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Newtonmore Camanachd Club
October 2009
1] On the Field A really frustrating time for the 1st
team with no games all month. A couple of great results from the
2nds winning 3-2 at Glenurquhart and then 8-0 at Kinlochshiel.
The 2nds ought to be capable of mounting a serious challenge for
the league next season.
2] Remaining fixtures It's difficult to see past the match
against Kingussie on 7th November, but we have Lochaber away on
14th November and Inverary possibly on 21st November. Depending
on the Kingussie result both of these could still be crucial to
winning the league. The 2nds game re Skye has also still to be
rearranged.
3] Tots kit sponsorship Many thanks to James Brannan who
got half of the cost of this supported by HIS and then made up
the remainder jointly with Alan Orr. Not content with that he
is now going to be selling the chance to get your firms name on
the jerseys for £10 a go with the proceeds going to the
club.
4] Pitch improvements Many thanks also to Richard Ralph
who has been doing major repairs for several weeks not just to
the goal areas but also at the centre spot and other damaged parts
of the pitch. It was a much bigger job than it seemed originally.
We have clearly marking off the areas that have been repaired
to avoid damage to them so if you see anyone trying to use these
areas please stop them!
5] Clubhouse improvements Thanks also to the Cheynes and
particularly to Rob Ritchie for the creation of the wheelchair
accessible path to the rear of the clubhouse. Funding support
for this and the railings/gate was provided by the Scottish Community
Foundation.
6] Sale and lunches This will be on Saturday 5th December
at 2pm in the village hall as usual. Donations of cash are of
course welcome, but this is also a chance to get some income from
the club from your donations of home baking, bottles, plants,
books etc. Soup and pudding lunches are again going to be provided
in partnership with the village hall committee from noon. Donations
of soups and puddings would be most welcome + we are looking for
4 volunteers from the club to help with the set up and service.
Can you help?
7] Annual dance Tickets for the Annual dinner dance to
be held on Saturday 5th December 7 for 730pm at the Highlander
Hotel are available from Eddy Harrigan. Music is the party night
combination of Kenny Nairn and Ian Grover. Tickets are £20
for members and £22.50 for non-members. Please contact Eddy
at eddy.harrigan@hotmail.com Tel 01540 670159 or 07933 210725
to reserve your tickets.
8] Advertising Boards This is a really important source
of income for us and it gives those that advertise great exposure.
[The ad boards have featured regularly in the Oban Times Spot
the Ball competition!] If you know of someone who has a business
and might be interested why not ask them on our behalf. The cost
is only £350 for 3 years [including the provision of the
board] or three payments of £150, £105 & £105.
9] B & S Youth shinty initiative It's a while since
I've given an update. Shinty is again on the curriculum of all
the schools in Badenoch and Strathspey this year. The number of
additional after school clubs grew to ten in September, but we
are hopeful that members of the Kincraig club will take over running
sessions at Alvie now that we have about 25 children taking part
there. The monthly Sunday events that the Area Coaching Committee
have organised have not been such a great success as there appear
to have been a few communication problems. We are going to be
running some regular Sunday sessions at the Badenoch centre for
the tots in Laggan and Newtonmore.
10] Unexpected donation Balfour Beattie had donated money
to Laggan Heritage to fund the extension to the memorial site
to Cpl James Hendry at Kinlochlaggan with any surplus funds to
be used at their discretion. Laggan Youth Club and Gergask shinty
received donations and the final balance of £500 has been
donated to our club to help with the costs of equipment, training
and travel costs for the younger players. We are very grateful
to the Laggan Heritage committee for this generous gesture.
Ian Gibson Tel 01540 673048 Mob 07817 378729 iangibson12@btinternet.com
30th October 2009
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