Dear Supporter
A belated Happy New Year to everyone! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New
Year. Our game, last week, would have
seen us take on Halesowen (1st versus 4th) but we fell
victim to the cold/frosty weather. A
real shame as a big crowd would have been expected. Despite that, a lot of football has been
played over Christmas and New Year with a mixed bag of results. We gained a hard fought point away to
Spalding just before Christmas. 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. We followed up that result with 3
points at home to Biggleswade, 1 point away to Stratford and that disappointing
loss away to Harborough Town. Luckily, the
teams around us dropped points as well but we don’t want to have to rely on other
teams losing unless we are winning!
Today we welcome Alvechurch to Latimer Park. We need to get back on the winning track –
let’s hope today is the starting point.
The Trust would like to wish Dan Jarvis all the best –
we sponsored his kit for this season. A
shame to see him go but we wish him all the best. Our sponsorship will be transferred to
another player.
We will be selling/raffling off the remaining FA Cup
goals – this initiative will be launched at the end of January and a new board
will erected in the ground showing fans names against the goals sold. Details will be announced later this month.
Other fundraising initiatives in the pipeline include:
· 300 Club draw
· Race Night for the Dylan Cecil Memorial Fund
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 and the Club.
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.
Finally, we were sad to learn of the death of
long-time Trust member – Steve Gordon, 68, passed away between Christmas and
New Year. Steve, who lived in Bedford
with his wife Sue, was taken ill and admitted to hospital. Unfortunately, he did not respond to treatment. He, along with his brother Pete, have been members
of the Poppies Trust for most of its existence; indeed Steve’s membership
number was TM001. The Poppies Trust sends its condolences to the Gordon family
and friends. RIP Steve.
Karen Spencer-Lewis
Supporters Trust
Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters
Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT
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