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Ceo Jennie Price
Headquarters locationLondon, United Kingdom
Founders Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Founded1997
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Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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Storm Ciara: Wisbech Town match postponed on wrecked are

Feb 16,2020 3:38 am

The Stand is dismantled before further storms forecast for Saturday

Structural engineers have begun the dismantling of a football club, after it was destroyed during The Storm , Ciara.

Strong winds on Sunday left the North stand in the non-league Wisbech Town FC in Cambridgeshire in a mass of twisted and mangled metal.

on Saturday at home in a draw against Yorkshire club Frickley Athletic cancelled on the advice of the safety of the inspectors.

Club Secretary Spenny Larham said: "It was a case of the wrong wind in the wrong direction at the wrong time. "

The 13,000 pounds of cantilevered stand at the Fenland Stadium on the Cambridgeshire-Norfolk Border , was built in the year 2010, and included 54 seats.

Tethered poles were also damaged in the storms.

Mr Larham said the discussions with insurers have been ongoing, but a new, modern state.

"The safety of supporters is of the utmost importance," he said.

"We hoped that the Game On Saturday, because a team are traveling to Yorkshire, but we had to make sure that it was safe to do so.

"for Older trailers, and wheelchair users are in need of protection. It's a bit of al fresco in the moment. "

The booth at the Fenland Stadium was destroyed in The Storm -Ciara on Sunday, The terraced housing, as it looked before The Storm

The 100-year-old club, which plays in The Eighth tier of English football in the Northern Premier League Division One South East, has an average attendance of 250 supporters.

An online fundraising page Set Up a fan of Steve Campion, raised More Than £1,200 of the £10,000 goal in Two Days .

"If you lose, perfectly it's a disaster reads," the page. "Hopefully all the fans around The World , they dip into their pockets for The Restoration of The Stand , The Storm Ciara has destroyed. "

The Stand is degraded, but the ground will not be ready by Saturday, The Club said,

The Chief executive of Sport England , Tim Hollingsworth, tweeted his support for smaller club-site of damage affected by The Storm .

"Not the first on the list, I'm sure, when It Comes to the repair of the damage," he wrote on the Wisbech stand, "but we want to make sure that we can help. "

Mr Larham said, the strength of the metal fence prevented behind The Stand , he completely collapsed in a soccer field.

"claims Adjusters and inspectors are very busy at the moment and I know that a football-are well down the pecking order in comparison to flooding and downed trees," he added.

"We don't want to take risks where the safety of Fans or players is affected. "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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