Work to repair a sink hole on a Blaenau Gwent rugby pitch is well underway this week, after a 70m deep mine shaft was uncovered on the popular playing field earlier this month. Banna Park, which is home to Nantyglo RFC, has been fenced off in recent weeks while investigations by the local council and the Coal Authority were underway to discover the cause of a sink hole that appeared near the try-line.
It was later discovered that the disturbance was part of a former mine shaft that stretched more than 70m deep, though work has now begun to fill the shaft ahead of next season. Russel Davies is the chairman of Nantyglo RFC and says the news of the repairs were a great relief to everyone in the community who will look forward to using the field again when it has been fixed.
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