Farnborough Supporters Trust

The 50/50 draw at the Merthyr match was jointly won by Mark Sanders and Stirling Robertson (they share their tickets) whose ticket number 12971 won them the £114 prize. Thanks to all fans who bought 50/50 tickets.

The Ground Development bucket collection raised a further £66.86p. Thanks to Mickey for his efforts collecting and to all fans who contributed.

The Platinum Lounge 'Guess the Gate' was not run as Rob Matheson was canvassing sponsorship for his ride to Hemel Hempstead!

FaST Programme notes – Merthyr Tydfill, March 13 2010

Rob’s Raise the Roof Ride – 40 miles to Hemel Hempstead!

 With all the recent postponements, it’s still three home games in, and Rob’s ride total has moved up to £1500. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks to anyone who has taken sponsorship forms home or to work – plenty of time to complete them before we need to call them in.

 Last time we heard about Rob’s love of cycling – now read above his love of Farnborough FC.

 “I first started watching Farnborough back in 1976 and can remember when the ground was first built as I used to pass it every day on my way to school; I was 11 years old at the time. There was a rope to mark the perimeter of the pitch and there were no floodlights. People ask me now whom I support and it’s just Farnborough, no premiership teams or anything like that. I’ve got my dad to thank for bringing me along to those early games because he too just supported Farnborough, no one else.

Harvey has been going to games since he was 2 years old; his first game was the one nil home victory over Basingstoke. Most people would recognise us as he was always on my shoulders. In fact we did the Fleet sponsored walk with Harvey on my shoulders! He’s coming up for seven now and is absolutely Farnborough crazy - highlights for him on a match day are the electronic score board and Dean McDonalds trickery! “

Your sponsorship will be for the entire ride, although you are welcome to pledge per mile (Rob’s still to drive the course and work out his exact non-motorway route!) and there is no minimum limit. All donations will be acknowledged and, in the extremely unlikely event that he fails to finish, will be refunded.

You may find it easier to donate online. For this purpose we have set up a Paypal account using our regular email address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   . Simply log on to Paypal (set up an account if you don’t already have one) and send your sponsorship to this email address where it will be quickly acknowledged.

Away travel

RUGBY, Saturday March 20  Coach leaves - 12:00 noon, FaST members £17; Non-members £19; Under 16 £9

Coach seats can be booked today for each of these games at the 50/50 table. Remember, these are all MAXIMUM prices. Once the minimum number needed to run the coach has been exceeded, all bookings reduce in price and, as regular travellers know, can become absolute bargains.

Enjoy today’s game and COME ON YOU YELLOWWSSAA!!

David Hughes

http://www.farnboroughtrust.org.uk  Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone 01276 28354, fax 01276 24595

The 50/50 draw at the Evesham match was won by Hazel Viveash whose ticket number 12826 won her the £97 prize. Hazel was kind enough to donate £27 of her prize back to the Ground Development Funds. Thanks to all fans who bought 50/50 tickets.

The Ground Development bucket collection raised a further £93.57p. Thanks to Mickey and John for their efforts collecting and to all fans who contributed.

The Platinum Lounge 'Guess the Gate' raised £60 and two guesses were one out with 675! Malcolm Upward and Glynn Evans won £15 each and Glynn kindly donated his winning back so a further £45 are heading towards the Ground Development funds. Thanks to Garry for running the competition and all those who took part.