Over 10 years ago the Narberth and Whitland Rotary Club volunteered to build a ramp up to the Narberth Rugby Club grandstand to give good access for wheelchair users to enjoy the match with better visibility to see the games at a higher level than their usual pitch-side positions permitted.

The work was organised by Rotarian Ken Morgan, a local architect and also a vice-president of the Rugby Club. All of his fellow members willingly donated money, materials or labour in order to construct the ramp, some of which involved metal engineering as well as concrete work.

Since its inception, the ramp had been put to good use, but constant turning and parking of cars and vans at the approach to the ramp created a lot of disturbance to the stone surface at the end of the tarmac car park. This caused a ‘bumpy’ and difficult transfer and discomfort to wheelchair users with the result that the ramp was no longer able to serve its useful purpose.

Recently, when Ken Morgan discovered this problem he realised that some further action was needed and he obtained permission from the Rugby Club chairman, Mr Dorian Phillips, for Rotary to seek to improve the situation.

Three local businesses were contacted and they immediately rallied to rescue the situation which rugby committee man John Llewellyn explained: “The Rotary Club asked local businesses to help out. A1 Servicing kindly provided Orange safety barrier to protect the work area; Hywel Griffiths ground work contractors excavated the rough stone to provide better gradients and, then G D Harries supplied and laid the tarmac to blend in the different levels between the lower car park and the higher entrance to the Rotary ramp.”

He commented that this was a superb effort by all concerned and the Rugby Club is extremely grateful to all participants.