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Bargoed Rugby Club has condemned vandals who set fire to one of their new stands at Bargoed Park. Club chairman Neil Carter said he was saddened and angry at the mindless act. “We’ve invested tens of thousands of pounds in facilities at Bargoed Park as part of our participation in Premiership rugby and I despair at the mentality of some people who think it’s acceptable to destroy sporting facilities in this way. We were lucky that an alert citizen spotted it and rang the Fire Service before it took hold.
 
“It’s not the first time we’ve had problems - a few weeks ago we had to contend with broken bottles on the field some of which had been buried with jagged edges facing upwards and if we hadn’t located and removed them, the injuries that could have been inflicted makes me shudder just to think about it.
 
“We also have a continuing problem with motorbikes and quad bikes being driven across the pitches. It’s a broad pattern of anti-social behaviour that has to be confronted.”
 
The Club will be seeking urgent discussions with the police and Caerphilly County Borough Council about security at Bargoed Park and their concerns extend to other Park users - Neil Carter continued “ We are a Community Club and have over 170 youngsters playing regularly from under 7s to under 16 as well as the two senior teams and youth XV. We want to ensure that the facilities are amongst the best in the County and the club is spending its own money to deliver that and sharing it with other organisations in the process. I appeal to the Community to help us deal with these problems and come forward with information which might lead to these idiots being caught and dealt with.”