Why should my cricket club have to tackle climate change?

Is there anything left which hasn’t been overtaken by climate change drivel? In my spare time I serve as chairman of a village cricket club in East Anglia: a club which I and others, against the grain of the contracting world of village cricket, have succeeded in setting up from scratch over the past dozen years. From what was a wheat field as recently as 2010, we now have a cricket ground which is used not only by our own club but also another local club. In all, we had nearly 40 fixtures on the ground this past season.

All this, needless to say, takes money, both to set up the facilities and to maintain them. Some of this comes from match fees and private donations but, in common with just about every amateur sports club in the country, we also tap into the many grants available. We are particularly indebted to the waste companies who have to pay landfill tax – half of the revenues from which must be distributed for community causes.