Corporate Lunch Dates 2024/25
The ever popular corporate lunches are back with 3 dates for the 24/25 season!
Get in touch to secure your table in what’s always a superb day out at the Showgrounds!
The two remaining Corporate Dinners are;
BUFC v Dungannon Swifts on Saturday 14th December 2024 at 12.30pm
BUFC v Portadown Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 12.30pm
Min of 8 per table - £400
£50 per additional person up to 10
Contact Alan Francey - 07402 521070
This week saw a complete clean sweep of all prizes by Male members. In the Major category Two we'll known Ballymena United supporters were the Major winners this week and both have the Christian name Gary!.Ahoghill man Gary Gordon (A5361) is a member on Maurice Anderson's agency and Gary McKeown (A2339) is a member on Tommy Patterson's agency.
Alex Beverland is enjoying a fine run of success and he had a £10 minor winner with John Evans (A9030).Again another winner with the same forename was John Duffin (A0262) who pays his membership by Standing order. Our remaining minor winner this week was William Wilkinson (A8102) .This was William's first win on Sports Bond so we send our congratulations and hope it is the first of many.
The Jackpot continues to rise after the numbers 7 12 22 27 were not allocated and so the Jackpot for the last draw in October is £400.Join Sports Bond now on 07831 803970.
We are delighted to have a new agent join our network of Sports Bond agents. Based in Ballymena Bowling club the agency is organised under the name of Ballymena Darts Youth Academy and is being run by Aaron Todd. Over the course of the season the Youth Academy will benefit from Sponsorship from Sports Bond and other Sponsors
We sincerely hope the relationship will benefit the young Darts players as the reason why Sports Bond was set up was to benefit people in Sports in Co Antrim.
Broughshane man David Craig has always been a great supporter of Club promotions and in Particular First Score. On Saturday at Seaview he purchased 3 cards and one of them was to prove to be the winner. In fact David was the first to purchase on Saturday. The winning time was 64 minutes (63 min 55 sec ) .For this David won £50 plus a bonus of £25 for the fact there was no winner at Shamrock park a month ago.Congratulations to David who will join others in search for a second win and £100.A few apps suggested a different time but the stopwatch belonging to Brian
Thompson is the one that counts.Speckial mention to Leslie Kinnear who recently was only seconds out on two weeks in a from a First Score win.
First Score will be on sale at the Showgrounds on Friday evening so make sure you get your card for £2.
This Wednesday another prizewinner will enjoy his winning prize. Randalstown man John Millar is off to the Waterfront hall to take in a session of the Northern Ireland Snooker open .
Already some ot the winners have received and used their priize. David Morrison has got his Four ball voucher for Carndhu..Jimmy Douglas gifted his tickets for Ulster v Connacht on Saturday to a family member and thoroughly enjoyed the Ulster success. Alastair Martin is of to the Driving range at Galgorm. Next up will be John Millar who is going to the Northern Ireland Snooker open.
There are a few players who are available for Sponsorship. Please contact Gary McConnell on 07730 06 48 46 for details. and benefits.
Donnelly and Taggart are running a competition for an autographed football of the Ballymena United Squad. All you have to do is visit the Donnelly and Taggart Facebook page .Click onto like and leave your name and contact details The Competition will close this Friday So get going and you may be successful
Ballymena United FC would like to acknowledge the successful outcome of Loughgall FC’s recent appeals against The Northern Ireland Football League on 2 decisions relating to Sunday Football.
We supported our colleagues at Loughgall during the process and had been invited to attend the appeal as guests of Loughgall but this was denied.
As a club we missed the appeals cut off point but signed a participation agreement with a caveat that we did not waive our right to non participation in Sunday Football. We fully supported Loughgalls stance that clubs should be free to enter the NIFL league cup without waiving their rights to non participation in Sunday Football and that they should also not be penalised financially for non participation in Sunday Football.
We will continue to oppose Sunday football on the basis of the religious beliefs of the players, staff and supporters of Ballymena United FC and also the mental and physical health of our players, staff and volunteers involved in the day to day workings of our club.
Sunday football will deny a club operating on a part time basis the opportunity to have a rest day of which we should all be entitled.
It’s been well documented and spoken about in local football circles that volunteers are the lifeblood of the majority of clubs. Asking them to now be available for Sunday football matches puts a lot of volunteers and therefore the clubs under undue pressure. As we’ve mentioned, we place the health and wellbeing of our club stakeholders at the top of our priority list and for that and the others reasons outlined we will continue to oppose Sunday football.
This promotion is still going after many years and recently we have had a number of donations. We are currently in discussion with our clothes company regarding Sponsorship so more clothes would be greatly appreciated For collection please ring 07831 803970
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