In addition to the outside work that is being undertaken around the County Ground at Taunton, there is also a lot of work going on inside the Colin Atkinson Pavilion.

Currently the bars and function rooms are closed to allow both areas to be completely refurbished.

The work currently in progress in the bar and the function room includes fitting air conditioning and foul air extraction units, new carpets, curtains and new furniture.

Mike Smith, who has been bars manager at the club for seven years, told me: "All of the work that is being undertaken is for the benefit of members and everyone who uses the pavilion throughout the year.

"Very little has been done internally since the building first opened 20 years ago, so everything is being updated, including the fitting of a new public address system inside."

Upstairs the Somerset players' dressing room has also been re-decorated and re-carpeted, and some of the furniture re-arranged to make more room to enable team meetings and discussions to be held more easily.

The Colin Atkinson Pavilion re-opens for business on Friday March 1st, St. David's Day, and the first function will, appropriately enough, be the Welsh Society Dinner the following day.

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