Golf Day 2013: Join 21+ FPs for a Great 18 holes & Dinner!

Places are filling up fast for CCFPA’s annual golfing reunion, Golf Day 2013 now there is little over a fortnight to go before this year’s event tees off.

Featuring a classic round of golf, dinner and entertainment Golf Day 2013, which promises to be one of our best, is once more being held at Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Club on Thursday June 6th 2013.

To date we have 21 Sky Blues  former players and managers committed to turn out and play as partners with the 22 competing teams on the day (and we expect more to join as the deadline approaches).  Thus there will be plenty of footballing (and golfing) talent on view representing over half a decade of CCFC’s history!

The list so far (in alphabetical order) is:- Gerry Baker; Peter Billing; Andy Blair; Jeff Blockley; Ken Brown; Dietmar Bruck; David Busst; Paul Culpin; Ron Farmer; Kevin Gallacher; Ian Goodwin;  Bobby Gould; Trevor Gould; Micky Gynn; Peter Hormantshuck; Lee Hurst; Claus Bech Jorgensen; Mick Kearns; Steve Ogrizovic. Ian Wallace and Peter Wyer.

Teams from  BT Promotions;  Buildbase; Coventry Heating & Plumbing Supplies; G-Casino; Holbrook Motors; Maximum Group, thejadestudio: Shortland Horne L & D Ltd;  De Marco Solicitors; Proco Coatings & Laminates; Penmans; Unique and Coventry City London Supporters Club are amongst those we expect to enter teams to take on the CCFC stars of the past.

There will also be a limited number of non playing Day Passes available for those who want to come and watch and enjoy the evenings festivities (price £35). CCFPA’s own Billy Bell will be masterminding the evenings entertainment with star turns from some of our former players.  If you are interested in sharing the day without the exertion please contact Frank or Bob (below).

To join them in play and enjoy a fun day out with your Sky Blues heroes you must act quickly! Please contact committee members Frank Pritchard on frank.pritchard1@ntlworld.com (07815899224), Bob Eales on covbob@msn.com (07538154239) or MikeYoung on m.young9@ntlworld.com for a copy of the entry form by return.

Completed entry forms and payments should be sent direct to Stoneleigh Deer Park GC , the Old Deer Park, Coventry Road, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 3DR (for the attention of Linda Edmondson).  The Golf Club’s contacts are Tel. 02476639991 Fax: 02476511533 Email: www.stoneleighdeerparkgolfclub.com.

However, all enclosed payments should be made out to ‘CCFPA‘.  Alternatively if you would prefer to pay directly by bank transfer please contact Frank, Bob or Mike (above) for details.

CCFPA gains a New Member: Mark Noon

Mark Noon

The Association is pleased to welcome Mark Noon as our latest recruit.  Mark, who was encouraged to join by CCFPA Committee member and former player Claus Bech Jorgensen, has had a long association with CCFC, though only getting two first team outings with the Sky Blues in 2002 both as a sub.

Leamington born Mark signed Associated Schoolboys forms for the Sky Blues as a ten year old in 1993 and graduated through the Academy ranks picking up a F.A.Youth cup runners up medal with the Club before signing professional in 2002, Mark who played mainly in the central midfield made his Division One debut at home against Gillingham in 2002 and made five appearances for Tamworth on loan before being released by CCFC in 2004. This gave him space to complete an undergraduate degree and masters in sport science at Coventry University and Loughborough University respectively.

Nuneaton Borough were quick to see Mark’s potential and he became a valued member of the team from 2005 and after recovering from a severe back problem during 2006-07 eventually was made club captain in 2008. An inspirational leader for Nuneaton Town, currently at the end of his ninth season having made his 300th appearance for them in their play off final victory at Gainsborough in May 2012.  He’s clocked up a total of 328 appearances so far. Unfortunately however he suffered a double fracture  leg in a friendly in July 2012 causing him to miss the whole of the season just ended. 

Mark returned to CCFC in 2009 as Head of Academy Sports Science at the Sky Blues Academy. His key role is to oversee the development and implementation of sport science within the academy. This includes the physical development of all academy players, nutritional strategies and monitoring fitness and training load. He also writes a weekly column for Nuneaton News whilst getting fit and hopes to be back for Town in the first few months of 2013-14.

Welcome Mark!

End of Season Newsletter Off to Printers

CCFPA is pleased to announce that its latest, June, newsletter is almost ready for publication. The 10 page full colour final draft has been sent to our usual printers Spectrum Print of Solihull and, all being well, the finished product should be returned to us by the end of the month.

We hope, therefore, to address and post the newsletter for delivery to all of our Full, Associate and Honorary Members (and Patrons) before the second week in June. This issue is packed with news, articles and photos of  ’all things CCFPA’ with which we have been involved since our last newsletter was published at the turn of the year.

It reflects a turbulent and worrisome 2013 for CCFC though, through all the Club’s trials and tribulations (which currently are apparently little nearer resolution), the Association and its volunteer committee has continued to flourish and function effectively.

Included in the contents is coverage of development’s in the structure and constitution of the Association; an introduction to all our most recently joined Members, a photo retrospective of all former players who visited the Ricoh as our special guests in 2013; photos of presentations to our various award winners as well as recipients of CCFPA’s official tie; a big review of our latest Legends Day reunion last March; coverage of the announcement of our unique future scouting collaboration with the Club and finally an appreciation of a couple of former players who we have seen pass on to  ’Sky Blue Heaven’.

We hope you will find it a good read. Watch this space for news of when the newsletters are being sent out by us to members! !

Dean’s CCFC Video Record Ready to View

Dean Nelson

CCFPA Associate Member Dean Nelson provides great support for the Association by providing visual materials and audio visual back up for many of our events. For example, in March he provided a video loop of highlights featuring all our former player guests at Legends Day 2013 which was played for them during the pre-match meal. He also provides on-offs as he did in producing a video memento on behalf of CCFPA presented to member Roy Barry on the celebration of his 70th Birthday last October. He also offers occasional Film Nights/Video Forums around Coventry featuring the Sky Blues in action across the decades.

Dean has a fantastic collection of Sky Blues history on film and TV and now everyone can see a great selection from it free of charge. He tells us that he has, over last few months, put onto the Sky Blues Talk Fans Forum site almost 200 clips of goals and matches covering CCFC from 1924 to the current season.

So if you are a CCFPA member wanting to remind yourself of ‘one of those games’ you were in or a member of the Sky Blue Army who wants to see their heroes (our members), the ‘golden oldies’  in action why not click on http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/media/home and feast your eyes on the best of the Club’s past?