The first of the pre season friendlies has been arranged with Ayr United
coming to Seaview on Saturday 19 July 2008 with a 3pm kick off.
NEW SHIRT SPONSOR
Unfortunately Rea Estates have had to pull out of the back of shirt
sponsorship purely for business reasons in the present economic state of the
housing market, we take this opportunity of thanking Rea Estates for their
sponsorship over the past eighteen months and hope to link up with them when
the market situation improves. To William and Johnny thanks a lot and we are
delighted that they have agreed to stay on as ground advertisers. Please
support all our advertisers where possible.
In the meantime we are delighted to announce that RITE PRICE will be taking
over the back of the shirt sponsorship from 1st July and we are very
grateful to Andy Shankelton and his staff for agreeing to come on board in
this way. We look forward to a successful relationship with Rite Price in
the years ahead.
We are still in the market for another shirt sleeve advertiser and at
present are talking to a number of Companies in a view to them taking on
this type of advertising.
CRUSADERS SOCIAL CLUB
For the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United
and Chelsea on Wednesday 21 May 2008 their is a special night arranged in
the Social Club for this eagerly looked forward to game.
From 7pm to 9pm special promotion of all pints served at £1.50 and at half
time in the game a free bowl of stew will be served to all customers.
Come along early and book your seat for what should be a great match.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting will be held in Crusaders Social Club Upstairs
Lounge on Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 8pm. Please have Season Ticket for entry to
Meeting.
MANY THANKS
Thanks to all the players and supporters who turned up to make a success of
the Podium-4-Sport 5-a-side competition. A good night was had by all even by
John Alexander despite a vicious assault on him by Davy "Chopper" Rainey.
Thanks also to Davy Redfern and Brian Turkington for refereeing all the
matches. We hope following this success to make this an annual event with
even more supporters taking part to raise valuable funds for the club. Below
is the winning team captained by Davy "Bites Yer Legs" Rainey.
This picture was taken just minutes after Alistair 'I love Aled' Montgomery
had his bib surgically removed under local anathestic.
ANOTHER SIGNING
Stephen Baxter today (29th April) confirmed the signing of Aaron Black from
Larne. We beat off competition from a number of clubs to get his signature.
It shows the talented central midfielder has impeccable taste........ We
wish Aaron all the best with his Crusaders career and hope it is a long and
fruitful one.
STATEMENT FROM CRUSADERS F.C. Re LETTER CIRCULATED BY LOUGHSIDE F.C.
Manager Stephen Baxter has wasted no time in strengthening his squad for
next season, when he won the race for the signature of Gareth McKeown of
Portadown. Gareth had been attracting the interest of Newry City, Glenavon
and Glentoran but Gareth has opted for the Crues and signed this afternoon.
Stephen sees Gareth as a major signing for next season Gareth's previous
clubs before Portadown were Derby County, Ards and Lisburn Distillery. He
was actually in the Derby County squad, although he didn't play against
Crusaders in the Testimonial game for Glenn Dunlop a number of seasons ago.
We welcome Gareth to the Club and wish him well in his Crusaders career.
YOUTH TRIALS
Details of the trials for Crusaders Youth can be seen by clicking on the
"Youth Section" tab to the left.
Also note the link to the new Crusaders youth website which will be totally
live from 1st May
SPECIAL OFFER FROM NATIONAL WINDSCREENS
National Windscreens Marketing Manager Helen Kyte has negotiated a special
deal for Crusaders this week, anyone requiring repair to glassware connected
with the Company collect a slip from Crusaders and take to your nearest
National Windscreen Depot. For every customer bring the slip Crusaders will
receive £10, this is a great way to help both Club and National Windscreens
and hopefully the offer will be a very successful venture. Slips can be
obtained from Harry Davison or Norman Coleman at the Club or contact 07742
894067
A new concept in the Saturday Morning Soccer School begins on Saturday 5th
April 2008 in the High Performance Centre, University of Ulster Jordanstown.
In the indoor section the Munchkins 5, 6 & 7 year old boys and girls from
10am to 11am have their coaching session and the mini hatchets 8, 9 10 & 11
year old boys and girls have their session of expert coaching from 11am to
12 noon.
To join up in this exciting facility please contact Alex Crossley at
07813110187.
The normal Saturday morning session from 10am to 11 am at Loughside Leisure
Centre will also be taking place as normal each week until end of the
season.
NORTHCOTT / CRUSADERS CHALLENGE
The Annual Northcott/Crusaders Challenge has been arranged for Wednesday 14
May in Valley Leisure Centre starting around 10.30am.
This popular event now in year twelve attracts around 30 schools taking part
in both boys and girls tournaments and is eagerly looked forward to each
year.
CRUSADERS SATURDAY MORNING
SOCCER SCHOOL
The Crusaders Saturday Morning Soccer School starts up again this Saturday
at Loughside Leisure Centre from 10am - 11am all boys and girls aged from
year to 11 are very welcome to come along. If you require further
information please contact Y.D.O. Alex Crossley 07813110187 for further
details.
Alex has also got the Ladies section of Crusaders now under way and has been
awarded a support for sport award from Belfast City Council for the
development of Ladies Football within the Club, again please contact Alex
for further information. There is an Under 12 and Under 14 section and
hopefully a senior team for the new season in 2008
Appeal For
Stewards & Stiles Operators
We are very short of stewards.
As Health & Safety regulations become increasingly stiffer we are in the
position that we simply don't have enough stewards to marshal matches to an
adequate standard. We are asking anyone who is interested in helping out
with this very important role to contact Stephen Bell on
07968814239. This is particularly necessary for
the "bigger" matches that will obviously attract larger crowds. The bottom
line is that if we can't provide an adequate amount of stewards we will have
to pay for outside stewards and these are very expensive. This is money that
we can ill afford and would be a waste when there must be Crues fans out
there who can do their bit.
Again we need people to
operate the turnstiles on match days. As with the stewards it is getting
more and more difficult to get folk to fill this vital role. Again the
bigger matches need more people on the stiles. So if you can help out in a
small way please ring Stephen on the above number and let him know how you
can help.
