Dear Supporter
Happy New Year to everyone! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New
Year. These notes were written before
the Biggleswade, Stratford and Harborough games so a lot of football has been
played in the last couple of weeks. At
the time of writing we have just gained a hard fought point away to
Spalding. The football was not pretty –
the only pretty sight was the Winter sunset - but we went toe to toe with their
robust footballing style and came away with the point which left us one point
ahead of Halesowen (today’s opponents).
How the table looks today is anyone’s guess but hopefully we are still
top of the pile. Halesowen was our first
game of this season away at the Yeltz.
Practically a whole new squad took the field that day – we didn’t know
them; they didn’t know us! We could see
the potential in the players that day and it has not disappointed us thus far. Surely we are in for a cracker today – let’s
hope so and let’s hope the 3 points come our way!
So what lies ahead for the Trust? Short-medium term:
We will soon be selling/raffling off the remaining FA
Cup goals following on from the hundreds we sold a while back. Names and goals were put on boards displayed
in the ground – look out for details coming soon.
We will also be looking to resurrect our 300 Club
fund-raising scheme once the FA Cup goals have been sold. We want to build up our bank balance so we
can assist the Club with some of their smaller projects. We touch base with George from time to time
and will be having a catch up with him to see what those projects might
be. As you know, the Trust’s remit is to
donate funds which will benefit the fans/Poppies family. We recently donated to the Children’s
Christmas Party which went towards providing some of the entertainment for the
afternoon in the form of a magician/balloon artist! Having attended the party with my
great-nephew I can confirm that Mr Custard kept the kids “quiet” for quite some
time! A big well done to Gary and Sarah
for organising the party – it all ran smoothly and they also managed to get
Father Christmas to stop by to see the kids!
In March we will be looking to run a race night for
the Dylan Cecil Fund. The Trust supports
this charity and we have run race nights previously – they are well attended
and raise a large amount of money for a worthy cause. Look out for details coming soon.
This calendar membership year we have 100 members (37
of which are life members) and we thank you all for joining. Of course, events run and money donated are
not just for Trust members but for all Poppies fans. Supporters organisations come and go so we
are proud that the Trust has been round for 32 years! Long may it continue but it does take a small
band of people to keep it ticking over.
If you feel that you can bring something to the Trust Board then please
contact us – we would love to hear from you.
Karen Spencer-Lewis
Supporters Trust
Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters
Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT
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