On Sunday the 23rd of June we are holding a cabaret afternoon from 1pm till approx. 5pm in the big room at the Albyn Park , all welcome tickets are available priced at £10 each from any committee member .The afternoon will feature a number of entertainers and will be a great afternoon out .
Category: Club News
KEYDRAW JACKPOT STILL NOT WON
This week’s key draw was won by Terry Philben c/o The Buchan Arms and collected £50 but failed to pick the right key to open the jackpot box so next week’s draw on Sunday the 9th of June will have a jackpot of £1200 and only 3 keys left to pick from to open the jackpot box .
PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTATION
The player of the year presentation was made on Friday night past and a good night was had by all . The Top goal scorer this season was Alexander Miller with 27 goals from 32 appearance’s .The Players player of the year was a close run thing with Chris Townsley getting the most votes from his team mates . The Committee and management players player of the year was another close run thing with Gordon Donaldson collecting the most votes . The Players introduced a special Supporter of the year award and this was presented to young Lucas Williamson whom has been a mascot on a couple of occasions and the player’s have taken him to their hearts .Congratulations to all the winners and looking forward to them continuing their form into next season .
KEYDRAW JACKPOT ROLLS ON
This week’s Key Draw was won but Jock and Mary c/o The Greentree and collected £50 but failed to pick the right key to open the jackpot box. Next week’s draw on Sunday the 2nd of June will have a jackpot of £1150 and only 4 keys left to pick from to open the jackpot box .
PRE SEASON DATES
We have set up three friendlies for pre season so far and they are as follows .
Saturday 13th July home to Civil Service Strollers 2-30pm kick off
Tuesday 16th July to be confirmed
Saturday 20th July away to Clydebank 2-30pm kick off
Tuesday 23rd July home Whitehill Welfare 7-30pm kick off
The season starts on Saturday the 27th of July
PLAYER PRESENTATION
On Friday evening the players are having an end of season night out in town .Prior to this they will meet at the Albyn park for some thing to eat . After they have eaten , the Player of The Year presentation will take place ,after the presentations the players will be in the big room for a couple of hours to meet and greet any supporters and sponsors that wish to attend . All supporter’s of the club are welcome and the bar will be open for a couple of hours .Hope you can attend the players would like to see you there too .
SQUAD SIGNING NEWS
Re signing talks have went well and the following have all re signed for season 2019 / 2020 .
Connor Wallace , Gordon Donaldson , Jack Beesley , Craig Scott , Chris Townsley , Shaun Harrison , Craig Purves , Nicholas Locke , Gavin Grant , Michael Linton , Alexander Miller , Connor Kelly , Ross Nimmo , Andrew Gillen and Greg Binnie . Dominico Gibson and Cameron Ross have another year on their existing contract . .
New faces are being actively sought and there will be moves as soon as contracts are completed and season ends .
EAST OF SCOTLAND SET UP FOR 2019/2020
The format for the league set up for 2019 / 2020 , has been decided by the board and is as follows . The Premier League will consist of BLACKBURN UTD , BONESS UTD , BONNYRIGG ROSE/WHITEHILL WELFARE (subject to any appeal by Bonnyrigg Rose ) , BROXBURN ATHLETIC , CAMELON , CROSSGATES PRIMROSE , DUNBAR UTD , DUNDONALD BLUEBELL , HILL of BEATH , JEANFIELD SWIFTS , LINLITHGOW ROSE , MUSSELBURGH ATH , NEWTONGRANGE STAR , PENICUIK ATH , SAUCHIE AND TRANENT .
The First division will be split in two with both leagues playing 17 games each home and away as follows they will play each other in their own conference league home and away once ,they will also play every club in the other conference only once either home or away but will be of equal standing .
CONFERENCE A BURNTISLAND SHIPYARD , CRAIGROYSTON , DUNIPACE , EYEMOUTH UTD , HADDINGTON ATH , HERIOT WATT UNI , LEITH ATHLETIC , LOTHIAN THISTLE HV , OAKLEY UTD , ORMISTON , PEEBLE ROVERS AND ST ANDREWS .
CONFERENCE B ARNISTON RANGERS ,COLDSTREAM , DALKEITH TH , EASTHOUSES LILY , EDINBURGH UTD , GLENROTHES , HAWICK RAU , INVERKEITHING HILLFIELD SWIFTS , PRESTON ATH , STIRLING UNI eos , TWEEDMOUTH RANGERS AND TYNECASTLE .
At the end of the season the bottom three in the Premier League will be relegated with the two First Division champions promoted .the runner’s up in the First division Conference leagues will play off home and away to gain the third promotion spot .
The League will start on Saturday the 27th of July with league games as the East of Scotland Qualifying league will be suspended for the season and the East of Scotland league cup will be a knock out competition played in the spring with no seeding .
This will be ratified at the East of Scotland A.G.M. on Thursday the 6th of June
LOWLAND LEAGUE APPLICATION
Like several other clubs when the Lowland League asked for applications, if there was an imbalance at the end of the season a club may have been able to join the Lowland league by applying . Today it was confirmed that with Berwick Rangers being relegated to the Lowland league and no club with license being promoted then no club would be relegated from the Lowland league the Lowland League would have it’s full compliment of 16 clubs including Whitehill Welfare resulting in no applications were being accepted at this time . .
KEY DRAW JACKPOT STILL NOT WON
This week’s Key draw was won by Iain Fairlie c/o Response Building Maintenance and he collected £50 but failed to pick the right key to open the jackpot box . Next week;s draw on Sunday the 19th of May will have a jackpot of £1050 and only 6 keys left to pick from to open the jackpot box