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New scoreboard part of £400,000 sports funding

Walsham le Willows Sports Club An electronic scoreboard attached to the side of a black building. It is displaying the score of a cricket match. Walsham le Willows Sports Club
The scoreboard at Walsham le Willows is part of a £110,000 upgrade

A new electronic scoreboard for a village sports club is part of £400,000 of funding for rural projects.

Walsham le Willows Sports Club received £110,000 from Mid Suffolk District Council for the screen and other improvements, including floodlights and a gym extension.

Stradbroke Tennis Club was given nearly £48,000 for the resurfacing of tennis courts.

The council said the funding pot was for projects outside Stowmarket, the largest town in the council's area, to "ensure sporting opportunities are spread out across the whole district".

Mid Suffolk District Council Three tennis courts behind a metal link fence. There are green trees on the right with flood lights between the courts.Mid Suffolk District Council
The resurfacing works at the tennis club are expected to cost nearly £50,000

Since the fund was started in 2025, £400,000 has been paid out, according to the council.

There is £750,000 available to be applied for by voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations in 2026-27.

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