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Jon Roe and the rubble remains of the wall. Picture by Phil Loach.

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Frustrated members of Old Hill Cricket Club have hit out after "senseless" vandals again wrecked their ground.

Mindless yobs have knocked down a wall at the club's second pitch on Garratts Lane, just days after hard-working volunteers completed a £2,000 makeover.

Walls had to be stripped and repainted while new carpets were laid down after vandals trashed the ground's pavilion at Easter.

Jon Roe, the club's development officer, revealed vandals had now demolished a four foot high wall using the club's outfield roller and has now appealed for the culprits to come forward.

He said: "I was stunned.

"It is sensless and we are not so much angry as confused as to why someone would do this.

"We would welcome whoever did it getting in touch with us to see if we can solve the problem.

"It was a fairly sturdy wall made of breezeblocks which was in front of the spectator area.

"It must have taken them some effort to knock it down and created quite a lot of noise."

The perpetrators also ripped the seat off the club's motorised lawn mower during the attack which is believed to have taken place between Saturday May 3 and Monday May 5.

As well as being home to the club's youth teams, the ground is also used by the 3rd XI, the ladies team and Romsley and Hunnington 3rd XI.

Jon revealed how volunteers worked around the clock to repair the damage from the Easter attack in which vandals also wrote mocking messages across the pavilion walls.

He added: "It is disappointing this has happened so soon after we got everything sorted.

"We did extremely well and have a small, committed team of volunteers and parents who did an excellent job.

"We will battle on regardless."

2:27pm Thursday 15th May 2008

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