Please support if you can , it should be a great afternoon/evening
Up The Mariners
Mariners Trust Board
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Just a quick plug for our friends at Cleethorpes CC who are hosting a fantastic match this Wednesday (July 30th) v Lashings World X! . Entry is £5 on the day or £4 in advance and starts at 3pm. More details here : http://www.cleethorpescricketclub.com/
Please support if you can , it should be a great afternoon/evening Up The Mariners Mariners Trust Board Please see below details of a "Pontoon" competition being organised by one of our members Les Brechin. Please support it if you can, obviously the more people that enter the bigger the prize fund.
Les has randomised a list of all 116 Football League and Conference teams and you choose a number which will be your team for the duration of this particular competition. You can have as many teams as you like but each team will cost £10. The competition will be won by the first team (or teams) to score EXACTLY 21 goals in weekend games (Friday-Monday). If your team plays twice in this period then only the first game counts and you must wait until all the weekend games have been played before a winner is declared. (ie - if your team is on 19 and scores 2 goals on the Saturday, you must wait until after any games played on the Sunday or Monday, in case another team also reaches 21). If you "bust" (go over 21 goals) then you are out of that particular competition. If for any reason your team doesn't play in this period you will score a default 2 goals. You should get a good 7-8 weeks entertainment from each competition. The winner (or winners) will get (or share) a certain percentage of the pot. There will also be 2 booby prizes (the amount of which to be decided) for the lowest scoring team(s) when the competition is won and also for the first team(s) to score nil on 3 consecutive games. (If this prize is not won in will go into the pot for the next game). When the final pot is known (deadline for entries is Thursday 14th August) I will donate 25% to The Mariners Trust. In the very unlikely event that every team busts then 50% would go to The Mariners Trust with the remaining money being carried over into the pot for the next competition. Les is running this on The Fishy but people don't really need to be members on there and it is open to anyone. All he needs is your entry fee of £10 per team to be sent via Paypal to [email protected] and 3 numbers between 1 and 116 for your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of teams. If you need any further information please contact Les at [email protected] Up The Mariners Mariners Trust Board We are delighted to announce that on Sunday August 3rd there will be an open day at the club when fans will be able to come along and watch the squad train and then take the opportunity to get autographs, and have photos with the players.
Organised by the Mariners Trust, there will be a bouncing castle, face painting, FIFA football, programmes & memorabilia and lots more. The bars will be open for hot and cold drinks and there will also be food available. The club shop and ticket office will be open between 10.30am and 2pm and the event is free entry and open to all. There will also be a special FREE prize draw for members of Junior Mariners who attend or join on the day. Gates open at 10.30am so please come along and show your support to the players before the season starts a week later. Up The Mariners Mariners Trust Board The final Sunday of June was a fine day to climb Wales' largest mountain and that's what Trust members Pat Bell and Dan Humphrey did, as part of a fund-raising challenge. Here's their account of events: Sport fans probably know better than most that sometimes pleasure and pain are inextricably linked. A walk up the highest mountain in England or Wales is therefore a peculiarly appropriate way to raise money for a football club. Every year, Wrexham Supporters Trust (www.wst.org.uk) organises a sponsored hike up Snowdon. This year, to mark the club’s 150th anniversary, they invited representatives from other clubs to join them. So it was that on the morning of Sunday 29 June, around 100 people in football shirts were to be seen making their way up the Miner’s Track. Most wore the red of Wrexham, but there was also a good sprinkling of other shirts, including the two of us for Grimsby. Perhaps inevitably, the club's best represented were those whose history demonstrates the needs for supporters to play a full and active role in their club. Apart from Wrexham themselves, now run by the supporters trust, there were people from, to name a few: · 1874 Northwich, formed by fans of Northwich Victoria after a succession of off field controversies denied the club the use of its historic Victoria Ground, vowing to “bring the game of football back as the central focus of the club.” · Coventry, with a modern stadium they are locked out of, reduced to playing their home games at Northampton · Hereford, battling to save the club after its ejection from the Conference; · Hinckley AFC, a community-owned club established in January after Hinckley United were wound up last year There is an important thread of solidarity that is common to both football and to hill-walking. A gentle first couple of miles had us all walking in our club groups. Then the walk proper begins, as you stare up towards the summit and realise that there is a long, steep scramble to come. Now the different groups began to mingle, offering encouragement and sharing common memories. When one supporter slipped, inevitably the cry of “Penalty” was met by the counter-claim of “It’s a dive”, even as we stopped to help him to his feet. The outlook of the fans was invariably broad – proud of their club but often humblingly knowledgeable about the game as a whole and ready to share best wishes. This was especially true of the organisers. Wrexham ran the event with a natural mix of good organisation and informality, the tone set by a brief and friendly speech at the start of the walk with the welcome promise of a free tea or coffee, paid for by Supporters Direct, when we reached the top. Their new boss Kevin Wilkin took part in the climb as did other membesr of their staff including ex-Everton and Wales midfielder Barry Horne, and quite a number of their fans managed to remind us of the FA Trophy 2012-13 Final..... They even organised the weather. A few clouds provided welcome shade when we were at the steepest part of the walk, but that gave way to sunshine, and splendid views across the mountains and along the Welsh coast at the summit. We were proud to be there for Grimsby, and glad to have played our part in raising money for the Mariners. Above all though, we were glad to have enjoyed such a fine walk in excellent company, friendly rivalries on the pitch forgotten. After all, if we are to continue enjoying football’s partisanship, we need well run clubs to play against. More news on monies raised to follow shortly, it is not to late to donate; please get in touch to show your support forGTFC youth development! |