L.C.R.A. : A Community Effort to Improve Local Facilities

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Over 1,000 people have participated in the Detox since it started in 2004. Scotland's first 10k event of the year has grown in popularity and is now a well known event on the Scottish circuit. We are especially delighted to announce that John R. Weir, the Mercedes dealership are the main event sponsors for the 2008 race. As such, the event is known as the John R. Weir Lumphanan Detox 10k - 2008.

The Lumphanan Community Recreation Association was set up in 2001 as a voluntary local initiative to improve the sporting and recreational facilities in the village itself. Our primary objective was the transformation of a derelict tennis court situated in the village park into a modern all-weather multi-sports court.

Local fund raising events, a generous donation from BP and grants from Aberdeenshire Council and the Marr Area Partnership took our funds to almost £30k. This enabled us to purchase the materials required but there was not enough to allow us to hand over the entire project to a ‘professional’ contractor. Therefore, a team of dedicated and skilled residents got together and re-built the multi-sports court; completing the work in late summer 2005. Had the work been sub-contracted externally the total cost would have been in the region of £60k.