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Nursery staff left ‘disgusted’ after vandals damage running track seats

The seats were snapped from where they were bolted to the stand
The seats were snapped from where they were bolted to the stand

Nursery staff have expressed their disgust after seats at a north-east running track were discovered snapped, broken and left lying on the ground.

The 400-metre track at the Fraserburgh South Links Sports Development was created by the Trust in a bid to promote sport in the town.

However, seating in the arena has repeatedly been targeted by vandals and was damaged again on Thursday night.

The dozen blue plastic chairs are situated under a shelter inside the running lanes and only three of the row were left intact.

Tracy Cowie, early years lead practitioner at Playbarn Too Nursery, had taken a group of children to the venue yesterday and discovered the damage.

Pupils from Playbarn Too Nursery enjoying the track with the seats in the background

She said: “It’s really awful. The bairns love to have a seat there once we arrive to get their straps off and again when we get ready to walk back.

“In the warmer weather, we use the track a lot and have been there a few times this week as the kids can have more freedom so finding this was disgusting.

“Another nursery group was here yesterday and everything was fine, so it must have happened overnight.

“The kids love to sit there and, in the summer, they can have a drink, so when I saw it like that today, I had to share it.”

She posted pictures of the snapped seats on the Fraserburgh-Brochers and Proud Facebook page and the images received more than 100 angry reactions.

There used to be two shelters with the blue seating, but the other was damaged so regularly the development trust replaced it with a more robust wooden bench.

Yesterday morning, another runner at the park also saw the mess and relayed the news to Graeme Clark, convener of the trust, who went to the police.

He said: “The last time it happened it’s possible it was excusable as they may have leaned too far back and the chair snapped.

“But this time, it looks like they have deliberately kicked quite strongly.

“We can’t afford to keep putting these ones back. I’m so disappointed.

“It’s a low-cost community facility run for people locally and we don’t have the money to put up with this.”

The police were asked for a response.