A CONSTRUCTION firm has been thanked for stepping in to help a Flintshire bowling club.

Wynne Construction has donated time and resources to solve parking problems at Penyffordd Bowling Club, creating extra spaces for about 15 cars.

The company also responded to a plea from the community council to install the village defibrillator at the bowling club.

The life-saving equipment has been bought by a bowling club member who wishes to remain anonymous, and the cabinet was paid for by the council.

Site manager Mark Wilson said: "There have been problems due to a shortage of parking spaces close to the bowling green and the bowling club car park could only take about six vehicles. As the club were donated a new section of land, and we had groundworkers and machinery on hand, we offered to extend the car park.

"We excavated the site to a depth of 150mm, removed and disposed of topsoil, supplied and laid membrane, and levelled hard core donated by Hanson Cement. We also removed broken concrete posts and wire fencing to tidy up the perimeter.

"The defibrillator had been given to the village by an anonymous donor. We were happy to help to site it to give fast access in an emergency."

June Plevin-Kelly, vice chair of Penyffordd & Penymynydd Bowling Club, added: "Wynne Construction has carried out tremendous work on our bowling green car park. The increased capacity has already had a huge impact on the local community with regards to parking issues.

"It comes at a good time for the club after our 40th anniversary celebration earlier this month, having first opened in 1979."

The new £6.9m school, which is being built alongside the existing facility on Abbots Lane, can accommodate 315 pupils with 45 nursery pupils and will open in September.

The contractor, which has a policy of using local labour and suppliers where possible, will succeed in employing 60 per cent of the workforce for the project from within Wales and a 30-mile radius of the borderland village.

At Penyffordd, Wynne provided work placements for two school leavers, one who has now secured permanent employment with a local contractor. It also offered work experience for a Glyndwr University undergraduate, who is now employed by Wynne Construction and training to be an assistant site manager.

Sarah Hughes, clerk to the community council, said: "Wynne Construction agreed to be on board with this community project by offering to install the cabinet, including all groundworks required for the electricity supply. Without the assistance and support from Wynne Construction this project may not have been possible."

More information can be found online at https://www.wynneconstruction.co.uk/.