Gol Centre, Lawrenny Avenue, Leckwith
Sunday 25 April 2010
First match kicks off at 1pm
Trophies and awards – light refreshments.
Squads of no more than 8 players.
Free entry – deposit of £20 required – returned on the day.
Cheques payable to Cardiff City Supporters Trust
First come first served!
To register your team, please e-mail:
sla7elw@hotmail.com
before 13 April.
A few tickets are still left for the Andy Legg night – now available to those who are not members of the Supporters Trust.
Cardiff City Supporters Trust
Question Time
Andy Legg will be joined by Jason Perry in conversation with Rob Phillips, BBC Wales
Duke of Clarence, Clive Road, Canton
7:30 Thursday 8 April 2010
Entry £1 through ticket only
Submit questions and book tickets now. Email: huxtable@hjsports.org.uk
Tickets will be available for collection at the Supporters Trust stand in the Stadium at the Swansea game.
The Fred Keenor Statue Committee will next month (April) launch its campaign to raise funds to erect a statue to honour Cardiff City’s legendary FA Cup winning captain.
We’ve already had significant support from Cardiff Council, which has pledged £15,000, and £1,000 has also been promised by the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust board.
We need to raise around £85,000 to make the dream of honouring Fred and the rest of the famous 1927 winning team a reality.
A statue design by sculptor Roger Andrews was chosen following a public vote and the committee will be holding discussions with the club shortly over a location for the statue.
The committee, set up by the Trust, has been working away contacting organisations and businesses and that will continue.
But we are now calling on the superb fans of Cardiff City to play their part in this hugely worthwhile campaign. Fred has never been properly recognised by the city of Cardiff and we aim to put that right.
We will need help when fundraising kicks off in earnest so could anyone willing to assist in the months to come please send their details, including contact information, to fundraising@ccfctrust.org Please mark your email for the attention of David Craig.
Also, if you’ve got any bright ideas for raising funds we’d also like to hear from you, and you don’t have to be a member of the Trust. We want as many supporters as possible involved to ensure it is a success.
DAVID CRAIG,
FRED KEENOR STATUE COMMITTEE/
CARDIFF CITY SUPPORTERS’ TRUST
Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust has asked potential investor Dato Chan Tee Ghee (TG) to meet its board members when he next visits Cardiff.
On his return to Kuala Lumpur, TG told board member Anthony Wedlake, who contacted him on behalf of the Trust, that he hoped that meeting could take place ahead of the Cardiff City-Swansea City derby on Easter Saturday, when he is due back in the UK
In an email to TG, Anthony Wedlake said: “The Trust has been established for just over one year and has already established itself as the democratically elected voice of Cardiff City supporters with a fully paid-up membership of nearly 1,000 fans, a greater number than that of, for example, Arsenal Supporters Trust.
“The supporters’ trust movement in the UK has become increasingly influential and successful in representing the interests of ordinary fans. As you will appreciate, fans don’t have the luxury of changing ‘brands’, we are fans for life and it is important that we have a say in how our club is run.
“We would welcome an open dialogue with you as a new fan of Cardiff City and as someone with the potential to take the club forward.
“We believe, as you must do, that the club has tremendous potential with Premiership football a real possibility whilst also becoming a vibrant business,” added Anthony.
Tim Hartley, Acting Chairman of the Trust, said: “We’re delighted that TG responded so positively and promptly to our request for a meeting. We felt it was important to establish lines of communication with a potential investor and we hope a deal for additional investment into the club can be concluded as quickly as possible.”
FANS can help raise funds for Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust by using a website which links into more than 2,000 of the UK’s best-known retailers.
It won’t cost you a penny extra to shop via “Easy Fundraising” but it does mean that the Trust will receive up to 15 per cent from every online purchase made from the website.
Once you’re logged on you shop with the retailer directly and complete your transaction online.
John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Next, Amazon, Dell, Argus, WH Smith, HMV and National Express are among the big names you can link to from the website.
The site even has a special offers page which is regularly updated with new Internet-only discounts, special offers and even money saving eVouchers. There are hundreds of offers, many are exclusive to easyfundraising members, so you won’t even find them on the retailer’s own website or in-store.
Trust board member Anthony Wedlake, who has been behind the initiative, said: “Like all organisations we are always looking at ways to raise funds for our work.
“This online scheme is very hugely popular among supporters’ trusts in the UK, charities, schools and other good causes. We know that the East StirlingshireTrust in Scotland which helped us has found it financially rewarding.
“It’s really a win-win scheme for the Trust, our members and City supporters in general.”
Anthony explained: “For example, if you’re looking to buy a book from Amazon just go to the Trust website and click the link to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/cardiffcityst and then, after you have logged in, you go straight to the Amazon website or, indeed, any other.”
“If you make a purchase from Amazon, we get 2.5 per cent. The amounts the Trust can obtain in commission varies from under one per cent to 15 per cent. And you don’t pay any more with this scheme than if you’d gone straight to Amazon.
“And fans can even help earn the Trust cash simply by using https://cardiffcityst.easysearch.org.uk as their search engine rather Google or Yahoo. In other words, supporters don’t have to buy anything to earn the Trust money.
“We’re hoping people will get onboard this excellent fundraiser and help the Trust help the fans of Cardiff City.”
A permanent link on the Trust site will appear shortly. You will need to register the first time you use the site and then log in before making any purchases. It’s really quite straightforward.