The Ladysmith Kinsmen Club have donated an electronic remote scoreboard to the Ladysmith Baseball Association.
The club purchased the scoreboard for $7,500 and then provided $3,000 to the local association to help cover some of the cost of the installation.
“What this community does for its young people is fantastic, and our club really appreciates the help we received on this and credit to all the coaches, parents and everyone involved in working with the kids,” said Kinsmen spokesperson Duck Paterson.
B.C. Hydro also pitched in by providing a new utility pole to supply the power to Little League Park, while two employees volunteered to come out and dig the hole and intall the pole on their own time.
The Kinsmen also provided power to the Ladysmith Community Gardens so they could have electricity for their project.
DC Installations did the bulk of the work with the scoreboard as well Howie Davis who volunteered to fix-up and clean the 10×10 beams to hold the sign.
M.R. Richardson Construction donated the time and material to set up the posts and all the concrete was donated by Mayco Mix Concrete.
“This is the second time the Kinsmen have invested funds in a scoreboard for Little League Park. Ten years ago the club spent $9,000 to have a remote scoreboard installed but unfortunately the company went bankrupt the the club lost all the funds…so now it’s second time lucky” Paterson said.
“Our members are very happy that it has now happened and Little League Park now has more of a professional look for the kids to play on.”
