The move to the new Club House

Evie Godfrey

2003

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The move to the new Club House

old colour photo of Brighouse sports club building from the outside

Along with the cricket and other members of the Brighouse Sports Club, Brighouse Rangers left their homely, little ground in Wellholme Park/Clifton Road to move into a brand-new facility a little further down Bradford Road. The change for so important to Brighouse as a town that the local paper, the Brighouse Echo, produced a special supplement in February 2003 to commemorate the events.

Early in the 2000’s, Tesco had bought the 130-year-old cricket ground and associated land in order to open a new store on the site  in July 2003 . As part of that deal, a new club house was to be built. Brighouse Sports Club including Brighouse Rangers ARLFC  were able to move to their modern, new ground on Russell Way playing their first games 2004 for the cricket and Rangers officially moving their headquarters for the 2006-07 season.

old photo showing the inside of Brighouse Rangers showers- with red yellow and black striped tiles The club house was able to provide changing facilities to house senior and junior cricket teams, senior and junior Rugby League teams as well as crown green bowling players, pigeon fanciers and indoor games.  Rangers had definitely hit the jackpot with their facilities. The Rugby League changing rooms even had tiling in club colours.

 

 

 

In addition, the two-storey building, which covers 15.000 square feet, incorporates a members lounge and function loungeColour photo of Brighouse Rangers clubhouse building with green lawn in front together with a 25-seater kitchen area for post-match meals.