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Brief & to the point:

1. The Quiz Night was an excellent evening. Everyone enjoyed the 'Quiz With a Difference'.

2. Next meeting is on Tuesday, 10th August, 7:30 for 7:45 start. Guests: James Deighton [Radio Leeds], + others tba. Venue: Turnbridge WMC.

3. Regular monthly meetings at Turnbridge WMC, 2nd Tuesday of every month for the foreseeable future. [Tuesday is the most popular judging from the paper questionnaire and the various forums' questionnaires [full results will be posted when I have a bit more time].

4. Additional meeting in September [provisionally 4th Tuesday] to appoint the committee and formulate the 'mission statement'[!] [volunteers anyone?].

I am aware that I don't post much these days, but it would be great to see some [all?] of you next week.

good on you fella for doing your bit

I`ll second that fella !!

What nights best for you Charles???

penninegiant wrote:

I`ll second that fella !!

What nights best for you Charles???

you might laugh and joke etc..but we need people like this to keep these sort of ideas going

I think I "seconded" the support!

The bit of a laugh I was having with you !
Sorry

Join Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association and become a Ghostbuster!

This week the Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association had James Deighton as their guest speaker.

Mick Beavers welcomed JD, Mr Rugby League on Radio Leeds, who gave an entertaining insight into the life of a media reporter. Stories ranged from ‘entertaining’ episodes at Wakefield to the nakedness of a well known Rugby League coach.

In conclusion James told the tale of how he frightened the living daylights out of one of Rugby League’s hard men [no names!].

As a child, James found out that his house in Leeds was haunted. He recounted many sightings by his whole family of a sceptre from the middle ages. It transpired that the ghost was the spirit of the person who buried victims of the plague – the burial ground being beneath James’ house!

The doctor who moved into the house after the Deighton family had left lasted 2 ½ week! There are reports that the visits are still happening.

In conclusion, Dave Calverley thanked James for a very entertaining evening.

The next meeting – for all supporters - will be at Turnbridge WMC on Tuesday, 7th of September with the first AGM on the 21st September, at the same venue.

For further details please contact Dave on 07887 878 425 or e-mail da.calverley@PhotoLens.co.uk.

Please note the change of dates. I have made, let’s say, an error!

Meetings will now be on the FIRST Tuesday of every month. Mick has done an outstanding job with the speakers so far and his list of potentials is never ending!

The initial AGM, as stated above, will be on the 3rd Tuesday [21st] of September. The attachment is a nomination form for the election of the trust’s officers. [It is NOT a closed shop so feel free to nominate people.]

There will probably be a Curry Night on the 3rd Tuesday of October [19th] at the Chutney Mahal [bottom of Chapel Hill].

Nomination form for committee:
pdf
Word

Both have been virus-checked with Kaspersky.

A website for the association.

www.giantssupporters.co.uk

It’s a bit amateurish at the moment but it’s all free! It will improve when I have more time to adapt it to Dreamweaver!!

Turnbridge WMC for the Cup Final this coming Saturday. 1 o'clock onwards.

With regard to the website, please follow the links on each page to view the proposed version [click here].

The new site is nowhere near perfect yet. And the address you see in your browser is a temporary one. This version of the site should go 'live' towards the end of October with the 'true' address [www.GiantsSupporters.co.uk].

Please let me have your thoughts [click here].

September

Tuesday 7th, 7:45pm at Turnbridge WMC;
An opportunity to meet a couple of the stars of the future - Greg McNally and Kyle Wood. James Brammar, head of marketing, will be our 3rd guest.

Tuesday 21st, 7:45pm at Turnbridge WMC;
AGM - election of committee - nomination forms are in pdf and Word.

Please let me have bookings for the Curry Night on Thursday 21st October, 7:45pm at Chutney Mahal, Folly Hall;, £14 per person. For further information [menu & booking form] please go to the Curry Night page on the website:

[Remember, the Association’s web address is www.GiantsSupporters.co.uk where you will be transferred to the main site].

PLEASE remember that the AGM is next Tuesday [21st September]. Meet at 7:30 for a 7:45 start [at Turnbridge WMC – please sign in].

Click here to see the nominations so far.

Curry Night [Thursday 21st October] bookings are going well, but not well enough! Please bring your £5 per person deposit [cheque preferred] next Tuesday.

We had an excellent turnout at last night’s AGM and all the committee places were filled [without any coercion!!].

Details of the committee can be found here.


The next meeting is on Tuesday 5th of October when our guest will be Martyn Sadler. Let’s hope it will be a big celebratory night!!!

PLEASE let me have your bookings for the Curry Night [Thursday 21st October]. A deposit of £5 per person please. Cheques made payable to ‘Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association’. Details here.

Please tell your friends.

The next meeting is next Tuesday, 5th of October. Our guest will be Martyn Sadler.

PLEASE let me have your bookings for the Curry Night [Thursday 21st October]. A deposit of £5 per person please. Cheques made payable to ‘Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association’. Details here.

Please also check out the Membership page.

Please tell your friends.

Regarding the Curry Night, please PM me for the address of where to send your deposit if you are going to attend.

If anyone uses Dreamweaver, please will you tell me why there is the ‘A’ symbol before the ‘£’ symbol? [See website.]

October 5th - Speaker - Martyn Sadler [editor, League Express]

The man with contacts in high places!

Martyn started by informing us that we should be thanking him for his recent actions. Martyn had phoned Steve McNamara and asked him to include 6 Giants players in the touring squad so that tonight's audience would be gentle on Martyn!

He went on to bemoan the fact that The Greatest Game has an abysmal record in promoting the sport. National media coverage was at its lowest since the 1895 split. The sport desperately needs someone who knows how to 'manipulate' the media.

It was as a result of Wakefield's - Martyn's team - famous victory in 1988 over the, at the time, unstoppable Wigan and the total lack of press coverage which sowed the seeds of RL League Express. Martyn realised that not only did supporters of the successful teams want to read about their heroes but fans from the less fashionable clubs did also. It took over 2 years of planning, and in 1990 the first League Express was published.

In closing, Mick Beevers thanked Martyn for an excellent evening's entertainment. Dave Calverley reminded the audience about the Curry Night [Thursday October 21st] and the urgency to let him know how many would be attending.

Next meeting – Curry Night, 21st October [please let me know - 07887 878 425];
- Tuesday 2nd November – Guest – Chris Roberts [Huddersfield Examiner].

Links to:
A Membership Application Form;
The Constitution of the Supporters Association [as agreed at a committee meeting on the 5th of October].

Curry Night

The Curry Night was an excellent evening. Those who went thoroughly enjoyed themselves and had a wonderful meal at the Chutney Mahal.

Cardiff

If there is a sufficient response there will be a bus going to Cardiff just for the Saturday matches. Work on a price of around £25, but this will be confirmed once the trip is viable.

Next Tuesday, 2nd November

Tuesday sees Chris Roberts from the Examiner coming to chat with us. 7:30 for a 7:45 start.

Members’ Services

If a member wants to offer their services to other members, there is a page on the website specifically for this. Link.


Website Links

If a member wants to have a link on the website to your website please complete the ‘Contact Us’ form [reciprocal agreements only!]. Link.


Membership Cards

These have now been printed and will be distributed ASAP to those who have paid their membership fees [£5 per person].

Committee Meeting

Tuesday 9th November, 7:30 KO. Please submit items for agenda to Tracey ASAP.

In response to those people who want to be members but cannot manage Tuesday evenings, we have decided to hold a 2nd meeting each month on Wednesday evenings.

The format will be:
1st Tuesday - speaker/s;;
3rd Wednesday - events/visits.

2011 events are listed here.

Please note that January's meeting has been moved to the 2nd Tuesday.

Damian McGrath is our guest in December.

Tuesday's Supporters meeting at Turnbridge WMC (7.30pm) which will see Damian McGrath the club's Head of Youth Performance talk about how the club is progressing at youth level. This is your chance to ask questions about the future of the club at youth level.

Some other key dates for your diaries:

Tuesday 11th of January 7:30 - Guest Ikram Butt, former England winger and Asian RL ambassador.

Tuesday 1st of February 7:30 - RFL Chief Executive Nigel Wood

Meeting - Tuesday 7th December.
Damian McGrath, in the 2nd year of his 3 year contract, gave an extremely interesting account of how the youth development is...Report here.

Please note that the address 'www.GiantsSupporters.co.uk' is now live. The temporary 'http://giants.photolens.co.uk/' address will no longer be updated.

Next Tuesday [18th]:

7pm – committee meeting:

7:30 pm – joint meeting with other Giants’ groups - Ikram Butt guest speaker.

Just a reminder that next Tuesday [1st February] Mick has organised Nigel Wood of the RFL to come along and speak to us. I’m sure there are many questions we would like to put to him!! Town are at home this night, so be wary of where you park otherwise the car park man might try and charge you. Stick to the club side.

Our first Wednesday meeting [16th February] will be a games evening. £1 per person to enter with the winner collecting a substantial monetary reward for his/her efforts! Bring along some guests so that we can have am all-action event!!

In the near future we will be honoured to have as our guest our Club Chairman, Ken Davy. I’m awaiting confirmation from Ken, but we have pencilled in the 3rd Wednesday in April. This will be an all ticket event limited to 75 attendees. Initially it will be open to members only. So if you are a member you have until the end of February to order your [free] ticket. After that they will go on sale to other supporters at a price of £2 [I’m sure a fellow committee person will correct me if I’m wrong with the price]. So, if you’re not a member why not join now for only a couple of pounds more than the cost of seeing Ken? Visit the website for an on-line or downloadable form:
www.giantssupporters.co.uk/Forms/Membership.html.


Remember that all our events are to be found on the Calendar pages of our website:
www.GiantsGupporters.co.uk/Editorial/Calendar_2011.html.

I'd like to thank Ikram Butt for the excellent talk he gave to the Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association the other night. Please follow the link for a report on the evening. Ikram Butt

This should be a sticky Mark.....