Social Club

A limited number of tickets are still available by contacting the club or an official.
The comedian for the evening will be Mick Walker a fascinating character with a wealth of show business experience.
In the 60’s he worked in various bands such as The Redcaps playing bass and gradually introducing his own brand of stand-up comedy into the shows.
In 1966 Mick managed Birmingham’s famous “Rum Runner Club” where he produced and presented shows with such artists as Tom Jones, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry and Lulu to name but a few.

In 1969 he formed his own Comedy Jazz Trio doing a 10-month season at the Pigalle Club in London’s Piccadilly and then touring the British Cabaret Circuit. During this time, due to is long standing interest and participation in Amateur Boxing, Mick started to fit in film and TV stunt work whenever possible.

After finishing a cabaret season on the Cruise Liner Q.E.ll, which sailed from New York to the Caribbean, the trio returned to Britain where upon Mick suffered serious injuries falling from a cliff in the North of England, and the act broke up.
After six months in the hospital Mick went into the rock band management and production industry in England and Europe and eventually South America, where he spent 2 years based in Bogotá Columbia.
He returned to England in 1976 and began working for John Reid Enterprises as personal bodyguard for Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Kiki Dee. Mick moved to Spain’s Costa Del Sol in 1982 as head of entertainments for the Pontinental Holiday Circuit.
Two years later Mick moved back to England working as a stand-up comedian and doing various. T.V shows for the BBC with Tom O’ Connor doing comedy character parts, and working the cabaret circuit until 1987 when he returned to Spain and successfully managed various hotels and clubs.
Mick is now back in Britain and is in great demand on the corporate/after dinner circuit specialising in sporting dinners.

Steve Bull Signs For Newtown - Dont Miss It!
Wednesday, February 16
Wolves and England legend Steve Bull has signed for Newtown.
The former Wolves hero is to be guest speaker at a sportsman's lunch to take place at the club on Sunday, April 10.
Bull will appear alongside Midlands comic Ian Sludge Lees in the Trevor Jones suite.
Tickets for the event are on sale at £22 per head. Contact the clkubhouse on 01686 626159, Roy Eagles on 07970 957457 or Gareth Owen on 07790 663039 or any club official.

Social club chairman Paul Jewell presented a donation of £500 to NFC Chairman Mike Jones. The Money was raised over christmas and the new year. Thanks were given to all the Social club Committee members who are working hard to bring money and people into the club

Social Club's Hectic Programme Planned
The Social Club Committee has been busy organising events for the next few months.
On Friday February 4 or Wales’ opening game against England in the Six nations we will be doing Pie and a Pint for £3.50.

On March 26th Wales plays England in their group “G” Euro2012 Qualifier, tickets are available from the club and a coach is being organised. For more information please contact myself.
On April 24 we will be having our Annual Easter egg hunt, full details to follow please look out for posters around the club.

Friday,April 29th there will be a special Royal wedding celebration and Party, we will be looking to bring back some of the community spirit that has been shown over the years with a BBQ, Bouncy castle and a street style party.

The Friday night bingo is going well Unfortunately there is no bingo tonight as we have an important game on against Airbus. Normal Bingo will resume 7:30 on the 28th where the bingo Snowball will be over £210.

The Social members draw , as promised, was drawn until we had a winner on New years eve. The members draw will go ahead as normal after tonight's match with one lucky member could win £40

The Social club committee are looking to invite members to join them. The time needed would be around 3 hrs a month plus participation on organised events.In return you will get the opportunity to suggest, run and organise events at the club. A valid input into the social events. Meet new friends. Have a laugh. Play Bingo. Be involved in membership ideas.

Christmas Draw Winners
Winners of the annual Christmas Draw were:
£500 Graham Hamer - T.G.Hamer Crane Hire, Oakley Park, Llanidloes
£200 Ben Pearse - VP Club, Newtown
£100 Melanie Corfield - Morgan Groffith Accountants

Fun Filled Night For New Year's Eve
Thursday, December 30
The Social Club Committee have organised a fun filled night to celebrate the New Year.Starting from 7:30pm on the 31st of December all families, members and non members are invited to Newtown Football Club to join in the fun and activities."We have a fun filled night planned, with a lot of cash being handed out. With the potential of over £1750 of prize money to be won. "said Social Club Chairman Paul Jewell "The weekly social members Draw now stands at £130 this money will be guaranteed to go, as we will keep drawing member’s names until we have a winner in the club.” Previous winners are listed below“We will also be doing the Robins Christmas Draw which was originally going to be done on Christmas Eve but had to be postponed due to the weather. Tickets have been on sale during December and have gone extremely well. With 3 main cash prizes of £500, £200 and £100 we should be making a lot of people happy."
Paul added "In addition to all the prize money we will still be doing our Friday night bingo and our current snowball stands at £170, Last Friday we handed out over £180 to full house winners as well as many prizes for 1 and 2 lines. The bingo is fun but with decent prizes up for grabs it gets busier every week. Finally the weekly Robins Tote will be drawn with a guaranteed £165 and a potential snowball of £500"Paul continued "There will be plenty of activities for the children as well, with family films being shown and classics games planned the whole family should have a great night. In addition Snacks will be available and light music will be played in the main hall with a good chance of some dancing breaking out during the night."On behalf of the Social club Committee We would like to thank everyone for their support and wish you all a Happy New Year.

Social Members Draw results
Week 1 – Linda Andrews L138 (unclaimed)
Week 2 – John Lloyd L36 (unclaimed)
Week 3 – Sue Jerman L1070 (Winner £40)
Week 4 – Nigel Blaney VPA223 (Unclaimed)
Week 5 - Shirley Reynolds VPL68 (unclaimed)
Week 6 – Elwyn Preece L120 (Unclaimed)
Week 7 – Derek Morgan L97 (unclaimed)
Week 8 – John Bowen L04 (Unclaimed)
Week 9 - Nicky Preece L0304(Unclaimed)
Week 10 - Sandra Lloyd L37(Unclaimed)
Week 11 - Michael Richards A203(Unclaimed)
Week 12 - Stuart Hall A202(Unclaimed)
Week 13 - Graham Marston VPA222(unclaimed)
Members draw Now stands at - £130
Robins Christmas Draw
                                            1st prize - £500
                                            2nd prize - £200
                                            3rd prize - £100
Bingo Snowball - £170
Weekly Tote
                                1st prize - £100
                                2nd prize - £30
                                3rd prize - £20
                                4th prize - £10
                                5th prize - £5
Snowball stands at £500

Vegas Night Tickets On Sale & Bingo Results
Tuesday, November 16
Tickets have gone on sale for the Vegas Night that has been arranged for Saturday, November 20th at 7:30pm after the Neath game.
Players from both sides have been invited as have all our sponsors for the day, Tickets are limited so please order yours as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
All are welcome and as a special offer Social club members will receive a £2 discount. Ticket cost is just £12 for none members.

Social Members Draw results

Week 1 – Linda Andrews L138 (unclaimed)

Week 2 – John Lloyd L36 (unclaimed)

Week 3 – Sue Jerman L1070 (Winner £40)

Week 4 – Nigel Blaney VPA223 (Unclaimed)

Week 5 - Shirley Reynolds VPL68 (unclaimed)

Week 6 – Elwyn Preece L120 (Unclaimed)

Week 7 – Derek Morgan L97 (unclaimed)

Week 8 – John Bowen L04 (Unclaimed)

Next Draw

Friday 19th November

Draw now stands at

£70

We look forward to seeing you all at the Bingo and Vegas nights.

Halloween approaches and on Sunday 31st of October after the Aberystwyth game there will be our traditional Halloween kids disco.
Lots of fun party games have been organised, why not turn up in horror fancy dress for the Aber game and then stop and join in the fun.
And on the 20th of November there will be a Vegas style night with lots of excellent prizes available. Full details to follow.
There are still some new social membership Cards ready for collection from the club. The Friday night bingo is going well .

The Social members draw Was won by Sue Jerman in week 3.
See below for draw winners who unfortunately were not in the club at the time of the draw. Just a reminder there are over 250 existing members that have not returned their application forms yet.
Remember with out the social membership card existing members will not be able to take full advantage of all the offers the Social Club Committee has arranged for you.

Linda Misses Chance To Win £20
Tuesday, September 28
The first social members draw was held on Friday, September 24 when the prize money stood at £20. The draw was made and membership L138 was drawn out.Unfortunately Linda Andrews, the lucky number holder, was not present at the time of the draw so the prize money rolls over to the next draw on Friday 1^st of October after completion of the bingo.Prize money now stands at £30.

Message From The Social Club Chairman
Friday, September 24

Dear Social Club Member

Thank you for returning your application forms for the new social club member’s card.

You should have received the card by now and we would like you to take full advantage of the offers available to you.

- 5% discount at Thomsons Travel agents Newtown. This offer is open to all social club members; your member’s card must be shown and can not be used in conjunction with any other offers or promotions. The discount is subject to Thomsons own terms and conditions and is only available by visiting the Newtown branch.

- 10% discount at the Snack Shop, Pryce Jones, Membership cards must be shown at time of purchase.

- £1 discount on admission to Newtown AFC home games. This offer is only available and runs in conjunction with the match day tokens which can be obtained at the table in Bear lanes between the hours of 10:30am and 12:30pm every Saturday before our home games. Discount will only be given at time of entry at one of our turnstiles. Membership cards and match day tokens must be shown

- Discount to social club organised events, member’s cards must be shown and tickets purchased in advance, full price must be paid on night of event.

- Discount on room hire, this is only available after completion of 6months membership.

- Free entry into the Social Members draw. Although entered into the draw any prizes won can only be claimed at the time of the draw. And the member’s card must be shown.

Bingo Night At Latham Park On Fridays
Tuesday, September21
Newtown AFC Social club will be holding a bingo night every Friday at 7:30pm from the 24th of September.
This will be followed by a weekly members draw. All social club members are entered into the draw with the weekly winner being announced after the Bingo. Winners will have to be in the club to collect their winnings on the night otherwise the money will roll over to the next week. Starting this Friday the pot stands at £20 and £10 will be added each week until the winning member is there to collect, a guaranteed payout draw will be done on New Years Eve which could reach a maximum of £520 each year.

Everyone is welcome to join in the fun of the Bingo, and the more that turn up the larger the Prizes, Anyone can apply to be a social club member and new applications will be welcomed, Membership starts from as little as £6 per annum and includes entry into the social members draw.

Full minutes of the meeting are available on the Social club notice board.

“I will start by thanking all of you for your support over the last 12 months; we have gone through some tough times together and some very enjoyable times," he told the meeting.

"This year has been a learning curve for all of us but I believe we have come through with flying colours.

"It is always difficult to introduce changes, but the way we have gone about implementing these changes has been a credit to you all and has been epitomised by the support and thanks we have received from the vice presidents, the board , social club members and all that have come to the club.

"We have organised some very successful events.

-FA BBQ

-Children’s Halloween

-Adults Halloween

-Children’s Christmas party

-New years eve party

-Easter weekend

-Sports relief weekend

-Presentation Evening

-Membership weekend

"I think we have got better and better as we gone along, the Presentation evening was superb and some of the comments that have been made about the evening should put a smile on all your faces as it simply was one of the best organised events we have had in the club in years.

"When we started out 12 months ago we had a mission statement - To promote, organise, encourage, assist and sustain the social wellbeing of Newtown AFC.

"We have achieved this and will continue improving the social wellbeing of Newtown AFC

"When I look to the future of the social club committee, I believe we have to keep doing what we are doing now and keep improving.

"The ideas that have come from around this table just excite me and I am looking forward to the Vegas evening, bingo and social members draw, these are examples of what the social club committee is all about and they should excite all members

"I don’t want to thank individuals as we have worked as a team and that is important, but I do have to thank Nicky and Ruth our secretary and treasurer as they are both stepping down." Officers elected were: chairman, Paul Jewel, secretary, Ruth Eagles, treasurer, Sue Jerman.

Please remember anyone who has not returned their form for the new membership card will not be able to take advantage of the many benefits we have on offer, Including up to 5% discount on all your holidays at Thompsons travel agents Newtown, 10% discount at The Snack Bar, Pryce Jones Store, Discount on entry into the ground on match days and discount on Social club organised events and many other benefits..Full details will be released soon and are subject to terms and conditions.

Open Weekend At Mid Wales Leisure Latham Park
Wednesday, July 28
Newtown AFC Social Club committee would like to invite you to their opening weekend at Newtown Football Club on August 6-8.
Whether you’re a life member, yearly member, youth member or a non member you are welcome to join in on this weekend.

We have lots going on to suit all ages, starting on the evening of Friday 6th when there is an Ann Summers Evening. The evening starts at 7.30pm and the proceeds from this will be going to Breast Cancer Care Wales, which is the Newtown Ladies Team adopted Charity for this year

On Saturday 7th the 2010-11 season’s 1st Team line up play their first friendly on home ground against Northwich Victoria. Newtown Marching Corps have agreed to come along and add to the holiday feel for this day.
The Bar is open at 12pm and gives those who haven’t been to Latham Park before the opportunity to view the facilities The Latham Centre has for holding a number of different events. Kick Off is at 2.30pm.

Sunday 8th is an open Bar B Que, once again this is open to everybody and the ones we have held in the past have proved very popular. Bring the Kids along, we have a bouncy castle to keep them occupied while you kick back and relax.

We will also be launching our new membership drive this weekend please ask any of the Social Club Committee for details about joining. They will be recognised by their badges.

Lloyd a Hit with Mid Wales Fans
Lloyd Daniels, the X-Factor star gave over 270 screaming fans a night to remember at Newtown Football Club with a great performance on Friday evening. Mentored by Cheryl Cole, Lloyd, from South Wales, was voted out of the show on the public vote alone after performing Take That’s A Million Love Songs and the Elton John classic I’m Still Standing. But despite missing out on taking the X Factor 2009 crown, he is becoming a popular name in the music world with fans flocking to see him and fan mail piling through his door.

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Sport Relief Update
Robins Social Club organised two days of events in aid of this year Sport Relief and raised £400 in spite the rain and poor turn out.
Thursday

The fun began on Thursday evening. There were over 200 balloons to be blown up and who better to blow them up than the youngsters from the Youth Pool League while waiting for their games those that got involved seem to have a great time

Robins Run

Friday 19^th saw the Robins Run which consisted of 5 circuits of the Robins home ground which is just over 1 mile. All were invited to take part and Powys Dance a local community group who use the Clubs facilities kicked off the fundraising after their class. 34 of them did a circuit making their accumulative miles as approximately 7 miles and donated their class subs to the collection and afterwards enjoyed cakes as a celebration.

The main event started at 5pm with 13 of the Whitestars coming to join in. Mike Jones the Clubs Chairman came down and started the lads on their way with parents cheering them on in the rain.

Next we had some of the Newtown Ladies do their mile although they ended up doing 6 circuits as somebody miscounted.

While all this was going on outdoors we had a number of things set up in the club house. We had had hoped to have people playing pool but due to a misunderstanding this was not publicised well. However, we did have quizzes and competitions which people got involved in and the atmosphere was good all evening.

Some of Newtown Marching Corps came down to support the event and practiced in the function room as it was so wet out side. They did however did some practice in the rain.

Newtown played Prestatyn and Lembit Opik was invited by the Social Club to attend. He spent his afternoon in the Sponsors Lounge looked after by Roy and Kevin and then at half time took the Penalty Challenge against the Newtown Ladies Goal Keeper, Trish Burton, on a very muddy Robins ground. Picture in County Times. (Unfortunately as I was in the Kitchen cooking I do not have pictures of this but I did ask Kevin to take some!)

I personally want to thank again, all those that got involved and helped out including the Stewards that came down on Friday in the rain to help out in case we had hundreds turn up. Also Nicky for giving up her Friday night. I would practically like to thank Alan who was co-opted at the last minute.

Throughout the weekend we were also publicising an Event for the Maldyn Harries to raise money for Cancer Relief, on Friday 2^nd at the Maldyn Centre, which involves a Bra collection which is why there were Bras hanging around the club. This got people talking if nothing else.