Just a reminder today’s Keydraw will be live on Broxburn Athletic’s Facebook page at 5pm . This week’s Jackpot is £350 with 20 keys to pick from to open the Jackpot box . Today’s draw will be done by Jack Rutherford a well known Broxburn Athletic supporter and contributes time as well as donation’s to the club ,we thank him and his wife Doreen for their continued support and like all our supporters and sponsors that they stay safe and well . Anyone of our supporter’s who has a bit of free time around 5pm on a Sunday please get in touch and we will only be too happy to have you make the draw in future .Contact Jim Provan for details
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KEYDRAW RESULT
This week’s Keydraw was won by John Colman who won £50 . Unfortunately Joe Chapman , who made the draw we thank him for his time today , failed to pick the jackpot key and next week’s jackpot will be £350 with 20 keys left to pick from . Next week’s draw will be held live on Broxburn Athletic’s Facebook page at 5pm on Sunday the 25th of April .
Allum Arrives
We’re delighted to welcome Ross Allum (32) to Broxburn Athletic.
Ross arrives at Albyn Park following a spell at Camelon Juniors in season 20/21 and Linlithgow Rose in 19/20. He has also played for Edinburgh City, East Stirling, and Spartans. Our current management team know Ross well having played together at Spartans and are looking forward to seeing him join the squad.
Chris Townsley, Broxburn Manager, commented on the new signing: “We are delighted to have secured Ross for next season. He has an excellent track record and has scored goals consistently in the Lowland League and East of Scotland.
“He has a great reputation as a goal scorer and having played with him I know how much more he can bring to the team with his all-round game. I’ve seen first hand how well he trains and how professional he is in his approach, we see this as a great fit for us and a brilliant addition to the squad.”
Ross hasn’t trained or played since Camelon’s Scottish Cup tie against Brora Rangers and says he’s looking forward to getting back into it: “It’s been a while since I’ve kicked a ball but I am pleased to get back in and started.
“It’s great to get in and meet the team. I’ve known Chris and a few of the boys for a while now from previous clubs. The facilities, Chris as manager, and the potential here at Broxburn is what really drew me to the club. I’m here to score goals and make a contribution to the team. The hope is we can be competitive and progress.”
The team continue to train within Scottish Government Covid-19 guidelines.
KEYDRAW UPDATE
As from Sunday the 18th may the Keydraw will be live on Broxburn Athletic’s Facebook (please note change of Facebook page ) at 5pm . This week’s jackpot will be £300 with 21 keys to pick from . Each week we are looking for supporter’s to make the weekly draw if you wish to make the draw , please contact the committee and put your name forward .
END OF SEASON
With clubs having voted to null and void the season with the return to playing protocol being too costly as testing would be mandatory if and when after contact training was allowed after the 17th of May time was not on the league’s side to complete even 50% of games . We at Broxburn Athletic would like to thank everyone for their efforts this season . Thanks to everybody who has continued to support the club during these difficult times . The support has been overwhelming . The Friends of Broxburn have continued to donate their monthly contributions through out the pandemic and these funds will continue to help us build for season 2021/2022 . When we suspended the Keydraw many of you donated their ticket money on a monthly basis again we thank you .We have restarted the Keydraw and the take up of Standing order’s again has been tremendous and we thank everyone of you for this . We have had numerous virtual race nights and every race night was well supported and we hope you all enjoyed these evenings of entertainment which also raised funds for the club. All our sponsors have continued to support us and we hope they continue to in the future we are very much appreciative as we know the difficulties business’s have been going through during these unprecedented times . All the volunteers who have helped us with maintenance work at the park . Our online shop has been doing a great trade with many club souvenirs available and we have interest from all over the world for our merchandise . The player’s and staff have played their part realising there was no real income and they forfeited their wages a gesture much appreciated by the club and committee . I would like to thank the committee who have worked behind the scenes keeping spirits and the club on the front foot when we did get some game time . At the start of last season supporter’s continued to buy season tickets for season 2020/2021 , with a hope that they could use them to watch some football at the Albyn Park . Unfortunately this never materialised and the club are happy to refund those who so wish a full unconditional refund on this purchase . At the same time there is no appetite to start season 2021/2022 without spectators and the club will issue a new season ticket free of charge to those who bought a season ticket for the last season 2020/2021 which we are confident that some spectators will be able to return to our level of the game . Contact committee for arrangements . The season is earmarked for a start date on the 17th of July but as stated before this will most likely only be if supporter’s are allowed . There will be strict protocols for allowing spectators back and these will be published in due course once we are given the go ahead .
We have started resigning players and also new players will be announced in the very near future as we build for next season . The restrictions being lifted is now allowing us to get the majority of the players together for non contact training until the 17th of May and the players are delighted at being able to get out and together which does wonders for everybody’s well being . We hope you all stay safe and I am sure we will all be together soon .
END TO THE SEASON
The clubs in the East of Scotland league voted to end the season on Null & Void by a large margin . This will give clubs the focus for next season which is earmarked but not confirmed to start on the 17th July . This is still to be ratified and will not happen without the admission of some supporter’s . We are hopeful that this will be the case come kick off and await direction from the Government and the SFA . The feeling amongst clubs is that they are not willing to start without attendance’s being allowed . Will update as soon as we get confirmation of directive’s .
KEYDRAW JACKPOT WON !
This weeks keydraw jackpot was won by Bobby and Margo Bennet . They were drawn out the drum by Jack Beesley who then picked the correct key to open the jackpot box containing £1300 . Congratulations to them . Next week’s draw on Sunday 18th of April the jackpot will be £300 with 21 keys left to pick from to open the jackpot box . This will be done live on Jim Provan’s Facebook at 5pm
KEY DRAW
Sunday saw the relaunch of the club’s Key Draw . This was done live on Face book and drawn by Craig Purves . The jackpot was carried forward from this time last year when we went into lockdown the first time .The key Draw is done now by Standing order and details can be sourced from the committee .
Sunday’s draw was won by MIKE DUNN who won £50 but Craig failed to pick the correct key out of three left to open the jackpot drawer . This means next Sunday’s draw on the 11th of April will have a jackpot of £1300 and only two keys left to pick from to open the jackpot padlock .
RACE NIGHT RESULTS
Saturday was another successful and enjoyable fund raising virtual race night . We would like to thank all who took part and we appreciate very penny raised during these difficult times . We also had a free raffle by way of purchasing a horse you got a free ticket for the raffle . The following are the results of the races and raffle …..
RACE ONE HORSE 6 BEHIND YOU COLIN TAYLOR
RACE TWO HORSE 1 NEIGH GOOD HEATHER McCORMICK
RACE THREE HORSE 8 PUDDIN THE DUG JOE CHAPMAN
RACE FOUR HORSE 1 CALMRRR JAMES CHAPMAN
RACE FIVE HORSE 5 BROXBURN ALL THE WAY IAN SLOAN
RACE SIX HORSE 8 BOOBA HUGO CUNNINGHAM
RACE SEVEN HORSE 2 EVEL KNIEVEL CRAIG PAKE
RACE EIGHT HORSE 6 LIZ’S BOY MIKE DUNN
RACE NINE HORSE 5 THE FENCER WILLIE CORMACK
RACE TEN HORSE 1 DOREEN’S EMAEL DOREEN RUTHERFORD
RACE ELEVEN HORSE 3 DIXIE’S AUNTY EVIE HUGHES
RAFFLE RESULT THE BOTTLE OF GROUSE WAS WON BY JOHN O’DONNELL BUT ASKED TO REDRAW .
Pen & Watch set Ian Sloan , Audi wallet Andrew Brash Btl Grouse John McCormick
Broxburn Athletic Mugs Stephen Stuart and Tommy Mooney
well done to all winners BACK THE BURN
FUNDRAISING UPDATE
RACE NIGHT
This weekend is a busy fundraising weekend for the club . On Saturday evening at 7pm we are having a race night by way of Facebook .There is still time to buy horse’s with sales closing at 11am on Saturday morning .Horse’s cost £5 with a £20 prize for the winning owner in each race .Just contact Jim Provan and let him know your horse’s name and who the owner is .Each horse bought will enter you into a raffle with a bottle of grouse up for grabs donated by John O’Donnell . On the night click on to Jim Provan’s facebook from 7pm when he will go live to show all the races and the raffle draw . Good luck and thank you .
KEYDRAW
The past month we have been organising the restart of our Keydraw , which is drawn weekly . The key draw was put into abeyance when lockdown took effect a year past . At the time there was a jackpot of £1250 with 5 keys left . We have been handing out leaflets for participants to enter through standing order paid on a monthly basis . The response has been terrific and we appreciate the towns support during these difficult times . If you wish to enter the Keydraw contact any committee member who will give you details on how to get involved . This Sunday the 4th of April is the relaunch date and will take place at 5pm live on Jim Provan’s Facebook page and will be drawn by Broxburn Athletic’s Craig Purves . Although we are doing the Keydraw through Standing Orders we can arrange to accept cash purchase’s in advance . Best of luck everybody and your contributions are very much appreciated BACK THE BURN
HOW THE KEYDRAW WORKS
Participants are allocated a ticket with their name on it for every £2
The tickets are put into a drum with a winning ticket to be drawn out at random .
There is a bunch of keys(21) with only one key that opens the padlock releasing the jackpot . This key is also picked from a bag at random once the winning ticket is drawn .
There are originally 21 keys to start and a £300 jackpot . This jackpot increases by £50 every week it is not won and the number of keys decreases by one key to a minimum of three keys .
The winning ticket owner will be invited to pick the key if available if not it will be done on their behalf .
The owner of the winning ticket drawn is guaranteed a prize of £50 .