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Charter Standard / Volunteer Awards |
| Date: 06/12/06 |
Suffolk FA paid tribute to some of football's most valued, if not most recognised, individuals recently at the Charter Standard / Volunteer Awards Evening at the end of November.
Administrator: Harry Steed (Bacton 89)
As Development Officer for Bacton United Football Club since the club’s inception 1989, Harry Steed’s role has been fundamental in maintaining ongoing growth and expansion of a rural village-based football club. Recognising from the very earliest days, the need to provide continuity for adult football club by nurturing and developing youth teams, Harry has overseen the ongoing growth in the numbers of youth boys teams and the introduction of new girls football teams through the development of excellent coaching links with local schools. Throughout the nineties and up to the present day, numbers of young players have continued to increase – but these players were – and, for the time being, still are, playing at sub standard facilities scattered across several different locations in the village and surrounding area. The village hall, local primary school, and a separate recreation ground are all used, teams are sharing pitches and changing facilities are woefully inadequate.
While that story is not uncommon in local football, Harry Steed has set an example in how to do something about it. While driving the club forward to achieve all the requirements to gain Charter Standard status in November 2003 as well as gaining his own coaching badges, Harry was also busy negotiating the purchase of land to form a new six acre home site for the club. Harry has led a small team of people at the club who have dedicated countless hours putting together relevant business plans and football development plans to support the project as well as working tirelessly to raise funds locally to support a grant from the Football Foundation. That grant was awarded in June of this year. It gives Bacton United the green light to move on to another stage as a club and it’s fair to say that probably wouldn’t have happened without Harry’s dedication to the cause.
Both senior and youth players will, finally, have a permanent base.
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RACE NIGHT A SUCCESS |
| Date: 17/10/06 |
Bacton United 89 FC staged a race night at Cotton village hall on Saturday 14th October.
The event was organised to raise funds for the “Bacton the Future” project. A packed audience was treated to exciting races brought to the hall by the wonders of modern technology.
Everyone enjoyed slices of luck although for most it was bad luck not good luck. Thank you to all who helped to make the night so successful. A sum of £1000 plus was realised to go towards the project’s total cost of £457,000. The club has raised just over £3,700 since last July.
Please continue to support this worthwhile project to bring much needed sporting facilities to the Bacton area. We are nearly there -£430,000 raised so far, £27,000 to go.
Anyone who feels that they would like to help the project to reach its target please contact Harry Steed on 01449 781751, your help will be appreciated.
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BACTON UNITED '89 GOLF DAY |
| Date: 27/09/06 |
The Excellent Course and Facilities at Hintlesham Golf club was the venue for a Golf Day, organised as a fund raising event for the “Bacton the Future” project.
The teams teed of in monsoon conditions following hours of heavy rain, the course was in excellent condition. The rain soon gave way, enabling the intrepid golfers to dry out. The presentations were made following a top class dinner in the club house. The competition was won by It’s Raining Men (Graeme Byrne, Mark Parker, Ben Goldsmith & James Gee) followed closely by M&S Building Services (Sam Bean, Lee Brooks, Kenny Ross & Gary ?)
Ben Goldsmith was the winner of the nearest the pin prize, and James Gee made the longest drive.
The evening was concluded by a Dutch auction which fairly distributed a fantastic selection of items generously donated to the “Bacton the Future” project.
Thank you to all the golfers and those who attended the evening dinner for your support.
A special thank you to the Sponsors for the day: B J Updating, C D Rice Decorating Services, Shadwell Estate Co Ltd, Shell Gas, St Andrews Fire Equipment & Vet 1 Services Ltd.
And for the Dutch auction items: Shell Gas, Shadwell Estate Co, Bentleys Restaurant, E & D Boiler Maintenance, BBC Look East, Ipswich Town FC, Norwich City FC, Galloway’s Coach Travel, Lloyds TSB, M & S Building Services Ltd, Hammond Land Rover, Stowe Veterinary Practice, Sampson Blinds, Waitrose, Lazerkits & F G Brown Opticians.
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