BANBURY UTD PROGRAMME NOTES

 Dear Supporter

So here we are – last game of the season – play-offs guaranteed at the time of writing these notes with two games to go.  Who knows what happened on Bank Holiday Monday – are we still in with a chance of winning the league – the joy of writing programme notes in advance!  Whatever happens, no matter how we have and haven’t played, this is infinitely better than last season.

After our recent fund-raising efforts with the FA Cup goals raffle and the Race Night, the Trust continues with the organising of a golf day on behalf of the Club and our chosen charity - the Dylan Cecil Memorial Fund - with a percentage of the funds raised going to the Fund.  Full details can be found on our Facebook page and there are posters around the Clubhouse.  We are now on the look out for Fourballs to take part and, of course, sponsors for the event. We thank Kettering Golf Club for hosting us and there will be various prizes on offer on the day including a big Hole in One competition.  Please contact any member of the Trust Board if you have any interest in playing, sponsoring, donating a prize.

We held a golden egg raffle on Easter Saturday – £60 and the easter egg went to the holder of the ticket of the first goal scored in the Royston game.  Lucky winner was Gary Graham!  Thank you to everyone for buying a ticket.  We also handed out crème eggs to young Poppies supporters in and around the Clubhouse.

The Trust has held its annual player of the year vote amongst members – can’t announce the winner here as that old curse – writing notes in advance – comes into play again!  Previous winners have included Dan Jarvis, Gary Stohrer (twice), Alex Brown, Rene Howe, James Brighton to name but a few.

One of our long-standing background fund-raisers has been Easyfundraising  - we have raised over £1300 over the years we have been running this scheme.  It is so easy to use and there is no cost to you as the shopper.  Just go to easyfundraising.org.uk and set up an account, choose your cause (the Trust!) and shop away.  You can also download the app if you are of that persuasion – unsure what to do, then speak to a Trust Board member.  Thank you to everyone who has been shopping this way and raising funds for the Trust.

On a personal note, a friend and fellow Poppies fan, Andy Hurley, sadly died recently after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.  Only in his late 50’s Andy was a truly nice guy and he will be missed by those that knew him.  Rest in peace Andy.

Thanks go to the Club and Terry Brumpton for giving over a regular page in the home match day programme this season for the Trust.

So let’s take a deep breath and see you all at the end of the 90 minutes ……….

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, Martin Bellamy, Dave Tailby, Ed Palmer, Billy Welland,

Chris Bright and Lee Wright.