It is hoped that this work will provide the club with a suitable drainage solution for the 2016 cricket season, our first in the Scottish Premier League; and provide a suitable platform for a permanent channelled drainage system to be installed at a future date.

Club Chairman Alasdair Sim commented; “The one big concern we always had upon relocating to the Gilvenbank Park was the drainage of our outfields. The initial verti-drain treatment we carried out in 2013 has helped considerably and the lack of cancelled matches over the past 2 seasons is testament to that. For our first season in the top tier of Scottish cricket it was important that this was sustained and everyone at the club is extremely grateful to SITA Trust for making this possible”.

Marianne Ivin of SITA Trust added “The club have worked hard over the last 5 years to bring the grounds up to standard but it was clear from talking to them that they had struggled with drainage issues because of the site's history as an old landfill site. This second phase of drainage works will hopefully mean that the future of the site will become much more sustainable".

SITA Trust provides grants through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund – an important source of funding which came into effect in April 2015. The scheme is linked to the Scottish Landfill Tax and encourages landfill site operators to provide contributions to approved bodies, who can then pass the funds onto community and environmental projects.