Mark Hall Sports Centre closed due to vandalism and intimidation
Crime / Sat 31st Oct 2020 at 07:08am
A POPULAR sports centre has been forced to shut due to vandalism and intimidation by yobs.
Mark Hall Sports Centre (MHSS) off London Road in Harlow plays host to a wide variety if sports organisations including netball, athletics and football.
On Friday night, the following statement was issued to clubs.
“We have had a spate of recent break ins at MHSS and subsequent vandalism to the outdoor and indoor facilities.
Staff who work at MHSS have been followed home on occasion by groups who have been ejected from the site.
“In order to undertake work to make the site more secure alongside and implement security measures to protect staff leaving the site late at night we are closing all provision at MHSS for two weeks.
We will honour all booking today, Saturday and Sunday and will be in contact prior to reopening in two weeks’ time.
“We will make contact again when we receive confirmation of the track reopening so please do not attend until further notice”.
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Comments
Alison Heritage
I left Harlow 28 years ago. you might see me there now and again but only to visit family it went down when I left, it was never going to get any better.
Many years ago my mother used to work there as a cleaner. Very happy memories, it’s been destroyed.
Alison HERITAGE
2020-11-02 10:00:57
I left Harlow 28 years ago. you might see me there now and again but only to visit family it went down when I left, it was never going to get any better. Many years ago my mother used to work there as a cleaner. Very happy memories, it's been destroyed.
novoman
2020-11-04 10:29:39
Ironically, such antisocial behaviours would probably be avoided if there were many more activities, youth and other centres like Mark Hall across the town. More of said and facilities like the ski slope and velodrome we lost, affordable swimming and gyms, a well funded youth service and our schools as community schools would cut the cost of policing, vandalism whilst improving community health. Having to shut things down, which is understandable in this case, just makes the space for the unoccupied to create trouble.
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