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Newtonmore Camanachd Club
Newsletter February 2009
1] Gergask triumph Gergask Primary won't be one of the
teams putting on an exhibition game at the Open Day on 28th February
for all the right reasons. Their 'A' team won all 5 games in a
recent qualifier for the Primary 7 sixes competition beating four
teams from Kingussie and Newtonmore as well as their 'B' team
without conceding a goal. The finals are unfortunately in Fort
William on the same day as the Open Day which means a few Laggan
supporters will be away.
2] Open Day Many thanks to John Hewer for donating a nights
B&B for two at Eagle View Guest House and to Anne Connolly
for donating a voucher for an osteopathy treatment as raffle prizes.
A second volunteer to sell raffle tickets on the day with Anne
would be appreciated.
Thanks to everyone who helped to distribute the advertising leaflet
and fixture list to all houses from Newtonmore to Dalwhinnie to
Ardverikie and all parts in between.
We intend to have all the advertising boards as well as the new
sign on display.
3] Advertising boards We are delighted that Alan Orr,
Howdens, More Solutions and HIS have committed to taking advertising
boards. A number of other firms have agreed in principle and we
look forward to getting all the boards manufactured and displayed
as early as possible in the season.
4] Sponsorship We are also delighted to have received
the following sponsorship:
First team sponsor ROK 2nd team strip Russwood Primary School
strip Tony Robinson Fixture leaflets BLASTA Beverages Graham Fraser
The following opportunities are still available: Williamson 6s
£150
Daffodil planting [smithy end] £100 Website £200
Paint for concrete posts £50 Match balls £15
Raffle prize £10 [or donation in kind]
5] Pitch Maintenance Following the AGM we have had further
advice on the pitch maintenance through the good offices of George
Fraser. It transpires that the PH of the pitch is too acidic at
5.1 [for those scientists amongst you] and the potassium level
is less than half what it should be. We are taking further advice
as to the best course of action. In the meantime many thanks to
David Cheyne who has twice in the past month spent over 3 hours
going very slowly over the pitch and the training area spiking
it with the tractor.
6] E-bay We were advised a week ago by someone from Skye
that what appeared to be a Newtonmore Camanachd Club medal won
by a D MacDonald was for sale under 'golfing memorabilia'. There
were two D. MacDonalds in the Camanachd final that year in which
we were beaten 3-0 by Furnace (who actually went through the whole
competition without conceding a goal) and there was one D. MacDonald
in the winning Sutherland cup winning side. We think it may be
the Sutherland one. We are bidding for it.
7] Cairngorms Gazeteer As this newsletter is being compiled
we discovered that the shinty was not going to be included in
a Gazeteer of the top 50 tourist attractions in the National Park.
Many thanks to an anonymous supporter who alerted us to this and
allowed us to intervene just before the Gazeteer was being sent
to the printers. The worst bit about it was Kingussie were included!
8] Diary date Don't forget that the Newtonmore 10k race
is at midday on March 21st the same day as the Kingussie game
at the Eilan at 2.30pm. The shinty club and Village Hall Committee
are jointly organising the Ceilidh and bar in the hall from 8pm.
It is 18 and over. An excellent band is lined up 'Hell for Leather'
so do come along and support it. We hope that this may become
an annual event.
9] Thanks To Rocky for continuing to donate a % of the
sales of 'Natural Mechanical' to the club and to Graeme Campbell
for a generous donation to the club.
10] Matches The Open Day friendly will be the first outing
for the 1st team. The 2nds had a comfortable 10-0 victory over
Inverness, but the under 17s lost 2-1 to a strong Lochaber team
in the W J Cameron semi final despite a frantic last ten minutes
of pressure.
iangibson12@btinternet.com Tel 01540 673048 Mobile 07817 378729
25th Feb 2009
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