As a first step to brightening up the old playground, Marna and the MRA will be planting 500 snowdrops under the Oak tree. But we need help from the Mayfield community! If you can spare half an hour please come down to the old playground next Sunday (16th), any time between 2 and 4 pm. … Read more
Tenders required for benches, fencing and planters for charity-run recreational area in Mayfield, East Staffordshire (near Ashbourne)
Race Night is a fabulous fund raising event for the Mayfield Recreational Association and Mayfield Football Club. At the Mayfield Memorial Hall, Saturday 27 July. Doors open 6 pm and racing starts at 7 pm. £7.50 a ticket, including food. Tickets at the Memorial Hall bar or phone Liam Sowter on 07794 082405 Races are … Read more
The Mayfield Recreational Association is delighted to announce that the new playground is now open! We’d like to thank Marna for their three years of consulting, fundraising and negotiating planning decisions that it took to get the playground up and running. We are so pleased that finally Mayfield children have somewhere to meet and play … Read more
Moy Park has donated £15,000 to the Mayfield Recreational Association. They received the funding through Moy Park’s Community Support Fund which was established in 2020 to support organisations local to its operations across Europe. Mayfield Recreation Association provides outdoor and sporting facilities for children, young people, and adults in and around the village of Mayfield … Read more
It was another first for Mayfield, the first time horse racing has been to the village. But this was not horse racing like we have at Uttoxeter where you are standing outside on a chilly day with a pair of binoculars to see horses start off from across a very large field. This was horse … Read more
It’s taken a while but Marna and the MRA kept going and the new playground equipment will be in place in a few months. We had to overcome many obstacles – the major being planning permission. Nothing could go under the tree and nothing large by the side of the next-door house and garden (the … Read more
Mayfield football club are cup winners and that’s official! Back at the end of May at the conclusion of the season Mayfield were in the Premier Division Cup Final of the Midland Regional Alliance playing against Ashbourne and being the great team they are Mayfield won 2-0. And that was a cause for celebration as … Read more
The Mayfield Recreational Association (MRA) now has a defibrillator next to the playing fields. The equipment could mean the difference between life and death to walkers and users of the MRA. During the 2020 Euros, Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed with a cardiac arrest and only survived due to being resuscitated on the pitch. This … Read more
