There was a party atmosphere in Tenby on Sunday afternoon as crowds turned out to see Mayor of Tenby, Clr. Trevor Hallett officially open the town's newly renovated and redesigned Jubilee Play Park and wheeled play plaza.

The opening marking the culmination of an £85,000 project to provide new play facilities and a wheeled play area at the park overlooking the resort's South Beach.

Last year, Pembrokeshire County Council removed children's play equipment at the Jubilee Park on health and safety grounds.

With no county council funding available for replacement equipment, a group of concerned parents, grandparents and youth workers set up the Friends of the Jubilee Park to raise money to reinstate the play facilities.

There have been calls for a skate facility in Tenby for many years and the removal of the equipment at the Jubilee meant that there was now land available to create a small park

The Friends, along with Tenby Town Council, devised a scheme which combines a range of play equipment for seven to 12-year-olds with a wheeled play facility for skateboarders, inline skaters and micros scooter and BMX users on the site.

The project has been part funded by grants from Tenby Town Council Pembrokeshire County Council and Dyfed-Powys Police donations from local organisations, individuals and shops and fundraising initiatives by The Friends.

Although the Friends still had some £15,000 to find, Tenby Town Council agreed in May to loan them any shortfall to enable the park to be open by the summer holidays.

Unfortunately, rain and damage by overeager skaters using the area before the cement had cured sufficiently meant that the wheeled play plaza could not be used on the day as the remedial work still needed a couple of days to harden, but there was still plenty of play equipment for youngsters to enjoy along with children's entertainment by Fergie and live music from Nick Thomas and Ella Guru.

The project has been designed, and constructed by Urban Recreation.

The Friends and Tenby Town Council are very grateful to all those who have contributed to the project in any way, particularly Pembrokeshire County Council for assistance in ground preparation works prior to the start of work and to St. Mary's Parochial Church Council for allowing Urban Recreation an area within the Rectory Car Park to service the site.