HEACHAM F C

Firstly we are delighted to announce that Heacham F C have made it through to the finals of the “Your Local Paper Awards” where exceptional sportsmen, women and teams, who have achieved incredible success in their respective field, are honoured and recognised. This is a great testament to everyone connected with the Club. Will we win it? All will be revealed in the May Newsletter.

THE TEAMS

The first team have suffered a set back in their quest for automatic promotion from the Thurlow Nunn Division 1 North with a home defeat against local rivals Downham Town by 2 goals to nil. The game attracted an attendance of 270, which saw in form Downham leapfrog Heacham to top spot in the league. Downham now lead by one point with both teams having 8 remaining games to play. Prior to this match the first team had continued their fine form with wins at Debenham LC 4-0 and home wins against Whittlesey Athletic 3-0 and Swaffham Town 2-1, which saw the switch on of the floodlights. The Swaffham game attracted a record home league attendance of 298, which also was the highest attendance for a club at our level (step 6) in the whole of the country for that weekend, truly a magnificent achievement by the club.
The remaining 1st team fixtures (all league):-
Sat 18th March v Debenham LC home k.o.3.00pm
Sat 25th March v Whittlesey away k.o. 3.00pm
Tues 28th March v Holbeach home k.o. 7.45pm
Sat 1st April v Cornard home k.o. 3.00pm
Sat 8th April v Holland away k.o. 3.00pm
Mon 10th April v Leiston Res away k.o. 3.00pm
Sat 15th April v Harwich & Parkeston home k.o. 3.00pm
Sat 22nd April v Haverhill Borough home k.o. 3.00pm

Currently the Reserves are sitting in 2nd place in the North West Norfolk Division1 League. They trail Ingoldisthorpe by 4 points but do have a game in hand. They narrowly lost 1-0 away to the league leaders in a very closely competitive match. Recent results have been as follows:-
Watlington Res won 3-0 away

The Reserves interest in the League Cup came to an end in a 2-1 home defeat to Docking Rangers (they do have a chance of revenge with 2 league matches still to be played against Docking).
In the George Graver Cup the reserves have been drawn at home to Dersingham Res = date of fixture still to be confirmed.
At the time of going to press the Reserves still have the following league fixtures to fulfil but no dates have been allocated yet:-
KLSC Res away
Docking Rangers home and away
West Winch William Burt home and away.

On a final note congratulations must go to the Reserves who were awarded “Team of the Month” for February, for their overall performance during the month.

Admission Prices - Season 20022/23.
(for 1st team matches)
Adults £5
Concessions £3
Under 16s £1
(payment : Cash or Card)

Match day programmes £2 (payment : cash only)
(only issued for 1st team games)

Please remember that entry to all Reserve matches is free.

Matchday Catering (1st team games only)
The Club are pleased to announce a new partnership with Best Bites Limited Catering Van, who will be located inside the pavilion and offering traditional hot football fare, in the form of burgers, bacon rolls etc. Cash and Card payments accepted.

Sponsorship Advertising
The Football Club are pleased to announce the opportunity to sponsor the 1st team match day programme. At the time of going to press the following games are still available to sponsor:-
Sat 1st April v Cornard and Sat 15th April v Harwich & Parkeston
Cost is £75 and includes your/details name/business or company name on the front of the programme, free entry and programme, Refreshments will also be included in the package.
For further information/details please contact Duane Gowen by email:-
commercial.heachamfc@gmail.com

Merchandise
Visit our Club Shop on 1st team match days to view our exclusive range of clothing and much more including replica shirts, hoodies, caps, scarves, t-shirts, coasters, umbrellas, badges, old programmes etc.
Payment : Cash or by card.

Volunteers Wanted
We are still looking for help on match days. If you can spare a few hours a week then please come down to the ground and have a chat. You’ll find it’s a great friendly type atmosphere and we would love you to join the “Heacham Family”.

Supporters Club
I would like to remind everyone that we now have back in stock the Official Heacham F C pin badge. Price only £3 each (collection) or can post (U.K.) for £5 inc p&p.

The February winners of the 2023 “50/50 Club” were:-
1st Prize - £45 - No.71 Tony Hunt
2nd Prize - £22 - No.10 Stuart Mitchell
Congratulations to both our winners.

Results of February “free raffle” for Supporter Club Members were:-
No.64 Annie Tavener wins Tub of Quality Street
No.142 Christine Abbott wins Box of Biscuits
No.223 Kevin Randall wins Bottle Red Wine
No.210 Jason Simkin wins Pair of Wine Glasses
No.185 Fred Smith wins Box of Dairy Box Chocs
Well done to all our winners.
The next “free members raffle” will take place during April.

If you require any further information on any of the matters mentioned, then please contact me (email address below) or come and find me at any of the 1st team matches. You can also keep up to date with all the latest news, fixtures, away travel news etc. on our Facebook page:- Heacham F C Supporters Club.

“COME ON HEACHAM”

Denis Cooper
Chairman/Secretary
Heacham F C Supporters Club
Email: deniscooper06@aol.com