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Newtonmore Camanachd Club
Newsletter August 2009
1] On the Field The 1sts have continued their fine form
with victories against Glenurquhart, Fort William and Lochaber.
We are now 4 points clear of Kingussie and with two home games
coming up have an opportunity to consolidate our position and
put more pressure on Kingussie who have two games in hand and
have now lost three important games to different clubs.
2] Clubhouse improvements The new gate in front of the
entrance is now in place and we hope to get the end railing removed
and new steps shortly. Repairs are also taking place to the wall
beside the gas storage tank.
We now have quotes for new cupboard space for merchandise and
also have been getting competitive quotations with a view to getting
new stocks of merchandise before the sale in December.
3] Fence post painting It's finished!
4] Shinty try outs at the Highland Folk Park About 100
visitors had a go over the holiday period. Better weather would
have helped.
5] Fundraising A Family Race Night will be organised for
later in the year and it is intended to have an event one Sunday
in September building on the success of last year's marathon.
Tickets for the Annual dinner dance to be held on Saturday 5th
December at the Highlander Hotel are available from Eddy Harrigan.
Music is the party night combination of Kenny Nairn and Ian Grover.
Tickets will be £20 for members and £22 for non-members.
Please contact Eddy at eddy.harrigan@hotmail.com to reserve your
tickets.
6] Hosting finals At last years AGM it was agreed we would
bid to host the 2010 Camanachd Cup Final so long as it did not
put us at financial risk. The committee recently reviewed the
conditions under which clubs could host the final and agreed that
it was too great a risk e.g. at our own cost we would have had
to hire a temporary stand. However we have offered to host the
Balliemore and Sutherland Cup Finals.
7] Advertising Boards Many thanks to Raymond Stewart and
the Newtonmore Craft Centre for agreeing to take advertising boards
at the ground. This is a really important source of income for
us and it gives those that advertise great exposure. 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 [including
the provision of the board] or three payments of £150, £105
& £105.
Ian Gibson Tel 01540 673048 Mob 07817 378729 iangibson12@btinternet.com
29th August 2009
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