Heacham Village Monthly News Letter 10 of 29

10. June's Edition 2023


HEACHAM F C

**WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ***

THE TEAMS

Heacham have been crowned Champions of the Thurlow Nunn North Division 1 after a resounding 9-1 home win v Haverhill Borough on the last home game of the season. With rivals Downham only drawing at home v Framlingham on the final day it meant that the Magpies finished 4 points clear of their nearest rivals. The foundation was laid when the Magpies won their game in hand with a hard fought 2-1 away win v Leiston Res a few days earlier. This was the team's record breaking eighth consecutive promotion and apart from being acknowledged in the local press, the team was also featured on About Anglia T.V. and also made the national Non League Sunday paper. The team can now look forward to playing in The Thurlow Nunn Premier Division next season (step 5), which will be the highest level they have achieved in their history.

"YOUR LOCAL PAPER"

The Team attended your "Local Hero Awards", at the King's Lynn Alive Corn Exchange a few days later after winning the league and scooped another award. They won "Sportsperson/Team of the Year", which was great testament to not only the players but also to everyone connected with the Club.

The Reserves, despite all the problems with player availability in recent weeks, finished in a respectable 3rd place in the North West Norfolk Division 1 League. Like the first team they finished the season in style, with a 3-1 home win against West Winch William Burt F.C. First.

End of Season Presentation Evening

This took place on Saturday 20th May but unfortunately the results of the awards were not in time for the deadline for this article. All award winners will be listed in next month’s Newsletter.

Sponsorship / Advertising / Season Tickets

Programme Advertising

There are various options / sizes available, all prices are for the entire season

Prices start from £40 for a ⅛ black and white, whilst the premium full page colour is priced at £200

Player Sponsorship

We are delighted to announce revised pricing for sponsorship of a player for the new season.

We acknowledge the current economic climate makes it difficult for people to get involved with the club (sponsorship etc), and whilst the vast majority of players did have a sponsor last season, we also take on board that £150 was possibly “out of reach” for some of our valued supporters.

So next season you can get involved and sponsor a player for the massively reduced price of £75 for the entire season!

In return:

Your name to feature in the matchday programme , alongside a picture of your player

Invitation to the End of season presentation evening, where you will be presented with the shirt(s) of your respective player(s)

Those player’s sponsors from last season, will have first choice of their respective player(s) for this season.

Please note

The gaffer and his management team, are still to announce their retained list , so players may differ / change for the upcoming season

Programme Sponsor

We are pleased to announce that Graham Hagger will be our matchday programme sponsor for the 2023/24 season.

Many thanks to Graham for his continued support of The Magpies.

Season Tickets - Update

Many thanks to all those that have expressed an interest in a season ticket for the 23/24 season, we are delighted at the level of interest.

We can confirm we will be offering

Adult
Concession
Child

We need to wait until we know how many teams will be in our division.
Last season we had 18 home league games, whilst those teams in the Premier Division had 19.

As soon as the number of teams are confirmed, we will confirm accordingly.

The Football Club offer various forms of sponsorship/advertising and if you are interested in getting involved with the Club next season then please contact Duane Gowen for further information of the packages available by email at:-
commercial.heachamfc@gmail.com

Pin Badges

The Official Heacham F C pin badge, priced at only £3 each and the Anglian Combination Premier Champions 2021/2 pin badge, priced at only £4 each can now both be purchased from behind the bar at The Heacham Sports & Social Club.

Match Day Programmes

Our Match Day Programme was featured in the May issue of "Programme Monthly & Football Collectable" (the highly recognised "bible" for programme collectors). So did you miss collecting any programmes this season? There are a limited number of programmes still available from some games. Please get in touch (email address shown below) with any requirements you have and I will check our stock.

The April winners of the 2023 “50/50 Club” were:-
1st Prize - £45 - No.67 Eddie Mounteney
2nd Prize - £22 - No.65 Nigel Waldock
Congratulations to both our winners.

Results for the End of Season “free raffle” for Supporter Club Members:-

No.94 Matthew Stevenson wins a box of 12 cans of Craft Beer
No.149 Bob Edwards wins Tub of Quality Street
No.194 Bob Jolly wins Wine Glasses
No.205 Matthew Molinati wins Heacham “7 in a row” Mug
No.168 Ben Coe wins Liqueur Chocolates
No.58 Michael Ward wins Free Supporters Club Membership for next season (2023/4)
No.146 Paul Taylor wins Heacham “7 in a row” Mug
No.18 Peter Oakes wins Free Supporters Club Membership for next season (2023/4)
Many thanks to everyone who joined the Supporters Club this season, your support was very much appreciated. Membership for next season will be available from 1st August ( further details will be in the July issue of the Newsletter).

If you require any further information on any of the matters mentioned, then please contact me on the email address shown below. You can also keep up to date with all the latest news on our Facebook page:- Heacham F C Supporters Club.

“COME ON HEACHAM”

Denis Cooper
Chairman/Secretary
Heacham F C Supporters Club
Email: deniscooper06@aol.com