Ibiza Cricket Club was left in shock after it was found that a large part of their brand new mat had been cut off and stolen from the football stadium in San Jose. The theft was discovered as the team rolled out the mat prior to the game against the Royal Navy side from HMS Albion on May 25. The mat was purchased from the UK in October 2007 at a cost of over 2000 euros after a donation from Winterflood Securities Limited and kindly bought over free of charge by Bob Jiggins Transport. The mat, which is now unusable, was normally rolled up and left under cover at the stadium. Club Captain Martin Makepeace said “This is a dark day for the Club and we are staggered by what has happened. I hope whoever has stolen it realizes what they have done to this club, we will be looking to San Jose town hall to help find a solution”.
<strong> Ibiza CC Press Office</strong>