Frenchay Cricket Club is the first entrant to the Bristol Post's Building Healthy Communities competition.

The club, which was founded in 1846 and plays at the Bob Clark Ground in Filton Road, wants to renew the flooring in its run-down clubhouse.

It could now win £5,000 of work through construction firm Leadbitter, which is carrying out work for organisations that are involved in healthy activities.

Pete Lee, a civil servant from Downend, is president of Frenchay CC and was chairman for 13 years.

Mr Lee, 59, said: "Our clubhouse is an old timber-built thing which was built in the 1970s, and we really need a new floor in the showers.

"We have been trying to get National Lottery funding for years to get a new one, but because we are not in the city boundary we don't qualify.

"We have put down waterproof tiling ourselves around the shower room and need to get new flooring because at the moment it is basically just concrete.

"It has really become unsafe. People slip and slide around, and when it is wet it can be really dangerous.

"The club a lot of adult players and youngsters, and it is paramount that they are safe.

"We have been looking at a quarry tile floor or non-slip vinyl, like the type in kitchens.

"New shower floors would mean that we can provide safe facilities and they would improve our image.

"We would also like to put down new flooring in our four dressing rooms.

"We have stripped the carpet and the tiles away, and are thinking of just painting the concrete white, but we would really like a better floor if we can."

The Post's Building Healthy Communities competition, sponsored by Leadbitter, gives community groups and schools the chance to win a share of £16,000 for improvements.

The competition is being run in two stages.

The first, which runs until August, will be for everyone from community groups to sports clubs and fitness groups, while the second, running in January next year, will be for schools of all ages.

Building Healthy Communities follows on the huge success of last year's School Build SOS competition, which saw prize winners have a bike shelter refurbished, new toilets installed and a garden built.

This time there are three prizes for each of the two competitions, worth £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000.

The only condition is that the project must involve activities promoting healthy living, and that the building work can be carried out within a day.

So get your application in and apply for a share of the prize money.

Leadbitter regional director Rob Bradley said: "We are delighted to sponsor this competition.

"Leadbitter specialises in construction projects that impact on communities, building schools, leisure facilities, care homes and low-cost housing.

"We are pleased to give something back to the very people who provide us with construction opportunities in our day-to-day business."

The deadline for entries is May 31. Click here to find out more or to enter.