More than £4,500 has been raised to secure a new facility for a Cardiff cricket club which was broken into and defaced with racist graffiti. Llandaff Cricket Club were left feeling "horrified" and "violated" after their clubhouse was vandalised with swastikas, the words 'Hail Hitler' and the n-word.
Two coaches for the club's women's team discovered the shocking vandalism on Sunday, September 25, just before an afternoon training session. The obscene markings, which also included a drawing of a penis, were spray-painted all over the main area of their facility in Llandaff Fields.
Cardiff Council removed all the markings following the discovery, while South Wales Police said there will be increased patrols in the area, with hate crime officers reviewing the graffiti. Now the club, whose members are predominantly of south Asian descent, has started a fundraiser to acquire "new modern, secure, high-quality facilities" so that they can "turn this moment of pain into a moment of hope."
