As of Friday just gone, my time at the Wood & Vale has now drawn to a close. My last day passed with a series of vox pops, and a couple of stories sourced from press releases and an on-line announcement concerning the Marlborough Family Centre. Here they are.
MCC Unveils New Toy
The MCC have unveiled the latest improvement at Lord’s Cricket Ground- a state of the art scoreboard and replay screen system.
Three permanent, colour, LED screens will be raised in the Compton, Edrich, and Allen stands, in time for the start of the 2008 cricket season.
The new screens are more environmentally friendly, using one third of the energy required to power the two old bulb based boards.
Parts for the screens have been specially imported from Hong-Kong for the project, which will allow live and recorded video footage and full colour images to be shown during both international and domestic matches for the first time at Lords.
John Stephenson, MCC Head of Cricket, said: "Installing the new scoreboards fulfilled several aims for MCC.
"To improve the visibility and visual quality of scoreboard information for spectators – the new screens will have 5 times more screen resolution than the existing scoreboards.
"To provide the action replay and associated visual information expected at major cricket venues.
"And finally, to significantly reduce on-going energy consumption, materials replacement and maintenance costs associated with old technology.
"The new scoreboards are part of MCC’s ongoing investment to ensure the ground retains its world-class status."
The plans for investment at Lords do not stop there. The MCC are currently planning the installation of permanent floodlights which, as John Stephenson says, will "continue to enhance the experience of both spectators and players at Lords".
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