Official Haverhill Branch A.G.M

Our A.G.M is being held on Thursday 24th July 2008 at 8.00pm, at the Rose Tavern in Haverhill.

 

Ipswich Town F.C. Supporters Club Official Haverhill Branch proudly presents;

ZAK

(International singer and entertainer)

Fresh from his UK Tour with Matt Munroe Jnr

At the Haverhill Rugby Club, School Lane, Camps Road, Haverhill

(click here for map)

Friday 15th August 2008 - 8.00pm until 11.00pm

There will be a bar and a barbeque

Admission: Tickets in advance £4.00, or on the door £5.00

Special guest appearance of "Mogger"

***Dance away to music from the 60's, 70's, & 80's***

For more details, and for advance tickets, please contact Iain Ross on 01440 763772

 

Great News regarding membership of our branch!

Our supporters branch continues to thrive with membership continuing to grow and bus numbers increasing. Another three new members joining and travelling with us on the coach to the Plymouth home match night saw our active membership grow to over 60 members - the highest for several seasons!

More great news!

Despite the indifferent current Town form the Branch members and numbers on the coach have steadily been increasing all season which culminated in the coach for both the Cardiff and Norwich matches being fully booked. Great news for the branch!

Car Boot Sale

We raised over £200 for branch funds through a car-boot sale earlier this month.
Here are are couple of 'photos taken at the event;

Inter Branch Quiz - held on Monday 7th April 2008

The annual Haverhill inter branch quiz night was a huge success with a full house at Haverhill Snooker & Bowl with nine teams enjoying a fun packed evening.
There were five teams from the Haverhill Supporters Branch which were superbly supported with teams from Bury St Edmunds, Long Melford and Ipswich branches.
After the unique and infamous 'Deal or No Deal' game which saw the lucky contestant discard the £50 envelope to win just £3 from the banker the quiz started.
Ten tense but light hearted rounds which included general knowledge, taped TV themes, name the face, who am I (accidentally ruined by an over enthusiastic member of the Ipswich Branch who gave the answer away after the first clue to the amusement of all present!), famous deaths, the ever unpopular spelling test, and much more the quiz finished with a three way tie between Haverhill 'B' and the two Long Melford teams. The first tie breaker knocked out Haverhill with the decider resulting in Long Melford 'A' winning the quiz.
There was then a raffle and auction for a signed ITFC shirt before a sumptious and over generous buffet!
The evening, which is always planned more as a social event rather than a major fundraiser, saw a profit on the evening of £201 for Branch funds.
 
Organiser  -  Iain Ross    
Quiz Master  -  Barry Miller
Scorer  -  Max Eason
Raffle  -  Maurice Dale
 
With thanks to the rest of the Committee for their help and, of course, all those that took part, attended and contributed on the night.
 The quiz in now a permanent fixture in the calender and plans are already in progress to get the trophy back from Long Melford in 2009. We are in the process of discussing a bowling night for all members young and old - date to be advised.

Here are some photographs taken during the quiz evening;

A very studious looking Long Melford team

A more relaxing second Long Melford team - the winners of the quiz

Iain, and Barry - Organiser and Quiz Master - Iain is about to make an announcement !

Max checking the scores and Barry on the Microphone

 

Junior True Blue of the Month for October 2007 - Tommy Portman Miller

Committee member Barry Miller's son Tom (above) has been named the Junior True Blue of the Month for October (The E-on competition featured in the programme and on the club website), and as a result he was mascot for Ipswich Town for their match against Bristol City on Saturday 10th November 2007 as well as going on the shortlist for the main prize at the end of the season.

He inspired Ipswich to their 6-0 victory - nice one Tom!

He was basically nominated because he has been a season ticket holder since he was 3 yrs old and due to his unusual middle name and famous namesake . . . . . . . . Tommy Portman Miller!

Here are some more pictures, taken on Tommy's big day;

 

Branch Quiz

On Thursday 1st November 2007 our branch held a quiz at The Rose Tavern, to raise money to cover the losses incurred on home coaches. While it was intended to be a local, Haverhill quiz, we were very pleased to welcome a team from Bury.
Questions were set by Max Eason, and ranged from Dr. Who to Shakespeare, from famous people with David as a christian name to identifying bald women!

Question master was Max and he was assisted by Iain Ross, who kept an expert eye on proceedings and also kept score.
After a tense struggle, the winning team was The Dream Team, consisting of Joan and Derek Ling, Martin Thulbourne and Caroline Drew.

The Branch would like to thank the landlady of The Rose Tavern for allowing us to use the pub.

ITFC Programme book, and Programme & Memorabilia club

Alasdair Ross has had a book published called Ipswich Town F.C. Programme guide.
It lists all Ipswich Town programmes from 1936 to the present day.
It costs £9.00 including postage.
To obtain a copy, send a cheque for £9.00 made payable to A Ross, to:-

Alasdair Ross
58 Lonsdale Close
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 4HD

Alasdair also runs an Ipswich Programme and Memorabilia club, which has over 100 members.
It is £5 to join and for that you get 4 isues of club magzine- "Town Collectables"
Please contact Alasdair on the address above for further details.

Here is the front cover of the book: