Tim Hartley was elected as chairman of the Trust at the first board meeting following the AGM.
Tim had been acting chair following the resignation through ill-health of Paul Corkrey (Corky).
The new vice chair will be Mike Roderick, who was elected to the board at the AGM earlier this month.
We wish both Tim and Mike all good wishes in their roles for the forthcoming year.
Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust has agreed to buy more than £5,000 worth of shares in the Bluebirds thanks to a deal struck with their members.
Under Trust rules, half of all proceeds of “Phil Dwyer” Trust membership has been ring-fenced to buy shares in the club.
That opportunity will come next week as shareholders meet to ratify a deal struck between the club and a Malaysian consortium headed by Datuk Chan Tien Ghee.
Trust Board member and financial expert, Keith Morgan, said that the purchase of the shares would fulfil a commitment made to fans that signed up as “Phil Dwyer” members.
He said: “The Trust is pleased to be able to buy shares in the club at a time where there is so much optimism about the future of Cardiff City.
“The Trust was set up to give fans a voice in how the club is run and purchasing shares gives us that representation.”
The announcement comes as the Trust fast approaches the milestone of having 1,000 members since its inception in September 2008.
“Currently we have just over 980 members and we hope to reach 1,000 in the coming weeks,” Mr Morgan continued.
“We will be starting a major drive in the coming months to attract new members with 2,000 our next target. The more members we have, the louder our voice will be.”
The following question was raised this week at First Minister’s Question Time by Chris Franks, the Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales Central, whose regional seat includes Cardiff. Chris Franks is Cardiff-born.
He asked: “As you are probably aware, a grass-roots fundraising campaign has been launched by fans of Cardiff City Football Club to erect a statue in honour of Fred Keenor and the FA Cup-winning team in 1927—the only time that the FA Cup has been taken out of England. Fred captained the Cardiff City side, but also played for Wales on over 30 occasions during a period when many fewer internationals were played and despite being injured in the Somme. Fred, who was Cardiff born, is a true Welsh hero, who played at a time when footballers were not well paid. Will you give your support to this worthy fundraising campaign, which is organised by volunteers led by the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust?”
First Minister Carwyn Jones gave a disappointing response: “I can certainly give moral support. I am aware of what happened in 1927, although, clearly, I was not there. It is something that is writ large not only in the history of Cardiff City, but in the history of the city of Cardiff itself.
“With regard to financial support, criteria are used by the Minister for Heritage in deciding whether or not such a statue would get support, because it is important to understand that we cannot support everything. However, I certainly wish the proponents of the statue well in looking to turn this into reality.”
The result of elections to the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust Board were due to be officially declared at the annual meeting in the Duke of Clarence pub in Canton on Monday night (May 17th). However, as they have become public knowledge we are announcing them ahead of that meeting.
The number of votes received by each candidate was:
1. Phil Nifield 147
2. Anthony Wedlake 137
3. Mike Roderick 114
4. Gareth Jones 83
5. Brian Mertens 77
6. Anthony Williams 53
7. David Hunt 08
So Phil, Anthony, Mike and Gareth were elected to represent the membership for the next two years. We wish to congratulate them on their new roles within the board and thank everyone that took part in the election and Trust members that voted.
The bucket collection at the Cardiff City-Leicester match organised in support of the Fred Keenor Statue Fund raised £2,523.44.
Organiser David Craig, a board member of the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust which supported the fundraiser, said: “We’d like to thank those wonderful fans who supported Bring a Pound to the Ground – and More! for their generosity.
“Supporters really got behind our campaign and we were particularly pleased at the backing of so many families as well as individual fans. Some young children even gave their pocket money as a donation which is fantastic.
“The fundraising committee would like to thank the group of volunteers who gave up their time to collect, the staff at Cardiff City Football Club for their excellent support for this collection and for our fundraising efforts and also St John Ambulance, who were really helpful at the match.
“The club has promised that we can organise another bucket collection next season which we all hope will be at a game in the Premier League. We feel the campaign has gained a good momentum which will increase with a series of fundraisers planned during the rest of 2010. This includes an auction, sale of figurines, badges, proceeds from a record and the Supporters’ Club will be donating all proceeds from their annual September run to the Fund.”
· 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.