Newsletter 10

Dear Member,

As you quoted an email address on your application, this is a special edition of the electronic update of BairnsTrust activities.

You are cordially invited to attend the monthly BairnsTrust meeting at the Falkirk Community Stadium on Monday 20th February 2006, KO 7.30pm.

There will be a full agenda for discussion, but if you have any concerns you wish to raise, please respond to either BairnsTrustWS@aol.com or post your query on the message board at our website and we will try to cover on the night.

Feel free to convene after the meeting in the Amarillo Bar Bistro.

If you are unable to attend, the minutes from the meeting will appear on our website 7-10 days later for your perusal.

Many thanks to those members who helped with Falkirk Council's Traffic Survey before the home Inverness CT fixture. The help was greatly appreciated by both BairnsTrust and the Council.

For those who attended the Motherwell v Falkirk game on 17/09/05 and have been following the overpricing thread over the last few Trust meetings, you may now be interested to hear that we have gained a significant result! BairnsTrust's continued pressure has reached Motherwell Chairman John Boyle and he has duly sanctioned our next away fixture on 11/03/06 at Fir Park as one of their club's "Charity Days", meaning ALL supporters will be allowed entry for a predicted £8/£2 for ALL areas of the ground, with ALL the gate receipts going to a local charity. An excellent gesture for our campaigning efforts.

We now have a similar scenario as concern was raised that Dundee United were also overcharging away supporters for similar seating as home fans at our match on Sun 13/01/06. It was agreed that the Trust would take this up and again a letter has been posted with a reply eagerly awaited.

Those Trust members who managed to find the Dundee FC Social Club during the first trip of the season to Tannadice Park, enjoyed the pre-match hospitality offered by our colleagues of Dundee FC Supporters Trust ... Dee4Life.

For your perusal, feel free to visit their website at:
www.dee4life.org.uk

The Committee have not rested and the 2006 social events are being arranged. The first is a Beatles Tribute Act Night on Friday 24/02/06. The bright adverts now adorn the concourse at The Falkirk Stadium and tickets are available from Committee Members.

The Trust were approached to hastily arrange a "Meet the Manager Night" at the Stadium on Monday 06/02/06. This went very smoothly and more than 40 questions were asked in the two hours available ranging from the Duffy transfer, late substitutions, rugby games at the stadium, manipulation by the Press, FFC's 5 year plan, Youth teams, Glennan transfer, Intertoto Cup, Physios, new stands, atmosphere at games and a rousing speech by physcologist Watt Nicol.

An added bonus from this session was the request for financial assistance from the club for the buses making the trek to Dingwall.

This has since been gratefully ratified.

Another suggestion was the penning of a new club song/chant/anthem. Any budding songwriters can contact BairnsTrust by any preferred method below with their work.

Drew Norloch Ltd, having witnessed the success of our recent BairnsTrust events, had their first entertainment night on Friday 10/02/06 in the Amarillo Bar Bistro/Brockville Lounge at the stadium. The event was "sold out" and BairnsTrust have benefited financially from the night.

Details on each of the above events and more will eventually appear on the our, the club's and Drew Norloch's websites.

Alternatively, tickets can be ordered/purchased in person direct from the venue or by telephoning 01324 673425. Details of which are:
o 2nd Cabaret, Fri 10/03/06, 8pm @ Amarillo Bistro Bar/Brockville Lounge. £25, inc 2 course meal.
o 3rd Cabaret, Fri 14/04/06, 8pm @ Amarillo Bistro Bar/Brockville Lounge. £25, inc 2 course meal.
o 4th Cabaret, Fri 05/05/06, 8pm @ Amarillo Bistro Bar/Brockville Lounge. £25, inc 2 course meal.

TWO competitions you may have missed that were run by both the Bank of Scotland and the Sun newspaper allowed a fan to "Meet the Captains" at a special photoshoot at the end of last year. The Bank of Scotland version was open to employees and received a good response, but interestingly the Sun received NO applications from Falkirk fans!

The Trust are grateful to the Bank of Scotland for the receipt of even more SPL donations for raffle/auction at our forthcoming fundraising events. Discussions are in their infancy re placing some items on our site on an online auction basis allowing other club's supporters to bid.

There have still been difficulties in co-ordinating of signing the current squad of players to the BairnsTrust but a further attempt is being arranged.

The CLUB's AGM is now arranged for Monday 27/02/06 and shareholders will have now been notified. Those Trust members whose sharesave matured in the past year should be included in the club's mailing. Please respond if this is not the case and we will investigate on your behalf.

Our own AGM will coincide with the March monthly meeting on Monday 20/03/06.

Finally, if you have any topics or articles you wish to be included in future BairnsTrust Electronic Newsletters, please respond by your preferred contact method below.

Look forward to seeing you at the monthly meeting where there will be a chance to win a prize for attendees!

Peter Jack
BairnsTrust Joint-Treasurer
www.bairnstrust.com

Please support the Trust's Corporate Sponsors:
www.drewnorloch.co.uk / www.clubamarillo.co.uk

Contact methods:

a) Email to BairnsTrustWS@aol.com
b) Post your query on our message board
c) Visit the BairnsTrust stall located on the concourse in the Main Stand at home games.
d) Attendance at the monthly BairnsTrust meetings in the Players' Lounge at the Falkirk Community Stadium on the third Monday of the month, KO 7.30pm.