Terras Times
The newsletter o Weymouth FC Supporters Association.
May 2023
EDITORIAL - James Warrener
What off season? May has been a busy month at the Bob Lucas Stadium with lots o out oin s and incomin s.
A summary o some o the new names and chan es are eatured later on in this edition.
We were lucky to et interview time with Bobby Wilkinson in last months Terras Times weren’t we?
He was recently late to a BBC Solent interview as he was tryin to do a deal and brin a new player into the club!
He ended that conversation by sayin that he was lookin or a day off in June… enjoy it affer!
The recent EGM passed chan es which will hope ully prove to be positive in the lon term structure and development o Weymouth Football Club.
It eels reat to have Paul Maitland and Simon Etherin ton steerin the ship off the park and whilst miracles shouldn't be expected, pro ress should, and you can rest assured that WFCSA will be doin its best (as always) to support the club in tryin to improve in all areas..
I wanted to pay tribute to the lar e number o players leavin the club this summer. Players who ave their all in uncertain times financially and proved that writin them off was olly.
What they achieved was somethin truly remarkable and I am sure you will join me in wishin them all well in the uture careers (expect when playin us!)
Whilst spendin time lookin backwards, how nice was it to see Ashley Wells’ testimonial?
So many reat old players o this ootball club. Somethin that reminds us all that Weymouth FC is special and that we should all remember that, especially in hard times like season 2022/2023 James
Chairman's Chatter
Hello and welcome to the May 2023 edition o your monthly newsletter! I do hope you are all well and enjoyin this lorious weather we are havin . A ter our thrillin end to the season, or many o us there has been no rest at all!
I hope you have been able to keep up to date with the player si nin s? At the time o writin , we have a 17 player squad si ned up or next season already and it's not even the end o May! I can't ever recall us bein that ar ahead o the ame so early a ter the seasons end. Please note, that there are plans or between 8-10 pre-season riendlies which will ive us the opportunity to run the rule over that squad. Announced so ar is an away riendly at AFC Stoneham, near Southampton as that will be our trainin venue or next season. Listen out or more announcements soon.
On 20th May, a roup o us represented the Football Club at Weymouth Community Expo on the sea ront. It was a lovely day and we met so many wonder ul people. There was a real buzz about the club and 'The Great Escape'. We lost count o how many wanted to talk to us about it, which is reat or our exposure. We made some ood contacts that will help us project ourselves even urther into the community we represent and is somethin we will look to repeat as o ten as possible.
Our con ratulations o to Weymouth FC Women who were nominated or an award at the presti ious 2023 Women's Football Awards, a antastic achievement. This was just reward or the hard work put in by everyone in brin in women's ootball to the ore in Weymouth.
There is still plenty oin on behind the scenes at the stadium. The main bar is havin a makeover to reshen it up a bit. The paintin crew are hard at work a ain as are the pitch team. The pitch has now been seeded and top dressed. There is a small dedicated roup o volunteers who are helpin to water the pitch to ive the new rass a chance in this warm dry weather. We are workin on restockin the club shop with some new lines and look orward to workin yet a ain with Football Kits Direct and our new kit suppliers Kappa! There is always plenty to do and we never have enou h volunteers so we appeal to you yet a ain, no matter how much time you can spare, an hour a week or month, there will always be somethin you can help with. See membership update on the next pa e or more.
Be ore I si n off or another month, can I please encoura e you and your amily and riends to play the Claret & Blue Lottery, the ootball clubs very own lottery! I you play already, we thank you, as you are really makin a difference. The money raised oes towards the playin bud et and since June 2022, we have doubled the number o players rom 50 to 100, and with it the prize und! Prizes in April were £205, £123 and £41 respectively with a correspondin total oin towards boostin Bobby's bud et! So please, i you have yet to ive it a try, ollow this link https://www.w csa.co.uk/claret-blue-lottery/
As ever, thanks or readin , until next time, stay well and stay sa e. Best wishes to you all and thank you or your continued support.
Pete Nash Chairman 'The Terras Supporters Club'
