All-weather sports pitch on the Marsh

PEOPLE living on the Romney Marsh are set to benefit from fresh investment into local grassroots sports facilities thanks to a £932,000 grant from the Premier League, the FA, and the Government's Football Foundation.

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This investment will allow the Marsh Academy to develop a floodlit all-weather artificial grass pitch, to add to its existing community amenities which already include a leisure centre, theatre, and cinema.

The new pitch will provide quality training and match facilities all year round, whatever the weather. It will be used by the Marsh Academy's students during the school day and made available for use by local community teams during evenings, weekends, and holidays. Construction is due to start in August and the new facility is expected to open in January.