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Join the Junior Blues!

Posted by Mike Day on

Renew or join the Junior Blues today and receive fantastic benefits only available to members.

This season for all existing and new members, some of the things we will be offering are; a £10 Foot Golf voucher for each member, courtesy of our official Junior Blues’ partners at Foot Golf Chester and competitions for the chance to be a mascot for a game. Also when members show their membership cards at Frankie and Benny’s restaurant on Sealand Road, kid’s can eat free* in their restaurant. There is of course the fantastic football sessions with the Community Trust plus our incredibly successful Christmas party, and much, much more throughout the year.

For the first time this year, we are offering all existing and new members, aged 0-4, to become members for free of charge. 5-15 year olds are still just £5.

Click this link … fill in the form, and get closer to your club.

*Terms and conditions apply.

Junior Blues looking for new committee members

Posted by Neil Bellis on

The Junior Blues are looking for new committee members to help ahead of this summer’s relaunch.

Any potential candidate must undergo a DBS check (formerly CRB), be willing to give a few hours a month to meet for planning events and be willing to help out on match days when required.

The committee also wanted to announce that longstanding committee members, Stephen and Sylv Whelan have made the decision to stand down from the committee.

Community director, Alan Povey, said: “I would like to, on behalf of everybody at the club, thank them for their work and dedication to the Junior Blues over the last six years.”

If you would like any further information, or want to get involved, then please contact Alan Povey with a brief outline of your background and any relevant experience at juniorblues@chesterfc.com

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Meet the manager at the next CFU meeting

Posted by Neil Bellis on

The next informal CFU meeting will be on Thursday May 19th in the Blues Bar, starting at 7.30pm with special guests Jon McCarthy and Ian Sharps.

This is a great opportunity for CFU members to meet our new manager Jon and his assistant Ian and quiz them ahead of the start of next season.

Also on the night the board will give updates on two items;  (more…)

Board meeting summaries now available

Posted by Neil Bellis on

Summaries of CFU board meetings are now available for CFU members to view on the CFU site.

The board hope that this will mean members are better informed about what the CFU board are discussing on a month to month basis.

The documents are a summary of the minutes of the board meetings, not the full minutes, and any confidential items are not included in the summaries.

To view the summaries you must log on to the CFU site. The log in area is on the sidebar on the left hand side of the website. Once you have logged in the board meetings section is at the bottom of the user menu. (more…)

CFU meeting reminder

Posted by Neil Bellis on

CFU members are reminded that the next formal CFU meeting is Thursday April 21st in the Blues Bar, starting at 7.30pm.

The agenda is as follows;

Welcome and apologies (Simon Olorenshaw)

Acceptance of the notes of the last formal meeting held on 21st January 2016 and any matters arising (Marion Needham)

Chairman’s update (SO)

Finance Summary (Laurence Kirby)

BREAK

Commercial update (Jonny Hughes)

Youth development (Brian Burns/Mike Day)

Communications (Neil Bellis)

Q & A

Date of next – informal 19th May 2016

Don’t forget if you can’t make the meeting there is a streaming service available. If you have already signed up then there is no need to do anything, an email will be sent out on the day. You can still sign up by emailing neil.bellis@chesterfc.com  (more…)

CFU board statement

Posted by Neil Bellis on

The Board of City Fans United has recently reviewed the staffing needs of the Club and has determined that we will create a new role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

This will be a very senior role within the Club, with the CEO having direct responsibility and oversight of all the Club’s day-to-day activities, as well as developing and implementing a strategic business plan to grow both our income and fan-base and to take the Club forward in new and sustainable ways. An open recruitment process for the new role will begin shortly.

As the CEO role will encompass all our commercial activities, then unfortunately, this means that the present role of Commercial Manager becomes redundant and Tracey Smith will leave her post on 31 March 2016.

The Board would wish to place on record its thanks to Tracey for the contribution she made during her time with us and for the energy and enthusiasm she brought to the Club.

 

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Wrexham fixture – Board Statement

Posted by Mike Day on

The CFU Board would like to take the opportunity to thank fans for their exemplary behaviour at the Cross-Border Derby game on Saturday against Wrexham.

We hope it is another step towards the removal of the bubble restrictions we currently have.

The Board have also been made aware of some concerns among supporters who attended the Wrexham game with regards to the ban on the sale of alcohol.

At last year’s fixture there was damage caused to Wrexham’s stadium by some Chester fans which cost our club a significant amount of money. At a subsequent CFU meeting members felt that the sale of alcohol at the ground was a contributory factor.

This was discussed and agreed with Safety Advisory Group as it was felt that the non-sale of alcohol would represent a reciprocal arrangement between the clubs.

Once again, we would like to thank supporters for their terrific following and behaviour at the weekend.

CFU meeting cancelled

Posted by Neil Bellis on

The next CFU meeting, scheduled for Thursday March 24th, has been cancelled by the board due to director unavailability.

A number of directors are unavailable that evening and the rest of the CFU board feel any meeting without the majority of the board there would be ineffective.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The next scheduled board meeting is an informal meeting on April 21st. This will now become a formal meeting.  (more…)

CFU Formal meeting reminder

Posted by Neil Bellis on

The next CFU meeting is next Thursday, March 24th, in the Blues Bar starting at 7.30pm.

The meeting is a formal meeting with the following agenda;

1. Welcome and apologies (SO)

2. Acceptance of the notes of the last meeting held on 21st January 2016 and any matters arising (MN)

3. Chairman’s update (SO)

4. Finance Summary (LK)

BREAK

5. Commercial update (JH)

6. Youth development (BB/MD)

7. Communications (NB)

8. Q&A

9. Date of next meeting – informal 21st April 2016

Remember if you can’t make it to the meeting then you can watch it online through the CFU’s streaming channel. If you haven’t signed up already please email neil.bellis@chesterfc.com The system has been a big hit with the Exiles so don’t miss out!

Minutes from the last formal CFU meeting in January are available under the meetings tab on the CFU site.

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