ARCHIVE NEWS AND EVENTS
Thank you
The committee thanks all members who supported our branch throughout the 2010/11 season, and indeed all previous seasons.
2011 Summer Newsletter
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2010/ 2011 End of Season Newsletter
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Spring 2011 Newsletter
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Summer 2010 Newsletter
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Bury St Edmunds Branch of ITFC Supporters
Annual General Meeting 2010
The Bury St Edmunds Branch of the ITFC
Supporters Club held its AGM on Monday 19th July 2010.
All other committee members were elected back onto the committee for 2010/11, on-block. The meeting was followed by the first committee meeting for the 2010/11 season.
The branch made a loss during the 2009/10 season as it did during the previous season. We do have some savings in the branch account which we have to dip in to, however we are having to manage these funds very carefully as each season passes and we do continue to rely on our members superb support of our coach to remain in existence. We made the decision to raise coach fares and membership fees slightly for the new season in order to reduce the anticipated losses in the new season as much as possible.
The branch accounts were examined by all committee members at the meeting, and are available for viewing if required by contacting Nigel Cole.
February 2010 Raffle - proceeds sent to our chosen charities
The committee are pleased to announce that we raised £82.00 from the sale of raffle tickets on the coaches on the 26th January and 6th February 2010.
Cheques for £41.00 were sent to both East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice and LUPUS UK.
PETER GOOCH was the lucky winner of the ITFC autographed football.
Winter 2009 Newsletter
Our Winter 2009 Newsletter is available for download in PDF format by clicking the link below. Please ensure your computer has the facility for downloading PDF documents before opening this document: Winter Newsletter.
Players visit to St Nicholas Hospice, Bury St Edmunds
Our committee member Di Dingley works as a volunteer at St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds, and met some of the players when they visited the hospice before Christmas 2009.
Aaran Lee-Barrett, Jonathan Walters, David Wright and Grant Leadbitter were the visitors. Here are a couple of photo's taken during the day.
David, Jonathan, and Aaran
Di, pictured with Grant Leadbitter
Summer 2009 Newsletter
Our July 2009 Newsletter is available for download in PDF format by clicking the link below. Please ensure your computer has the facility for downloading PDF documents before opening this document: July 2009 Newsletter.
Bury St. Edmunds Branch 2009 AGM - Monday 15th June 2009
The Bury St. Edmunds Branch held its AGM on Monday 15th June 2009, followed by its first committee meeting of the new season. One branch member was voted onto the committee for the 2009/10 season, that being Deborah De'Ath who was duly elected after being proposed by Jean Walker and seconded by Di Dingley. We all welcomed Deborah onto our committee and we hope she enjoys being part of our team!
All other committee members were elected back onto the committee for 2009/10, on-block. The meeting was followed by the first committee meeting for the 2009/10 season
The branch made a loss during the 2008/9 season as it did during the previous season. We do have some savings in the branch account which we can dip in to, however we are having to manage these funds very carefully as each season passes and we do continue to rely on our members superb support of our coach to remain in existence. We decided to keep the coach fares and membership fees for the start of the 2009/10 season the same as they were for 2008/9 season, and to review the situation regularly.
The branch accounts were examined by all committee members at the meeting, and are available for viewing if required by contacting Nigel Cole.
Jack Last, our Chairman, was presented with a birthday cake - his birthday being on 16th July. Here he is with his cake:
The legendary Mr Jack Last
2009 Players Awards Evening - 3 May 2009
Nigel, Jean, Jack, and Di from the Bury St. Edmunds branch committee attended the Ipswich Town F.C. Supporters Club Players Awards evening at Greshams Sports & Social Club in Ipswich during the evening of 3rd May 2009, after the Coventry City home match.
A brilliant time was had by all.
The Player of the season was Richard Wright, with David Wright second and Gareth McAuley third.
During the evening speaches were made by Simon Clegg, and Kevin Beattie.
Tankards were presented to players who made their first team debuts during the 2008/9 season.
Our Bury St. Edmunds Branch Secretary / Vice Chairman Nigel Cole presented Pim Balkestein with his tankard.
Here are a few photographs taken during the evening.
Di, with Owen Garvan
Nigel, with Ivan Campo
Di, with Jon Stead
May 2009 Newsletter
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Book Launch
Nigel, Jean, Di, and Derek from the committee attended the "Ipswich Til I Die" book launch at the Town Hall in Ipswich on Wednesday 11th February 2009. It was a terrific evening, with contributors to the book in attendance as well as Richard Wright, Jonathan Walters, Micky Stockwell, and Bryan Hamilton.
Di had her photo taken with the two current players:
Di, with Richard Wright
Official Haverhill Branch Inter Branch Quiz 2009
Monday 6th April 2009 saw the Official Haverhill Branch host their 5th Annual Inter Branch Quiz at the Haverhill Bowling club. 9 teams took part with teams from Ipswich, Long Melford, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Haverhill.
Haverhill won the shield back with two of their teams in the top positions. Again Barry Miller did a great job as question master and Max Eason used his skill as an ex-Maths teacher to ensure that the score was up to date.
With a very good buffet and a draw with 27 prizes the evening went down very well with all concerned.
The Bury St Edmunds team were represented by Nigel, Jean, and Nigel's Mum and Dad.
Haverhill Event
The Official Haverhill Branch of the Ipswich Town F.C. Supporters Club were proud to be able to present a fantastic concert in Haverhill on 29th May 2009. The concert was headed by the son of the late great Matt Munro - Matt Munro Junior.
He was supported by Ian Stephens who did a tribute to Jim Reeves and by Zak who has toured professionally for many years - as well as their very own "Moggie".
Also helping out was Richard on the Guitar, from Haverhill.
It was a fabulous concert, throughly enjoyed by the 100+ audience.
Nigel, Jean, Jack, Di, and Mandy from Bury St. Edmunds were in the audience.
Bury Branch Charity Raffle - December 2008
The committee are pleased to announce that we raised £66.00 from the sale of raffle tickets on the coach on the 13th December 2008.
A further £66.00 was taken from Branch funds and cheques for this amount have been sent to the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (EACH) and to LUPUS UK.
Jean Walker was the lucky winner of the autographed football.
Thank you all for your support of the raffle, and indeed for your ongoing support of the Bury Branch of the Supporters Club.
Winter 2008 Newsletter
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Football Grounds
Here is the link to a website in which you can check the details of
football grounds - it's a great site with plenty of useful information:-
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/
Ipswich Town - The 1978 F A Cup Story
Established journalist Mel Henderson has produced an absorbing account of Ipswich Town’s first, and so far only, success in the world’s oldest knockout competition. It includes a series of exclusive interviews from all 12 Wembley heroes, illustrated with glorious photographs throughout.
For full details of this book, click HERE to view in PDF format.
Bury St. Edmunds Branch 2008 AGM - Tuesday 15th July 2008
The Bury St. Edmunds Branch held its AGM on Tuesday 15th July 2008, followed by its first committee meeting of the new season. One branch member was voted onto the committee for the 2008/9 season, that being Di Dingley who was duly elected after being proposed by Nigel Cole and seconded by Jean Walker. We all welcomed Di onto our committee and we hope she enjoys being part of a fine team!
All other committee members were elected back onto the committee for 2008/9, on-block. The meeting was followed by the first committee meeting for the 2008/9 season, and then a celebration of our Chairman Jack Last birthday with a few slices of cake!
...and here is the cake which the committee presented to Jack;
Coach Fares - Due to the massive rise in fuel costs and general running costs, we have had to raise the coach fares for the 2008/9 season, the first increase for over 4 years. Cutting's Coaches have been very kind by only passing on necessary costs in our fees for this season, for which we thank Roger and Wendy very much. The committee acknowledges the necessity in their rise in coach fees due to the rises previously mentioned - they are unavoidable unfortunately.
At this AGM we carefully scrutinised the accounts for the past season, and based on predicted coach attendance numbers and the new cost price for the coach we have set the fares for the new season as £5.50 for Adults, and £5.00 for concessions (definitions are stated in the coach section of this website).
This is a £1.00 increase on the past 4 seasons.
We believe that this increase is very reasonable based on running costs increases, and the new fares are very favourable fare in comparison to other methods of travel to and from Ipswich including parking etc.
We have however kept the one-off membership fee per season, and also the cost of one go on the raffle card on the coaches exactly the same as the previous season.
Cutting's Coaches continue to provide coaches at VERY reasonable prices, with a very reliable and friendly service. Roger and Wendy of Cutting's Coaches are very much appreciated by our branch.
Jack thanked all committee members for their hard work throughout last season, and the committee thanked Jack for his hard work and for keeping us all in order!
The branch accounts were examined by all committee members at the meeting, and are available for viewing if required by contacting Nigel Cole.
July 2008 Newsletter
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July 2008 Newsletter
Bury Town 0 Ipswich Town 3 - Weds 9th July 2008
945 people attended this match at Ram Meadow in Bury. Rain fell for much of the match played on a very good surface.
It was a good competitive match. The Ipswich Town side was made up of first team fringe players and some youth team players, whilst Bury Town included the former Ipswich Town player Kevin Horlock in their team.
The Ipswich goalscorers were Dean Bowditch, Jaime Peters, and Ed Upson.
Thank you
The committee thanks all members who supported our branch throughout the 2007/8 season, and indeed all previous seasons.
May 2008 Newsletter
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May 2008 Newsletter
Players Awards Evening - Sunday 4th May 2008
Nigel, Jack, and Jean from the committee attended the annual ITFC Players Awards evening at Portman Road on Sunday 4th May 2008.
A great evening was had by all.
The ITFC supporters player of the season for 2007/8 was Jonathan Walters, with Pablo Counago second, and Jason DeVos third.
Many players made entertaining speeches during the evening, and a fine buffet and disco was enjoyed.
Official Haverhill Branch Inter Branch Quiz 2008
On Monday 7th April 2008 the Official Haverhill Branch held their annual quiz at the Haverhill Bowls and Snooker Club.
Nigel and Jean attended this fine event, with Nigel's Mum and Dad making up the Bury "A" Team.
A full report on this superb quiz can be found by visiting the news and events page on Haverhill Branch Website - click HERE
ITFC Supporters’ Roadshow – Woodbridge, Tuesday 8th January 2008
Nigel, Jean, and Nigel's Mum and Dad attended this event at Woodbridge - a hugely enjoyable evening.
Supporters Roadshow held at Bury St. Edmunds on Wednesday 10th October 2007.
A Supporters' Roadshow took place in Bury St. Edmunds on Wednesday 10th October 2007.
During the first part of the evening David Sheepshanks, Jim Magilton, Jason DeVos, and Derek Bowden answered ITFC related questions which the audience were invited to ask.
The second part of the evening was a Question of Sport type quiz where a team of 4 supporters took on a team of 4 players. The supporters team included our very own committee member Nigel Cole, whilst the players team consisted of Alan Lee, Dan Harding, Danny Haynes, and Shane Supple.
After a titanic battle, the players team were victorious by a scoreline of 21-20.
A really great evening was superbly hosted by the legendary Simon Milton. Simon was also the quiz-master assisted by Jason DeVos.
Over 160 fans attended this event in the Athenaeum, Bury St. Edmunds.
Haverhill Branch Quiz
Nigel and Jean, and Nigel's Mum and Dad took part in the Official Haverhill Branch quiz on 1st November 2007 in Haverhill.
The quiz was excellent, with a varied range of topics well put together by Max Eason, assisted by Iain Ross.
A hugely enjoyable evening.
The Bury team came third, out of four teams.
Away Travel
If you are thinking about going to an away match at any time, please call committee member Nigel Cole (see committee page) for details on available transportation. The Bury St. Edmunds Branch does not provide transport to away matches, however Nigel can investigate methods of transport upon request. (This service does NOT include public transport).
A new book
Alasdair Ross has had a book published called Ipswich Town F.C. Programme guide.
It lists all Ipswich Town programmes from 1936 to the present day.
It costs £9.00 including postage.
To obtain a copy, send a cheque for £9.00 made payable to A Ross, to:-
Alasdair Ross
58 Lonsdale Close
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 4HD
Alasdair also runs an Ipswich Programme and Memorabilia club, which has over 100 members.
It is
£5 to join and for that you get 4 issues of club magazine- "Town Collectables"
Please contact Alasdair on the address above for further details.
Here is the front cover of the book:
Launch of the Official Haverhill Branch website
The Official Haverhill Branch launched its website on 11/09/07.
Here is the link to their site:
http://www.itfcsupportersofficialhaverhillbranch.co.uk
The Bury St. Edmunds and the Official Haverhill Branches have always worked very close with each another - supporting each others events, traveling to away matches, and promoting each others branch.
It is with great pleasure that Nigel Cole from the Bury St. Edmunds committee designed the Official Haverhill site for our very good friends in the far West of the region.
If you know of any ITFC supporters who travel to matches from the Haverhill area, please inform them of the Official Haverhill Branch who provides travel to Ipswich Town home matches from Haverhill, Clare, and Cavendish.
Welcome Home - our treasurer Al Garza
On 11th August our treasurer Al Garza was welcomed back home to the UK by his friends on the home coach to Ipswich.
Ipswich Town 2 Panathinaikos 0 - Sunday 5th August 2007
Just over 8000 fans attended this match at a very sunny and hot Portman Road, including a several members from our Bury St Edmunds Branch and some friends from the Haverhill Branch who traveled on a coach organised by committee member David Broomfield.
It was an entertaining and very watchable friendly match, with some encouraging performances from several players - particularly Alex Bruce and Pablo Counago.
Pablo scored both goals, in the first half.
The second half was marred by a bad looking injury to Gavin Williams.
The referee was the Premiership referee Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
Bury Town 1 Ipswich Town 6 - Friday 27th July 2007
1926 people attended this match at Ram Meadow in Bury. They were treated to a decent game of football played in good conditions on a very fine playing surface. The Ipswich scorers were Billy Clarke (3), Danny Haynes, Owen Garvan (pictured) and Kurt Robinson, with Scott Chaplin scoring for the hosts. Several Bury Branch members were at the game.
The referee was Richard Beevor (Norfolk).
Ian Miller captained Ipswich against his former club, before his 4 month loan period with Darlington commences.
The Bury Branch wishes Ian the very best of luck with his career development at Darlington.
Kettering Town 1 Ipswich Town 3 - Thursday 12th July 2007
Nigel and Jean of the committee were in the 639 crowd at this match at Rockingham Road in Kettering.
We braved the rush-hour traffic around Cambridge and Huntingdon in order to give support to the Super-Blues.
Ipswich won 3-1, with second half goals from George O'Callaghan, Billy Clarke, and Michael Synott.
The journey home to Bury took much less time than the journey to Northamptonshire!
Nigel had visited this ground before, when Ipswich won 5-0 there in a pre-season match in the mid-90's.
I remember Micky Stockwell's long-range strike as if it were yesterday.
Anorak fact: - the same referee refereed both matches - Andy Woolmer (Northampton).
Branch Accounts - Freedom of Information
Any members wishing to view the branch accounts are free to do so. Please contact Nigel Cole 01284 766103 should you wish to.