Month: October 2015

Super Santa Sunday III

Where: Civic Hall Shildon
When: Sun 20th Dec
Time: from 2.30pm
Details: Come in Santa outfit if you can! Guaranteed £200 cash prize draw. Tickets £5, on sale now. All welcome.

It’s nearly here! The once a year event you’ve all been waiting for – yes, it’s Super Santa Sunday 3!

The Supporters Club has hosted the smash hit Super Santa Sunday at the Civic Hall for the past two years and this year they’ve excelled themselves again, with The Scandals headlining the all-afternoon event which begins at 2.30pm and runs until 8pm.

As well as rocking along in your Santa Suit (optional, but highly recommended!) to The Scandals, there will be more dancing to the local disco set and, as if that wasn’t enough, one person will leave the hall with a guaranteed £200 cash prize from the exclusive Super Santa Sunday lottery ticket draw.

As expected, tickets for this hotly anticipated event are selling fast, so don’t miss out, get your ticket now while stocks last – there’s only so many Santas the Civic Hall can hold!

Tickets are just £5 and available from the Civic Hall, from the Supporters Club shop during home matchdays, from the Grey Horse pub and from Russell Henderson on 07538 789 464.

Eyes down – it’s Bingo time

Where: The Clubhouse
When: Sat 17th October
Time: 8.30pm
Details: Bingo prizes, Raffle prizes and Play Your Cards Right with up to £200 cash jackpot to win.

And about time, we hear you say!

Yes, Bingo is coming to Shildon AFC clubhouse as the Supporters Club present their first ever Bingo Night.

So it’s eyes down for some great prizes on a night that will also include a raffle and the chance to win up to £200 cash at Play Your Cards Right!

Fans of bingo, whether fans of Shildon or not, are all welcome to go along.

Card payments accepted

No longer do fans have to take lots of cash to the football match after the Supporters Club invested in Paypal Here – a card reader for chip and pin and credit cards that also allows customers to pay by Paypal in the club shop.

So when you see that first team shirt, that waterproof jacket, the latest hat, badge and scarf and the DVD of the County Cup win, you can now walk out with all of them! All you need is the small plastic card in your wallet!

Card payments in the club shop will be available from Shildon’s next home game on Saturday 17th October.

Discounted supporters bus travel

A recent meeting of the Supporters Club committee discussed the issue of discount benefits for supporters and agreed that three Northern League away matches would be eligible for discount travel.

The three matches – the furthest travelled games for Shildon in the league – are: Ashington (scheduled to take place on Saturday 10th October), Penrith (21st November) and Morpeth (Boxing Day).

The committee agreed that if Shildon progress in the FA Vase, other matches will be added to the discount scheme in due course.

In addition, the committee continues to explore other possibilities for members of the Supporters Club to receive additional benefits of membership.

Supporters Club donate £1,550 to local groups

Shildon AFC Supporters Club hands out grant cheques to local groups

Last month’s league derby match against Bishop Auckland, which the Railwaymen won 3-2, saw eight local community groups receive cheques to a total value of £1,550 from the Supporters Club.

The groups entered the playing field during the half time break to collect their cheques from the Supporters Club’s Small Grants Lottery Fund.

The following groups benefitted from the Supporters Club’s community initiative, which has now seen £4,500 distributed to local groups since the lottery began in September 2013:

Spectrum Roller Skating Club
1st Shildon Baden Powell Scout Group
CATS Theatre Group
Shildon Alive! Community Garden
Tykes Youth Group
South Durham Counselling Service
Friends of Dorset Place
4th Shildon Rainbows

Supporters Club Chairman, Russell Henderson said: “Congratulations to all of today’s groups on their awards. We are delighted that the success of the lottery scheme allows us to keep making a contribution back into the local community.

“The Supporters Club distributes each round of funding after the lottery jackpot has been won three times. The next round of funding will be announced in the local press in due course.”

Small groups looking for financial assistance can claim funds up to a maximum value of £200 in any one year. The application form can be downloaded from this page’s sidebar.