Walsham-Le-Willows
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Walsham-Le-Willows
FOOTBALL CLUB
T
his is the fourth Year as Chairman of Walsham Le Willows Football Club
for me. We are part of a Sports Club, with Cricket, Snooker, Ladies &
Men’s Darts, Bowls, Tennis, Walking Football & Walking Netball.
I was approached by the chairman
of the football club at that time, Mike
Powells, who had been Chairman for the
best part of twenty years and wanted to
contribute to the club in a different role
and required someone to take over the
reins of the Football Club so to speak, I
had some discussion and after quite a lot
of thought, decided to accept.
It was a well-run club on a stable
financial footing so was an easy decision
in the end. I had been involved playing
local sport for some 26 seasons around
the area with some experience as a
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Director of another local club, so had
some knowledge in what it was all about.
I like to get on and do things rather
than just be a figure head, I, along with
a few other volunteers do everything
needed to run a football club, from
pitch maintenance to cleaning changing
rooms to washing the kit, kitchen duties,
catering for the players after the game
and sometimes even watch a game of
football!
The biggest challenge is keeping the
finance on an even keel, while we are
very lucky with local companies and
individuals as sponsors, it is still very
difficult to keep everything running
smoothly AND improve facilities, but I
have a very willing group of helpers, I
certainly couldn’t do this without them!
Last year we bought a new Tractor
& Mower and installed a borehole to
maintain all our pitches. That was a huge
investment for us but will benefit the
whole club for years to come, we always
have a project on the go!
The club, while started in the late
1800s, the pitch was ploughed up for
farm land during the 1st and 2nd World