Dear Supporter
The Club is doing some renovation work in and around the Clubhouse in the coming weeks. The Trust recently donated £2,500 to the Club towards the renovation, specifically the toilets. As you know, the Trust likes to donate money towards projects which benefit the fans. We felt this was one of those scenarios as per our aims and objectives:
❖ To strengthen the bonds between Kettering Town Football Club and the community and to represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club
❖ To encourage the Club to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and of the community it serves in its decisions
❖ To encourage and promote the principle of supporter representation on the Board of the Club and ultimately to be the vehicle for democratic elections to the Board
❖ To raise money and donate in such a way to promote the aims and objectives of the Trust and to the benefit of the local community and the supporters of the Club.
❖ To benefit present and future members of the community served by the Club by promoting, encouraging and furthering the game of football as a recreational facility, sporting activity and focus for community involvement.
❖ To maximise the potential, future success and stability of Kettering Town Football Club.
Our current fundraiser is the FA CUP GOALS SPONSORS DRAW. It costs £2.00 for each draw number. The first number drawn out – the winner will choose which goal they wish to sponsor from the top 4 goals; second to select from the remaining top 4; third then fourth. From the fifth number drawn out onwards, the goals will be sponsored in chronological order. The draw to be made on 22 March 2025. We have sold 102 tickets so far. You can purchase your ticket at https://ktfctrust30.blogspot.com/2025/01/cup-goals-sponsors-draw.html or on matchdays in the clubhouse.
We will be holding a Race Night for the Dylan Cecil Memorial Fund – 50% split between the Fund and the Trust – on Friday 11 April 2025. Race sheets will be coming out shortly with full details of ticket prices etc.
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 – coming into its 33rd year to be precise! Long
may it continue but it does need volunteers to keep it ticking over. We have had some interest from 3-4 people looking to join the Trust Board – we will be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s very soon.
We are also looking for an archivist or two or three (!) to help sort our memorabilia collection which is currently housed in the Newland Centre. If anyone is interested, please contact us.
The Trust has also donated £200 to the KTFC Supporters Travel Club trip to Lowestoft on
15 March 2025 – this is the longest trip for the Poppies. The Travel Club run buses to most away games. The bus for this trip is leaving early to give everyone a couple of hours in Lowestoft to have lunch/walk on the beach/have a dip in the sea! So why not join them for a day out and let the coach drive take the strain. There will also be a raffle to help raise funds for them with, we are sure, lots of nice prizes to be won.
Karen Spencer-Lewis
Supporters Trust
Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT
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Trust Board Members: Karen Spencer-Lewis (Chair), Mark Severn (Treasurer),
Richard Atkinson (Vice Chairman), Bill Pringle, Lewis Horne, Martin Bellamy, Dave Tailby and Ed Palmer.
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