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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Grounds => Topic started by: Ayrtek Cricket on October 21, 2016, 10:56:14 AM
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Morning fellow CBFers.
Its not often that I ask for something from all the forum members but this is a project that Ive been working on and it would make a HUGE difference to our chances of successfully winning a £25k grant for my cricket club if you can all find 5 mins to click the mouse a few times and give the project your backing.
If you've got a facebook account its even quicker as you can fast track through the registry process by using this.
Our clubhouse balcony has deteriorated over the years to such a condition that it has been condemned as will cost us £20k + VAT to replace, it offers a great view over the pitches and was the place where everyone stood to watch the sunset whilst sipping a cold beer in the evening whilst the game below came to a climax. Sadly for the last 2 seasons this hasn't been possible and were seeking this grant to try and put that right.
All you need to do is register via the Aviva community fund website using a valid email address and you name and cast your 10 votes in favour of our project to help us stand a chance of winning the grant.....it literally takes 5 mins of your time!
Full details and a step by step guide are contained within the PDF in the link below I've made. The project is under GOLDEN HILL SPORTS LIMITED and CLUBHOUSE BALCONY RECONSTRUCTION.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/acfcms/get-involved (https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/acfcms/get-involved)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz6bcjoz991u26p/Aviva%20Community%20Fund%20Voting%20Procedure.pdf?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz6bcjoz991u26p/Aviva%20Community%20Fund%20Voting%20Procedure.pdf?dl=0)
If anyone has any questions of trouble navigating to place votes please let me know as every Vote counts!!!!!
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Done, good luck! :)
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Done, good luck! :)
Superb, thanks mate. Hopefully it didn't take too long to do 👍
Appreciate the help.
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Done!
Took about 30 seconds if you use the facebook registration. Would have been quicker if their website wasn't so laggy.
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Great, cheers.
I thought it would be alot quicker using FB login which is good to hear.
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@Ayrtek Cricket votes cast. I wish you all the best for the project.
JT
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Done
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Done, i'll get the wife to fill it out as well when I get home
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By the way, if you get the grant do we have a CBF free bar for the night?
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done hope it helps. hope to come down when its done and enjoy the view
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By the way, if you get the grant do we have a CBF free bar for the night?
Having been out with a few forum members the £25k wouldn't cover half the bar tab 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
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Done! Hope you win, and that the view from the new balcony is better than ever.
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Thanks to those that have taken the time so far, it's quite an integral feature that means we get views like the below if we can get it back into use...
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09/139E5BCD-9E69-411A-8592-441BE9C9C734.jpg) (http://s444.photobucket.com/user/tom_ayrtek/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09/139E5BCD-9E69-411A-8592-441BE9C9C734.jpg.html)(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09/71A423C8-5AA7-486F-B14B-2CBDE3F2BDE8.jpg) (http://s444.photobucket.com/user/tom_ayrtek/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09/71A423C8-5AA7-486F-B14B-2CBDE3F2BDE8.jpg.html)
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Just to clarify for anyone who has already voted or is going to can you PLEASE ensure that you move the slider to 10 votes as the default is just 1.
We've reached 163 votes which means 3 People potentially have 9 spare votes each that they could cast in our direction if they wanted to log back in and resubmit the spares....as its likely each vote will be vital when it comes to the final tally.
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@Ayrtek Cricket Done. goodluck. In US, we barely manage to get a ground :)
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Just cast my 10 for you Tom, good luck with it mate
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Just cast my 10 for you Tom, good luck with it mate
Thanks mate, hoping GCB/B&D can send it out to local clubs as obviously those visiting our ground will also benefit from us winning it 👍🏻
Apparently last years winner had just over 10,000 votes so every 10 counts towards getting us to that total.
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Thanks all upto 198 votes on day one so a great start to the campaign.
If other CBF members can find time to cast their 10 allotted votes I would be extremely grateful as it will boost our chances of winning considerably. 👍
As a thank you I'll enter everyone who casts their 10 votes and comments in the thread as notification into a draw to win a New PremierTek 2026 helmet as a sign of my appreciation.
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Thanks mate, hoping GCB/B&D can send it out to local clubs as obviously those visiting our ground will also benefit from us winning it 👍🏻
Apparently last years winner had just over 10,000 votes so every 10 counts towards getting us to that total.
Love to say we would benefit but unfortunately were victims of the annual league stitch up!
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I did see something earlier on that's yet another reshuffle....you bust ur balls to finish out of bottom 2 only to get relegated anyway!!! Brilliant 😳
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Good luck mate
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Morning fellow CBFers.
Its not often that I ask for something from all the forum members but this is a project that Ive been working on and it would make a HUGE difference to our chances of successfully winning a £25k grant for my cricket club if you can all find 5 mins to click the mouse a few times and give the project your backing.
If you've got a facebook account its even quicker as you can fast track through the registry process by using this.
Our clubhouse balcony has deteriorated over the years to such a condition that it has been condemned as will cost us £20k + VAT to replace, it offers a great view over the pitches and was the place where everyone stood to watch the sunset whilst sipping a cold beer in the evening whilst the game below came to a climax. Sadly for the last 2 seasons this hasn't been possible and were seeking this grant to try and put that right.
All you need to do is register via the Aviva community fund website using a valid email address and you name and cast your 10 votes in favour of our project to help us stand a chance of winning the grant.....it literally takes 5 mins of your time!
Full details and a step by step guide are contained within the PDF in the link below I've made. The project is under GOLDEN HILL SPORTS LIMITED and CLUBHOUSE BALCONY RECONSTRUCTION.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/acfcms/get-involved (https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/acfcms/get-involved)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz6bcjoz991u26p/Aviva%20Community%20Fund%20Voting%20Procedure.pdf?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz6bcjoz991u26p/Aviva%20Community%20Fund%20Voting%20Procedure.pdf?dl=0)
If anyone has any questions of trouble navigating to place votes please let me know as every Vote counts!!!!!
Done it mate. Hope you get the grant and it all works out.
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Done. Good luck
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Best of luck Tom, hope you guys get the funding needed.
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Tom, 5 of the votes are from me - split with another cause close to me.
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Thanks all, @Alvaro no problems at all appreciate other projects are live as well that people may wish to support.
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@Ayrtek Cricket - Penfold, I don't understand about all this voting lark, but let me know if you need a couple of banners to publicise anything.
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Done it good luck for your club
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@Ayrtek Cricket - Penfold, I don't understand about all this voting lark, but let me know if you need a couple of banners to publicise anything.
Brucey, I might need a few things on the social club side (Bar open/this way etc) so will let you know my rotund feline friend 👍
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Brucey, I might need a few things on the social club side (Bar open/this way etc) so will let you know my rotund feline friend 👍
If you have a signage problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him....maybe you can hire The FAT-Team!
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Done.
If I win the draw, auction off the helmet. Proceeds to go to the first round supped on the balcony. Or first round to drown your sorrows should you not get the funding!
Best of luck.
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Done!
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Thanks chaps, appreciate the backing.
Will make a massive difference to the club as it's taken us 10 years of hard work to repay and £85k ECB loan we borrowed to purchase our ground. Due to having to repay this year on year everything else has become some what neglected as a result.
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Done!
Hope you are successful in receiving the funding you need!
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Done!
Hope you are successful in receiving the funding you need!
Thanks, slowly climbing up through the numbers as we edge towards 1700 votes now 👍
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For ease of red a direct link is below is anyone can spare 2mims to register and vote 👍
Clubhouse Balcony Reconstruction - vote for us now in the Aviva Community Fund https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300 (https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300)
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Done (twice) used both my email addresses will get the gf to vote also
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Top work Alex, appreciated....there no follow up of spam etc so hopefully just a question of taking 2 mins to cast 10 votes
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My 10 votes have been cast. Good luck mate.
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didnt think of using my other email address so i have done this now
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Anyone whom maybe bored at work with 5 mins to spare that fancies Voting we're teeing toward 4K now. 👌
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Done - good luck mate!
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Brilliant thanks!
Sorry to keep bombarding people but its a place I have quite literally grown up at (its my dads 50th year at the club next year and hes only 65 so you can imagine where I spent most of my summers!) so if I can do something now to secure this funding its something I can hopefully look back on in 20 odd years time at the clubhouse knowing I helped.
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Will get on that now using both email addresses. Our clubhouse has also now been condemned, but unfortunately it is on EDF land initially as a power stations' staff club and the selfish French bosses don't want to spend on restoring it and will certainly not allow a bar, even if we could fund it. It seems what we will be stuck with is two portakabins! Good luck in getting that grant!
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Done.
Good luck with it all.
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I didn't think about the 2 emails thing, cast another 20 votes with my two work emails :D
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Thanks all, seems our main competition is from a Paddle boarding club in Oxford but with a United front we can ensure cricket benefits with the #BeersFromTheBalcony campaign as I've named it.
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Right the CBFers...we've now hit 10K which is a great effort.
In the midst of getting to this number a few club members have pledged things to spur us on, one lad promised NEVER again to mention his 177* on which he basically recalls every time he plays for any team at the club when we hit 7.5K...thankfully we managed this and he's gutted as he's actually got 177* on his club shirt!
As kit badgers we have the same lad who refused to throw away kit, he scored his 177* with a £16 Asda bat and the sad items you see below are his beloved batting gloves!
Yes he actually wears these!
If we hit 12K by Sunday evening he has promised to burn them and replace them next season. Please vote if you havent already to help ensure he doesn't take to the crease wearing these abominations next year 🙈
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-10/A6EBFDEF-A075-4D2E-92AB-5345134AE03C.jpg) (http://s444.photobucket.com/user/tom_ayrtek/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-10/A6EBFDEF-A075-4D2E-92AB-5345134AE03C.jpg.html)
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Don't worry, it's just a flesh wound ....
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Right giving this another bump in the hope that those who havent voted yet can spare 2 mins to click a few times and boost our bid.
Currently were neck and neck with a gymnastics club up North....come on Forum members dont let us loose to a hobby horse!!!
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300 (https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300)
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Just casted 20 votes for yous
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Legend.......ary 👌
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Right giving this another bump in the hope that those who havent voted yet can spare 2 mins to click a few times and boost our bid.
Currently were neck and neck with a gymnastics club up North....come on Forum members dont let us loose to a hobby horse!!!
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300 (https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2300)
Hmmm them gymnastics girls look good though and are sooo flexible :D
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Just a little update on this, amazingly we managed to finish with over 25,500 votes which will hopefully see us proceed to the final stages....We will find out for definite tomorrow!
This was
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How did the gymnastics girls go? :D
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How did the gymnastics girls go? :D
There was some people who came to the party rather late and surged up the rankings....im not sure where they finished!
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How did you get on @Ayrtek Cricket I got an email today announcing who the winners are but can't open it
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We bagged £24,817.20 having come in the top 2 in the competition :D
Great news as it means we can get work underway to get the balcony back into action before the season arrives as it makes a massive difference to the whole atmosphere at the club being able to use it to watch and drink a beer on in the evening.
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Does that mean you owe all of us, who gave you our vote, a pint?
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We bagged £24,817.20 having come in the top 2 in the competition :D
Great news as it means we can get work underway to get the balcony back into action before the season arrives as it makes a massive difference to the whole atmosphere at the club being able to use it to watch and drink a beer on in the evening.
Congratulations
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Does that mean you owe all of us, who gave you our vote, a pint?
There will be a party at the club once the balcony is complete to celebrate the opening of it....also a free beer! If you fancy a jaunt to Bristol to claim it you're more than welcome :D #BeersOnTheBalcony
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Well done Tom, always good to see improvement in club facilities for future cricketers to enjoy.
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Congratulations, hopefully the square will be next 😉👍
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Congratulations, hopefully the square will be next 😉👍
We've got a New groundsman and money was also sunk into them both over the winter as it happens!
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There will be a party at the club once the balcony is complete to celebrate the opening of it....also a free beer! If you fancy a jaunt to Bristol to claim it you're more than welcome :D #BeersOnTheBalcony
sounds like it'll be a great night
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Congrats Tom, look forward to seeing the results during the season!
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Nerd power!
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@Ayrtek Cricket I am sure I can come along, quick visit to my mate at Bristol Uni and afternoon on the Balcony!