We’ve just had another significant donation to the pitch fund, this time from Persimmon Homes, who are currently redeveloping the old High School site in downtown Kinross. They have just sent a cheque for £1000, which takes us over halfway to our funding target. We’re getting there.
We’re pleased to announce some excellent news for the Pitch In campaign. We have had a pledge of support from the Arthur and Margaret Thompson Trust, a significant funder of community projects in the Kinrossshire area. The trustees have pledged the sum of £80,000 to the fund (subject to a few conditions that we believe … Read more
As well as having to come up with a new club logo for the combined hockey club, we have also set ourselves the task of developing a new club kit, with everyone playing in the same colours. According to the club constitution, we are to play in purple. The kit committee has come up with … Read more
Just a reminder that we are collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers again this year. Keep them coming…
When the men’s and ladies’ clubs merged nearly a year ago, one of the tasks we set ourselves was to come up with a new logo for the combined club and a new strip design that would work for everyone in the club. A subcommittee has been working away at this for several months and … Read more
Ladies training this week had a special visitor in the shape of Morna Strachan, Clark Thomson’s Group Marketing and Communications Manager, who was there to mark the launch of the new sponsorship deal. Cue lots of photography in the freezing cold. You do it for the club, ladies!
Another £250 was paid into the pitch fund today. This represented the proceeds of a group of hockey club members who marshalled at the cyclocross race run by Kinross Cycling Club. Many thanks to the team from the men’s section who put in a long, long shift on a very cold day: Dan Marsh, Andy McIntyre, Pete Smith, Dougie … Read more
It looks as though the KGV has been swept at least. I have no idea whether this means we will get back on or not though.
There was a great turnout from the Kobras for the Grove Menzieshill indoor tournament in Dundee this weekend. Two teams at U10 and two at U12 had a great time, clocking up some notable wins and having the usual hard time against JHA. Conditions were tricky for photography, so the pictures are mostly poor, but … Read more
A few pictures of last weekend’s Burns Supper have come my way, and I have to say, doesn’t everyone polish up nicely? If anyone else have photos they’d like to share, do send them along.