THE Northern Tasmania Cricket Association board has rejected a peace offering from Old Scotch and reaffirmed its stance after a secret hideout was discovered within the roof of its Launceston City Council-owned complex last month.
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Cricket Tasmanian Northern administrator and NTCA board member David Fry said the association has decided to ban the architects of the illegal development from the clubrooms until September 30 next year. Fry said the club has also agreed to pay restoration costs.
Players were accessing the hidey-hole via the disabled toilet, had tapped into the main power source and fitted it out with carpet, lounges and a sound system.
“The club had come back to us with an alternative proposal (hours of community service around the NTCA grounds) to us banning those club members, which the board is not prepared to contemplate,” Fry said.
“This isn’t the first occasion that there’s been poor behaviour by the club members and, whilst last season wasn’t too bad, in previous years there has been a significant amount of damage and poor behaviour by some involved with the club.” Fry said the decision was a move to stamp out the behaviour.
“It is the board’s hope that the matter can be brought to a satisfactory conclusion for all parties and everyone can get on with the business of running a sporting facility and/or running a successful football club,” he said.
“It’s unfortunate that a small number have caused this issue for the whole football club.”
Old Scotch was unavailable for comment.