Supporters Club
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Some Members may not
have heard but the Supporters Club Player of the Year was Sean
Raggett and the good news is that he has signed a new contract to
stay at Fratton Park.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
An invitation to you as
a valued Member of this Supporters Club
Thursday 7th July 2022
from 7.30pm including presentations,
question and answer sessions, local charity donation, election of
Officers and Committee Members for 2022/23 and all other relevant
matters at
Yelfs Hotel, Union Street, Ryde
The Annual General Meeting
(AGM) is an important event in our calendar. It is when you, as
Members, elect or re-elect the Officers (i.e. Chairman, Treasurer,
Secretary, etc) and other Committee Members, agree on the annual
subscription fees, plan our fundraising for the coming season and
discuss and update on various other issues including away travel and
sponsorship of individual players and also look at the possible
launch of new Supporters Club memorabilia including a brand new
lapel badge. As you all know the main aim of the Isle of Wight
Pompey Supporters Club is to promote Portsmouth FC and for the
benefit of our own supporters here on the Island.
Please note that during
the first part of the meeting we’ll be making a presentation, on
behalf of your Supporters Club, of £1500 to your preferred local
charity for 2021/22. The local charity is yet to be determined (see
below). We like to involve as many Members as possible for part
of the ‘photo-shoot’ and to get us some positive local press
coverage, so please feel free to get involved.
Other than the presentation Members may also wish to note that
representatives of the Football Club have promised to come over
to meet supporters and discuss latest developments at Fratton Park,
both on and off the pitch. The usual practice is that
prior to the actual business part of the meeting, time will be
given over to them for a short address and/or a question and answer
session. This will inevitably take place early in the meeting
because of the wholly inadequate service provided by Wightlink in
terms of the last sailing back to the mainland.
It would be fair to say
that your Supporters Club has remained strong and united through
‘thick and thin’ in the last ten years or so. This season we had
a membership of well over 200.
Important.
Please Read.
You will have noted
above that we have not yet selected our local charity for the
IWPSC donation for 2021/22. We have had one two nominations but
our tradition is that this should be the Members’ choice.
In a slight change we
intend to choose a local charity for the season just gone and
the one for next season 2022/23. The idea is that when we have
fundraising events Members will know the charity we are raising
money for; something that seems more sensible.
If you would like to nominate a local
charity will you please let the Chairman know by emailing
him at
chris.hougham@gmx.com. If you
could give us any supporting information or contact details it
would be very helpful. Simple enough so we’ll allow up to the
20th June to receive nominations. We will then
have a quick ballot to decide which charity should receive the
donation; hopefully giving us time to contact them so that they
can come along to the meeting for a presentation.
We understand that with the pandemic,
energy prices, cost of living crisis that things have been
difficult for many of you (and likely to get more difficult) and
this was reflected in the numbers who attended the last race
night, which was disappointing. However our AGM is traditionally
a well attended event and we hope that as many of you as
possible can get on the 7th July and make it a
successful evening.
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