Top Honour For Harborough Town FC

The expertise and dedication of the grounds team at Harborough Town FC has been recognised with a top award.

Kez Dunkley (centre) was presented with the award by by BBC TV presenter Dan Walker & Sport England’s Tony Atherton

The club has won the Community/ Grassroots Sport Club Grounds Team of The Year award, beating off competition from dozens of other clubs nationwide.

The Bees say the industry-recognised accolade is down to the tireless work of Premises Manager Kez Dunkley, who takes care of eleven pitches at the club, with the help of part-time Groundsman Callum Holland.

The condition and playability of the grass pitches have both improved thanks to a concerted maintenance schedule which embraces recommendations from the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA pitch improvement programme.

The result is that more teams than ever are using the site, including the County FA for coaching courses.