Pictured above: David Stone of William Hill Builders (left) and Rob Clegg, Chairman of Keyworth United

Local people in the Keyworth area of Nottinghamshire celebrated the opening of a new pavilion at the village football club constructed by William Hill Building Contractors Ltd of Colwick, Nottinghamshire. The official opening of the new Keyworth United clubhouse took place on Saturday 11th September at the club's ground on Platt Lane, Keyworth.

The new building will allow Keyworth United to service its existing Football Foundation funded pitches by offering the highest quality facilities to players, officials and spectators and is the centrepiece in the club's ambitious football development plans. The new changing facilities are desperately needed in order to meet demand from existing teams and to accommodate new girls and boys teams. The clubhouse includes six state-of-the-art team changing rooms with toilets and showers and two officials' changing rooms with en-suite facilities. The social side of the building includes a large function room, kitchen and separate, male, female and wheelchair accessible toilets.   

The latest construction methods have been used to make the new building as efficient as possible. These include an under floor heating system zoned to suit the relevant number of changing rooms being used at any one time and heat recovery ventilation units to control energy loss. Funding for the new development has been provided by a variety of partner organisations. The Football Foundation contributed £514,560 with another £100,000 coming from Nottinghamshire County Council. The balance has been secured from the club's substantial fund-raising efforts and other contributions from WREN; Biffaward; Rushcliffe Borough Council; Keyworth Parish Council; Sport England Community Sport Fund and East Midlands Airport.

Rob Clegg, Chairman of Keyworth United said: "This is a dream come true. We've been working towards this for the last ten years so to see all the hard work come to fruition is something very special. We are very proud of our FA Charter Standard Community Club status and the new clubhouse now provides us with the first class facilities to go with it. The new building will make a real difference, not just to us but to the whole Keyworth community. It would never have been possible though without the tremendous support of the FA and all of our funding partners, particularly the Football Foundation and Nottinghamshire County Council - we thank them all for turning our dream into a reality."        

David Stone, Co-Director of William Hill Building Contractors added: "This has been a real team effort and we have enjoyed working closely with Keyworth United Community Football Club as well as Allan Joyce Architects for the best part of three years as the project has evolved. Seeing the young players enjoying the facilities on Saturday was reward enough for a highly-successful building project delivered within budget and on time."