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The Cupboard Monster
Official News Letter of the County’s Best Decorated Generator Winners

MARKETEERS CARNIVAL CLUB

Chairman: Steve Wright Captain: Alan Windsor Treasurer: Dave Kirk Jnr Secretary: Adrian Horne

New Year – New Start

Hello there, I hope everyone had an enjoyable festive season and has now recovered from any amount of excess that you indulged in.

As many of you will know, work on the new shed has been progressing (albeit with a few hold-ups all out of our control, weather etc) and work will soon be nearing completion. It is a tremendous effort from everyone that has been involved in the fund-raising for the new premises and the construction of it. And I’m sure once completed a great feeling of satisfaction will sink in.

Obviously, as well as building a new shed, the club has to get back on more familiar ground and build a stage show and carnival cart. Having seen the cart drawing, if we build it we will definitely give ourselves as good a chance as anyone of claiming some of the top prizes. Obviously though none of this will be possible without hard-work and dedication both on the building and fundraising fronts. With fundraising in mind the club has a couple of events coming up in February (Quiz night & Cabaret) and all support is welcomed.

On the fund raising front, the club has picked up quite a bit of work after we impressed the organisers at last years Somer-rock. Therefore I ask you all to please look at the dates (located in the news section of the newsletter) and check you diaries to see if you are able to assist the club in any of these functions. This is a fantastic opportunity for the club to raise the much needed money for what we hope will be a cracking 50th year and one to remember for everyone.

As you are all probably aware, the Old Folks Show approaches us and as ever the club is looking for people to take part in this fun show. This year’s idea has been put in and we are doing Grover’s favourite idea – school children. If you would like to take part please contact myself, Tim Knapp or Chunk for more details.
The Old Folks show runs from 25th, 26th, 27th March.

The recent weeks has seen an influx of members joining the club, some are new members and some are members coming back to the fold. Hopefully the mixture of youth and experience will see the club well trhough the 50th year and on well into the future, and on behalf of the club I would like to welcome you all the Marketeers and hope you have as great a time as hundreds of us have in the past , present and (hopefully) future.

With an influx of young blood recently and at their request the club has decided to re-enter the Bridgwater Gangs & Features sports cup. The first few draws have been made and we are to face the following clubs

Darts – MCC v Newmarket, Euchre – MCC v Cavaliers, Pool – Wills v MCC (dates for all fixtures to be arranged).

If you would like to take part in these (or any of the other sports) please contact the newly appointed
Director of Sport – Mr Kevin Groves.

Onto the 50th Year and all arrangements for the anniversary party (June 5th 2010) are now almost finalised and I am pleased to announce tickets will be priced at £20 each (to include meal, entertainment & commemorative gift) invites will be sent out in the coming weeks. This will also be advertised in the local press, so hopefully we can get the attention of any persons we may inadvertently over look. Please also spread the word to people you know that may be interested in coming. The more the merrier and hopefully will be a chance for old friendships to be re-kindled and new ones to be forged,

Cheers  -Wins

Meet the Members

This Month’s edition focuses on two members who have recently re-joined Garry Martin and Tony Cushing

 Name – Tony Cushing

Nickname – Cush

Occupation – Kitchen fitter extraordinaire and Rothschild impersonator

Position in Club – top chippie, tea drinker and opera singer

Year Joined – originally a long time ago, more recently 2010

Reason you joined – I just love the voo.

Involvement with Club – wood and stuff, also am lee savages number one fan and am often seen at one of his Gigs wearing a ‘Cush loves Two tone’ t-shirt

Favourite memory of your time with the Club – winning the horses on my stag day

Ambition for the future – these are many and various, but I do hope to see the day that Badger wins the Noble peace prize and Guppy wins a speech making contest

Next up is Garry Martin

Name – Garry Martin

Nickname – Chicken, Gash the list is endless

Occupation – Flying Picket and professional striker

Position in Club – 1 above Grover in the pecking order.

Year joined – originally 1987, Rejoined many times but most recently 2010

Reason you joined – Tried every other club in town and they got rid of me!

Involvement with Club – Union Rep and assistant Director of Sports.

Favourite memory of your time with the Club – Passing out on the cart due to alcohol intake when we did Egyptians and having to spend a few hours in the company of the St Johns Ambulance before re-joining the party later that night. And explaining to the old ladies we met in Blackpool (Jon Horseys Stag Weekend) why ‘they call me Gash’.

Ambition for the future – to go on a stag weekend and actually make it out after the first night.

News

February 13th   February Cabaret

March 27th   Bar Staff needed,

April 15th –Stewards, Bar Staff – needed

May 08th          Bar Staff needed

May 15th          May Cabaret

May 22nd – Bar Staff needed

July 24th – Somerrock

July 30th          Bar staff Needed

August 7th & 8th Bar Staff needed,

August 21st & 22nd  levels as Somer-rock

September 18th September Cabaret

October 2nd – Bar Staff needed

October 23th     Bar Staff needed

December 11th December Cabaret

2010 Club Officers
President – Gerrard ‘Chunky’ Dunster
Chairman – Steve Wright –
Captain – Alan Windsor –
Treasurer – David ‘Jones’ Kirk Jnr –
Secretary –Adrian Horne–

Vice Chairman – Matthew Knapp Esq. –

Vice Captain – Kevin Groves –

Assistant Treasurer – Tim Knapp –

Assistant Secretary –Steve Adlam –

Vice Presidents Contact details

Chairman –Mike Butt–

Co-Ordinators

Cart Co-Ordinator – Steve Trunks –

Engineering Co-Ordinator – Allan Elson –

Electrical Co-Ordinator – Jason White –

Stage Co-ordinator – Ian Barber –

Director of Sport – Kevin Groves –

All can be contacted on email    E.G.Fisrtname.lastname@marketeerscc.co.uk

Thanks for reading the newsletter, I hope it was an enjoyable read and informative, hope to see you soon, Oh and I hope to see you at the quiz and/or cabaret , Cheers – Alan Windsor