West Yorkshire community football and rugby clubs suffering from flooding have been awarded £1.2 million to build all-weather pitches.
East Bierley Community Sports Association received this funding after a 14-year campaign.
The grant was awarded by the Premier League, the FA and the government's Football Foundation.
East Bialey councilor Simon Armitage said the pitch would be a “game changer” for hundreds of young people.
“When we started this project, we were told we would be lucky if we had some buckets next to the pitch to wash,” he said.
“So I decided to do something about it. Fourteen years later, the new 3G pitch is going to be transformative.”
This campaign was carried out by a team of parent volunteers to secure artificial turf pitches for multi-purpose competitions after many matches were canceled due to rainy or muddy weather.
Victoria Robinson, a parent of a child who plays in Gomersall Cleckheaton's under-12 team, said her children often don't play for “an entire month” when the pitch is flooded.
“They lose momentum because they want to play the sport they love, which affects the development and health of the team,” she said.
Birkenshaw Blue Dogs women's team manager Kathy Sykes said each time a game was canceled, there were more than 40 kids “who couldn't play that weekend.”
She said: “It's going to be really great for us to have a brand new pitch and know that we're guaranteed to be able to play every game.”
Work on the new pitch is due to begin in May and is expected to be completed by October.
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