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\u200bTHE LUDLOW-HEWITT MEMORIAL PLAYING FIELDS, APPERLEY<\/strong>
Chairman: Mr B H Leeke, The Minstrels, Deerhurst, Glos GL19 4BX.\u00a0 Tel. No. 01684 292092.
Treasurer: Mr C Milner, Fern Cottage, School Lane, Apperley, GL19 4DJ.\u00a0 Tel. No. 01452 780 387.

Following the sale in 1979 of the Parish Allotments in Deerhurst village, an enclosure of five acres adjacent to Sawpit Lane at the entrance to Apperley village were purchased by Deerhurst Parish Council in 1981.\u00a0 The Allotments & Playing Fields facilities were thereafter progressively installed.\u00a0 The Playing Fields are administered by the above Association upon the Parish Council\u2019s behalf.\u00a0 These Playing Fields are named after Mr Alfred Ludlow-Hewitt O.B.E. who farmed at Wightfield Manor, was Chairman of the Parish Council for many years and was a very kind benefactor to the Parishioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ludlow Hewitt Memorial Playing Fields – History of events.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1970\u2019s \u2013 Apperley Football Club (AFC) played on the Apperley Cricket Club\u2019s (ACC) ground
1977 \u2013 ACC resurrected, AFC no longer allowed to play on the ACC ground
1977 – AFC approached Deerhurst Parish Council (DPC) for help to find a ground in the Parish
1978 \u2013 DPC sold approximately 17 acres of the former allotment land in Deerhurst village
1981 \u2013 DPC bought approximately 5 acres of land from Wightfield Manor, with the intention to install: Football pitches (adult & youth), All Weather Play Area (AWPA, now a Tennis Court), Allotments, Car Park, Apperley Village Hall (AVH) and Adventure Play Area
1982 \u2013 Deerhurst Parish Playing Fields Association (DPPFA), a charity, formed
1982 \u2013 28 yr DPC\/ DPPFA Lease signed
1983 – Football first played on the new pitch
1983 \u2013 Former Apperley Village Hall & car park sold (land now part of West View)
1984 \u2013 New Village Hall built
1985 \u2013 All Weather Play Area opened
1989 \u2013 Wickstead equipment installed (thanks to the Youth Club members: Heather Remblance, Sue Coggin, Sue Kilpatrick)
1993 \u2013 Changing room\/ shower area added to the AVH
1995 \u2013 Improvements to Changing rooms\/ showers. Tennis Club outer net replaced
1996 \u2013 Drainage of Playing Fields (funded by a Lottery grant)
2000 \u2013 Wickstead equipment moved (because of potential Affordable Homes site)
2001 \u2013 Wickstead equipment repainted
2001 \u2013 HAGS equipment installed (second hand from the Hare & Hounds Public House, Churchdown)
2005 \u2013 Youth Shelter installed
2009 \u2013 Equipment repainted
2010 \u2013 28 year Lease ended
2011 \u2013 AWPA extended to full size tennis court
2012 \u2013 2015 – New Lease saga, completed & signed
2015 \u2013 Dragonfly seesaw & two play items added

2015 \u2013 DPPFA – QE11 Playing Fields application approved \u2013 now accredited
2016 \u2013 Equipment repainted
2016\/ 17 – Grants awarded (DPC, Glos County Council, Glos Playing Fields Association, Lottery Small Awards, Tesco, Tewkesbury Borough Council)\u00a0\u00a0
2017 \u2013 New Play Equipment and Fencing installed and additional seating provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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