GRANGE-over-Sands has gone mad for crazy golf with the official opening of a new course on the promenade.
Designers, creators, volunteers and funders were invited to the 'teeing off' ceremony. They included Robin Le Mar, the inspiration behind the original design, with its theme of landmarks and features in and around the Edwardian seaside town, and local blacksmith and engineer Philip Dalton, who developed the design further.
Liz Cornford, chair of Grange Prom Youth Project, described how the idea first began ten years ago after listening to young people's wishes for 'somewhere to go and something to do' in Grange.
Liz formed the youth project, and a number of parents, councillors and PC Colin Morris joined the committee, giving their time and energy to raise funds to revamp the promenade recreation ground with a kickabout area on a derelict tennis court, a skateboard zone with ramps, a shelter, table tennis table and scooter ramps.
Last year Grange Prom Youth Project took a commission from Grange Town Council to run the whole of the recreation ground for two years. A team of loyal volunteers was gathered and the Promenade Café enlisted to sell tickets, with proceeds raised making the crazy golf course possible.
This year it is hoped to make enough money to resurface the tennis court at the end of the season.
At the opening ceremony, Liz thanked all the funders who contributed to the project over the last decade, the tradesmen who had worked with such enthusiasm, Continental Landscapes for tending to the grounds, the volunteers who run the site seven days a week from April to September, café staff for selling tickets, and committee members for all their input.
Meanwhile, the youth project committee thanked Liz for steering the project from its outset to fruition.