A Gedling football club has been selected to receive a defibrillator and pads to use in case of emergencies.
The Nottinghamshire Local Medical Committee (LMC) teamed up with LMC Buying Group supplier MidMeds to donate a defibrillator and pads to a sport club in the region.
Local GPs were appealed by the LMC to nominate local sports clubs for the donation.
Gedling Southbank Football Club was selected at random and received the equipment.
Zenaida Morrison, Communications and Marketing Manager at Nottinghamshire Local Medical Committee Ltd said in her communication to the club: “Following a string of tragic cardiac arrests reported in the news suffered by athletes on the field, we want to give back to the community and help to prevent such on-pitch fatalities where we can.
“We appealed to GPs in our locality to nominate a sports club of their choosing. I am pleased to announce that Gedling Southbank Football Club has been selected at random to receive a defibrillator and pads to use during training or at a tournament.”
The club, which is an amalgamation of two well established local clubs, Arnold Southbank, and junior club Gedling Southbank, was formed in June 2006.
In 2012 the club was awarded Charter Standard Community Club status and in 2016 it received the Charter Standard Community Club of the Year Award for the East Midlands, which was quickly followed by the National Award.
The defibrillator was handed over to Club Chairman Adrian Hall by Nottinghamshire LMC Chief Executive Michael Wright.
Adrian Hall said: “We are keen to ensure all locations we train or play at have access to a Defibrillator.
“Gedling Southbank FC use the grass pitches at Arnold Hill school at the weekend for about 18 of our 40 teams.
“We also use some of the 3G (Third Generation synthetic surface) training pitches at the school now run by Cannoville Coaching.
“It seemed a good place to locate the donated unit as many other people use the training facilities and would have access to a Defibrillator should the need ever arise.”
The defibrillator will be located at Arnold Hill School.
