16th ANNUAL DAVID QUINNEY MEMORIAL GOLF DAY:
Event 20th August
Report
31st August 13:00
On a wet and windy Friday, twenty nine teams participated in our annual golf day at Garstang Golf Club. The event was brought forward this year by one month in order to get better light and better weather. We got neither, although the event was still a huge success.
A big thankyou to all the helpers, especially Ryan Done, the resident golf professional from Heysham Golf Club, for all his help on the day.
This year's trophy went to event winners Team Citrosoft, with our local accountants, Towers & Gornall, winning the Yellow Ball Competition.
Garstang Football Club would like to thank all the teams for participating on a wet day at Garstang.
FULL RESULTS:
1st - Citrosoft - 93 points
2nd - Towers & Gornall - 88 points
3rd - J Irving's Ladies - 84 points
Yellow Ball Competition - Towers & Gornall - 37 points
Nearest Pin - 5th - Simon Robinson
Nearest Pin - 13th - Gill Gardner
Longest Drive Men - 9th - M Dickinson
Longest Drive Ladies - 9th - J Irving
Longest Drive Men - 18th - S Lang
Longest Drive Ladies - 18th - J Irving
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| Citrosoft's Malcolm Abraham claims the trophy from Adrian Wilding. |
STIMMO's VIEW:
19th August 09:00
It is with great regret that I have had to resign from my position as First Team Manager. Due to work commitments, I have recently found myself not being able to commit the time that I feel is required to do the job properly. Due to my deep respect for Adrian Wilding, I couldn't, and wouldn't, do the job with less than 100% focus and it is with a heavy heart that I had to come to this decision.
During my 15 month tenure, I could not wish to have had a more supportive Chairman and I have enjoyed working for him more than I have for anyone previously. I would also like to thank Marc Armstrong and Geoff Wilson for the great support as my assistants, Bails for the terrific job he does with the Reserves, Steve Baker for the number of thankless tasks that he carries out to help make the club function, and Les Taylor for ensuring it all works together. Not forgetting Ports, Bob, Dick, and of course the sterling work done by Julie and Tracey, and to the 'headmaster', Ian Blezard, who manages the best website that I have come across outside the top five tiers of the football league!
Whoever succeeds me will certainly be joining a forward thinking club that will be climbing the pyramid very shortly, of that I have no doubt, and I wish the club all the very best in the future.
Thankyou to you all! Stimmo.
SHIRT SPONSOR: FORMAL LAUNCH
15th August 16:00
Garstang Football Club are delighted to announce the biggest Sponsorship deal in the Club’s history with quality tile specialists Rockform. Commercial Manager Les Taylor said, “This is a very exciting time to be involved with the Club, but we still need companies like Rockform to financially support us, buying into our vision of creating a true Town Team.“
Rockform are situated on the A6 Garstang Road at Brock and offer a wide range of tiles and floor coverings. Managing Director, Tony Vile, who admits to being an Everton fan, has agreed a two year deal to sponsor the First and Reserve team shirts; the 'Rockform' name to be emblazoned across the front - and prominently around this website. “We look forward to a successful social and business relationship that is mutually beneficial to both parties and hope that supporters of Garstang Football Club will support 'Rockform' and indeed, all our sponsors whenever possible“ added Les.
Tony Vile said that he was only too pleased to be supporting Garstang Football Club in this way. “I wanted to support an organisation that had some drive, but were also prepared to give something back to the community. I'm a football fan, so the thought of supporting Garstang Football Club very much appealed to me.“
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| Players and management at the Rockform Tile Gallery. |
IAN AND CLAIRE WORMLEIGHTON:
12th July 16:00
.....got married last Saturday. Congratulations from everyone at the Club.
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We're expecting a match report as usual.......in a couple of weeks! |
GARSTANG VETS: AND THIS TIME IT'S SERIOUS
7th July 17:00
As of the start of the new season Garstang will be establishing an official Veterans (over 35's) playing section of the club which will have fixtures on a regular basis, weather and club commitments permitting. There has been a number of Veterans' fixtures played over recent seasons, but as the club has grown within the community, there has been a greater interest from former players to get their boots on again and renew some old acquaintances - and rivalries!
The Garstang FC officials have been very supportive in setting this up and many of the players who have been, and will be, involved in playing for the 'Vets' have assisted in the running of the club in recent times. Some of the people involved in setting up the original Veterans have been excellent servants to the club, such as Mick Gornall and Russell Hurst, who have contributed enormously through their work on the committee and, of course, on matchdays. More recent committee members who will be actively involved include Dave Porter, who is also heavily involved with the Youth set up, and retiring club secretary Paul Hutton. Reserve Team Manager Paul Bailey, who simply refuses to retire, and former First Team Assistant Manager Marc Armstrong, have also been involved in the Veterans' fixtures.
The Vets squad also includes several of the supporters who turn up on a Saturday at The Riverside to support the home side: names such as Andy Kelsall and Mark Bendall, not to mention the many who support the club through the very succesful 'Score' Lottery.
I hope that we will have a squad of around 20 players, with 15 available for each fixture, and judging on some recent fitness and medical reports, we would need at least this number to complete the 90 minutes! The fixtures will be, predominantly, played at The Beeches with the odd game at The Riverside when possible.
There is a great deal of interest from nearby clubs to play fixtures, including local rivals Wyre Villa, Poulton Town, Norcross, and Lytham Veterans who incidently play over 40 games a year. I would welcome any club who has a Veterans team, and would like to arrange a fixture, to contact me here.
Thanks. Neil Parkinson
COMMUNITY NEWSPAGE:
5th July 14:00
Welcome to the Community Newspage: this is the new home for all our general and non-team specific news items and photographs.
PRESENTATION NIGHT 2009/10:
May 19th 10:30
Garstang Football Club’s Presentation Night took place at the Crofters Hotel with over 100 guests present.
The Chairman, Adrian Wilding hosted the presentations and began the evening by thanking everyone who had contributed to the progress that the club had made during the past twelve months. The Chairman also mapped out the future for the club, including the pending ground improvements both at the Riverside and the Beeches.
Highlights of the presentations saw centre back, Adam Brooks take the First Team Players' Player and the Supporter's Player of the Season awards and, for the Reserve Team, Jonny Baldwin took the similar awards for the second year running. The Chairman also introduced a group of former U16 players, soon to become the nucleus of the Garstang Youth Team, welcoming them to the Garstang FC family. Special praise was handed out to Ian Blezard, winner of the “Clubman of the Year” award. The Chairman related to a very appreciative audience how proud and lucky we were to have someone of Ian’s calibre who had created a Website that was by far the best at our level, and above, and how much it had lifted the profile of Garstang Football Club.
Awards:
Reserve Team Players' Player of the Season: Jonny Baldwin
Reserve Team Manager's Player of the Season: Andy Taylor Snr.
Supporters' Reserve Team Player of the Season: Jonny Baldwin
First Team Players' Player of the Season: Adam Brooks
First Team Manager's Player of the Season: Niall Cummins
Supporters' First Team Player of the Season: Adam Brooks
Young Player of the Season: Jamie Preston
Reserve Team Leading Goalscorer:
Andy Ireland
First Team Leading Goalscorer: Niall Cummins
Clubman of the Year: Ian Blezard
Some Photographs:
with apologies from my camera which wasn't very well!
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| Jonny Baldwin dreams of being Assistant Reserve Team Manager and Ian Wormleighton dreams of being 'Manager's Player of the Season' |
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| Jonny also picked up the 'Supporters PotS' from Ricky Bamber |
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| Niall Cummins, Manager Stimpson's 'PotS' |
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| Adam Brooks 'Players' PotS' with Marc Armstrong |
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| Brooksy again, Supporters' PotS', overcome with emotion and Dick Gudgeon |
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| 'Young PotS' Jamie Preston with Bob Freeman |
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| Andy Ireland 'Reserve Team leading goalscorer' with Andrew Pyke |
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| Niall Cummins 'First Team leading goalscorer' with Frank Archer |
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| Ian Wormleighton soothes the tribulations of Reserve team management with this presentation to Paul Bailey. |
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Ian Blezard, no longer in charge of the camera, gets his Clubman award
from Adrian Wilding |
More photos on Facebook. The 'End of Season' video is here.
