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Clayton is looking to organise a social soon, for a couple of beers in town. Dates suggested -

Saturday 25th October

Saturday 1st November

Let him know best date at football and we can see what the concensus is.

Hello,

For the 2025/26 Fantasy Premier League why don't you join my mini-league "turps.co.uk footy"?

Joining the league couldn't be easier. Simply use the link below and you'll be added automatically after you've entered the game.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/gkonkg

League Code: gkonkg

Looking forward to playing against you this season!

Herefordshire Council have a sports grant available to support community sports clubs etc. I have applied 04/08 and if successful we will look to get an electronic scoreboard with remote (watch) scoring to enhance our enjoyment! This alongside potential funding for 6 x months of the booking, additional equipment and 3 x additional taster sessions with a view to a 2nd session in the week or on the pitch alongside ours.

Dear James

Application for funding – Sports Club Development

Ref: CSC/25/004 (Please quote this reference on all correspondence)

Thank you for your application for funding received by the delegated grants team on 4th August 2025.

Your application will be forwarded to an independent assessment panel who will examine it in more detail and make recommendations.

You will be informed of the outcome by the end of September 2025.

Dear James

Ref: CSC 25 004 Turps Football in the Community

UKSPF Sports Club Development Grant Application

Thank you for your recent application for a UKSPF Sports Club Development Grant, unfortunately

on this occasion we are unable to offer you a grant.

Please do not be discouraged as the scheme was heavily oversubscribed, and the panel had to

make some very difficult decisions.

We keep our website up to date with funding opportunities as they arise so, please keep a look

out for future funding opportunities that may be of interest to you.

Yours sincerely

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL DELEGATED GRANTS TEAM

Via our HFA Affiliation they have offered us a discounted partner link to KoolPak First Aid stock.

Wondered if we thought it would be worth investing in a Team Sports First Aid Kit @ £23 and leave it in the ball bag?

County Football Association Order Page 

We have renewed our liability insurance which covers us from 04/08/25 > 03/08/26.

The school insist we must have this to retain our booking. It also is neccessary to gain HFA Accredation as a non-playing club, which provides us with an off-peak booking rate saving £8 per week from June > end of Aug. So it does pay for itself.

I shopped around this year as the existing provider (insure 4 sport) hiked their renewal price from ~ £30 to £60. 

After some quotes for £250 + I managed to use a new email address and insure 4 sport came back in @ £43 ✅

School Management have asked me to inform you a defibrillator has been installed at The Hereford Academy should you need to use it whilst you are here for your lettings.

It is located in a yellow box in the rear entrance porch of the school. The code for the defib box is C159X and the handle needs to be pressed to open the box and access the defib. Please be discrete with the code, but to share it as necessary for the safety of your staff and club members.

Should you forget the code in the emergency, the code is up on the back wall in the caretaker’s room, large and visible through the window.

We hope you never need to use it. However, if you do, no training is necessary and the system will talk you through what you need to do. It will not work if a heart-beat is detected and so will not shock someone unless it is necessary. Do not be afraid to use it if required, someone’s life will be depending on it.

TBC