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Weekly Bulletin |
Sunday 26 July 2009
Issue No. 1962
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Annual Appointments & Awards |
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Bulletins Back. After the close season break we have resumed publication today.
Annual Awards. Our Annual Awards were announced at our Annual General
Meeting on Sunday 21 June 2009. Winners were as follows with the presentations
to be made at our first home game of the forthcoming season: Dick Brown Memorial
Trophy — presented annually to the member who has done most for the Club over
the past Season, was won by Groundsman George J Aitken. George, ably assisted by
Gordon Laing, keeps Crombie Park in wonderful condition. Our Ground earns praise
from far and near from visiting Clubs. In his previous spell with Culter, also
in the capacity as Groundsman, George previously won this trophy twice - in
1972/73 and in 1982/83. Player of the Year — Larry Barclay Trophy. Team Captain
Murray Rattray says “Allan ‘Alfie’ Youngson joined Culter from Inverurie Locos
last summer and immediately made an impact. Alfie is considered to be one of the
best players in the Junior Leagues. Alfie contributed significantly to last
season’s exploits scoring 16 goals on the way. Further to his goal scoring
record is his ability to see opportunities which is matched by his wide range of
passing. Never short of an opinion or a comment, this is borne from his thirst
to win, which can only be considered an asset, however, not sure the referees
would agree!!! Congratulations on a fantastic season and here’s wishing you many
more to come with Culter”.
AGM Appointment. We are pleased to welcome former Team Captain Gordon W
Thomson, now a loyal supporter, to our select list of Honorary Vice Presidents.
Committee Composition. At our Annual General Meeting on Sunday 21 June
2009 the following Office Bearers and Committee for Season 2009/2010 were
elected as follows:-
President - D A Jamieson; Vice President - I McKenzie, General Secretary &
Treasurer - A J Moir; Team Secretary and SJFNNRJFA Correspondent — A Johnstone:
Joint Team Managers - A Gibson and G Thow: Coach/Trainer (First Aid) - M
Rattray; Pavilion Convenor - M DiMalo; Junior FA Representative -D A Jamieson;
Deputy Junior FA Representative - K Henderson; General Committee Members - S
Davidson, E J Duncan, G Morrison and US Officer; Players’ Representative - M
Rattray
Committee Changes. There were significant changes in our Committee as
will be seen from the above appointments. We thank outgoing Team Manager Bobby
Gray for his outstanding service since he joined us nearly 10 years ago in
December 1999. Bobby will be a hard act to follow particularly winning the
Superleague in 4 successive seasons. Our best wishes go to Andy and Gary in
their challenging new role with Murray adding Coach/Trainer (First Aid) to his
duties. Many thanks also to Gus for taking over the important task of Team
Secretary whilst we are very grateful to Kenny for his past service in this
capacity and we are delighted that he is continuing as a Committee Member.
Committee Convenes. The first meeting of the 200912010 season Committee
will be held in Crombie Park Pavilion, Culter on Wednesday 29 July 2009
commencing at 7.00 p.m.
John’s June JQy Congratulations go to our Goalkeeper John Farquhar who was
married to Julie on Saturday 6 June 2009. Our best wishes go to John and Julie
for a long and happy future together.
Birthday Boy. Congratulations go to our Committee Member Kenny Henderson
who celebrated his 50th Birthday on July 2009. Many Happy Returns Kenny!
Supporter Sadness. We were deeply saddened by the news of the passing of
loyal supporter George Sorbie on Monday 13 July 2O09 George was a keen Culter FC
follower who regularly donated fine Bottles of Whisky for 1 Prizes in our Match
Raffles. He suffered from ill health for some time but kept coming back to cheer
the team on whenever he was able to attend. George will be sorely missed.
Cup Competions, Initial Cup Draws for new Season 2009/2010 have resulted as follows for Culter and are being played on the dates show below:
Grill League Cup:
Section 4 — Parkvale, Buchanhaven Hearts, Culter and New Elgin
GA Engineering NorthTayside Inter Regional Cup: Preliminary Round — Culter v
Cruden Bay
(at Crombie Park, Culter) 1t Round — Culter or Cruden Bay v FC Stonevwood or
Dyce Jnrs
North Regional Cup: First Round — Culter v Banchory St Ternan (at Crombie Park,
Culter)
Forthcoming Fixtures
Grill League Cup Section 4
Saturday 1 August 2009 v New Elgin (at Crombie Park, Culter) KO 2.30 p.m. Ref:
Calurn Spence
Saturday 8 August 2009 v Buchanhaven Hearts (at Raemoss Park, Peterhead) KO 2,30
p.m.
Saturday 15 August2009 v Parkvale (at Findon Park, Portlethen) Kick Off 2.30
p.m.
Superleague
Tues4 Aug 2009 v Hall Russell Utd (at Crombie Park, Culter) KO 7.15 p.m. Ref:
Roddy Cobb
Tuesday 11 August 2009 v Lewis Utd (at Chris Anderson Stadium, Aberdeen) KO 7.00
p.m.
Wednesday 19 August 2009 v Banchory St Ternan (at Crombie Park, Culter) KO 6.45
p.m.
Saturday 22 August 2009 v Longside (at Davtdson Park, Longside) Kick Off 2.3G
p.m.
Saturday 5 September 2009 v FC Stoneywood (at Crombie Park, Culter) Kick Off
2.30 p.m.
Saturday 12 September 2009 v Ellon United (at The Meadows, EHon) Kick Off 2.30
pm
Saturday 19 September2009 v Banks o’ Dee (at Spain Park, Aberdeen) Kick Off 2.30
p.m.
GA Engineering Inter Regional Cup Preliminary Round
Saturday 29 August 2009 v Cruden Bay (at Crombie Park, Culter) KO 2.15 p.m. —
P.T.A.F.
North Regional Cup 1 Round
Saturday 26 September 2009 v Banchory St Ternan (at Crombie Park, Culter) KO
2.15 PTAF
Draw Date. After the close season break our Lottery resumes with tickets
dated Saturday 1 August 2009. The starting Prize is £3300. The numbers available
for selection continue for this draw, i.e. 1 to 15 and will remain at I to 15
until the lottery is won.
Friend!y Fixturo. Our tc fhendly fixtures resulted as follows: -
Tuesday 21 Juy 2009 Culter 1 v Stonehaven 0 (at Crombie Park, Culter) Ref:
Martin Kerrigan Murray Rattray’s summary is as follows:“After a number of weeks
of training the preseason games finally got underway against fellow Junior side
Stonehaven. Culter blooded all of their new signings in a game which was played
at a reasonably high tempo. The game was played in what turned out to be
terrible conditions with the weather being more akin to a cold wet day in
January than an evening in July. The final scored ended up 1-0 to Culter and new
signing Alan Smith scoring the only goal. The next game is against Huntly at
Christie Park which we certainly offer a greater challenge”
Saturday 25 July 2009. Huntly 4 v Culter 1 (at Christie Park, Huntly) Ref:
Thomas Shaw. Huntly were two goals ahead after only 3 minutes had been played
through a Stuart Soane penalty after John Farquhar brought down Myles Brownhill
and after the restart Craig Dorrat broke through to fire home. Culter were
denied when Ross Bremner blocked a close range try by Alan Smith and the ball
broke to Martin Cooper whose try hit the post. Huntly almost went further ahead
but Myles Brownhill's shot also hit the post. Culter came back into contention
in 34 minutes when Richard Wyness scored and Cohn Craik almost equahised but his
try went narrowly over the bar. Half Time: Huntly 2 v Culter 1.
Soon after the interval Richard Wyness came near but his shot was held by Ross
Bremner, Myles Brownhill increased Huntly’s lead by heading home a 57th minute
corner. The home team’s 4th goal was netted by Michael Ewen after 67 minutes had
been played. Chris Mountford had two late tries hut was denied through great
saves by Ross Bremner