Cricket club hit by thieves (From Keighley News)

Cricket club hit by thieves

12:50pm Thursday 18th June 2009

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Thieves have stolen £15,000 of equipment from a cricket clubhouse in Silsden.

The garage building belonging to Silsden Cricket Club, off Keighley Road, was broken into in the early hours of Saturday.

Thieves forced padlocks to gain entry to the premises and stole a haul including an outfield mower, a specialised wicket cutter and a white lining machine.

The club — which shares a ground with Silsden Football Club — has been targeted several times in the past, with the clubhouse being broken into three times in as many weeks during the summer of 2006.

Silsden Cricket Club chairman Tim Sugden said: “We have just moved into new changing facilities on the site and we were all happy and excited about that and now this has to go and happen.

“They have stolen everything in the garage building, they have totally wiped us out. That much equipment cannot be replaced overnight.

“After all the hard work that has taken place over the last few years at the club, this is very disheartening. I think it is important that people in the town know about it.”

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