Trust News

The Trust is holding a recruitment drive on Saturday November 20th, the day City play Nottingham Forest at home.

With so many more people attending City games these days, we want to sign up as many City fans as possible to be members of the Trust. We’ve simplified the membership scheme and produced a new Trust publicity leaflet to help us do this.

We need as many people as possible to give out leaflets on November 20th. All you have to do is arrive at the ground by 1.15 for a quick briefing session and then spend an hour handing out leaflets to fans arriving for the game. Nothing more difficult than that but the more people we have doing it, the more successful we will be.

If you can spare the time that day, we’d really appreciate your help. Please let us know if you can help by emailing us at members@ccfctrust.org.

Please help us grow the Trust. The more members we have, the louder our voice and the greater our influence on behalf of City fans. Please help if you possibly can.

Thank you
Tracey

This is Matthew Bullock’s report after completing the Toronto Marathon
 
Having signed up to do the Toronto marathon I was looking for a charity to raise money for and being a Supporters’ Trust member. I thought why not help with the Fred Keenor Statue Fund seeing as I very much believed in and supported the project?
 
Having spent a few days in the wonderful city seeing the sights, I took my place at the start line on the October 17th and ran the full 26.2 miles in 3 hours 40 minutes.
 
Now I would of been disappointed with that time beforehand as it was longer than when I had previously run marathons but considering how difficult the course was it was a pleasing time, and considering the cramps I suffered in my legs, ouch!!!! 
 

Mind you considering Fred Keenor got shrapnel wounds in his legs during World War 1 and carried on playing I had nothing to moan about.
 
Now I have to do the hard part of it all and that’s get money off people and an early estimate is that I have raised around the £300 mark. May I thank the Supporters’ Trust for being so co-operative, family and friends for helping me raise money, Cardiff City Supporters Club for their kind donation and Daniel Sturt for accompanying me on the trip and being my official photographer haha!

Thanks for all your fantastic efforts Matthew – we hope the feet have recovered from pounding the streets of Toronto.

Bluebird Richard Lewis raised £160.50 from his marathon run in Berlin in aid of the Fred Keenor Statue Fund.

Richard, 33, who ran in the German capital in September, also collected £204.50 for Sir Bobby Robson’s cancer charity.

An employee of the Welsh Assembly Government, Richard completed the run in 4 hours 56 minutes, 12 seconds.

Fund Press Officer Phillip Nifield said: “Thanks so much to Richard for his  efforts in aid of the fund. It really is appreciated. We’d like to challenge other City supporters to organise their own fundraisers so we can reach our £85,000 target even quicker.”

Donations to the appeal fund can be made through the Co-operative Bank: Account name: –   Fred Keenor Statue Fund or FKSF Account no   65392368; Sort Code   08-92-99; Cheques can also be sent c/o CCST to PO Box 4254, Cardiff, CF14 8FD. Please add the words “Fred Keenor Appeal” on the top of the envelope.

City businessman Dilwar Ali is offering fans the chance to buy 2 tickets for the price of 1 at a curry buffet night in aid of the Fred Keenor Statue Fund.

But fans only have until Saturday (October 30^th) to take advantage of this very special offer from Dilwar Ali, who runs the popular Nahin Spice Centre in Caerphilly Road, Cardiff.

The venue for the evening is the Rhiwbina Recreation Club in Lon-y-Dail, Cardiff, on Thursday, November 4^th, starting at 7pm.

Cardiff City has kindly agreed to allow at least two of its first team squad to attend with the players names confirmed nearer the event. Films of City in action will also be shown. There’s also a raffle on the night  with £10 from every ticket sold going to the statue appeal.

The menu, which has vegetarian options, is poppadoms with onion & mango chutney.

Starters: Chicken Tikka, Vegetable Roll, Pakora with salad, Mint Sauce.

Main Courses: Chicken Bhoona (medium), Lamb Pasanda (very mild).

Vegetable Curry (medium). Also Basmati, Pilau Rice, Naan.

Places can be booked by credit card by contacting Dilwar Ali at the Nahin Spice Centre (Tel 029 2052 0360) or by sending a cheque payable to the Fred Keenor Statue Fund to the Nahin Spice Centre at 314 Caerphilly Road, Cardiff, CF14 4NT. Cheques must arrive by Saturday, 10.30pm.

Please let Dilwar know if you require a vegetarian meal. There’s a licensed bar and plenty of car parking.