street; section.

On the Recreation Ground, work was being done in preparation for the cricket season. The whole surface had been disked preparatory to top-dressing and sowing,' and a new cricket pitch was being constructed at the northern end of the ground. This work ■would be completed early .in the month. The motor lawn-mower had been refitted with a new carburettor, and was now working well -with a reduced fuel consumption. . '•. ' • The tennis courts continued to be well patronised, 'sajd. the report, especially on Saturdays. and. Sundays. Since the Ist April the -receipts had totalled £75 18s.- It was,'suggested that as the courts were not' much used during the week, °school .children' should be allowed to use them at half the usual rates during the quiet hours. The proposal called forth a deal of discussion in view of the 1 approaching holiday season, and the matter was submitted to the General Purposes Committee for a report. Qne of the difficulties- on the courts had been the amount of rain water'-which ■ laid about at times,,' but the report' stated that this difficulty had been overcome by means of a sump in Orua street, taking the water, from the southern back-line. Regulations in regard to the courts had been completed, and were now in the _ hands of the printers, and would be issued shortly. [ The entrance to the ladies' dressing shed on the beach front, used by swimmers in the summer,. suffered considerably during the winter gales, there being considerable erosion. It was suggested that a. ramp should be erected of tarred timber, and filled with stones, tapering away to the beach level at the north end. . The matter was left in the hands of tfte general manager _ to arrange for necessary work, keeping in mind the need for more extensive works before long on the beach front to prevent erosion, which had been somewhat extensive during the winter.