I wanted to say just a few words to introduce myself and outline my hopes for Sturminster Newton Football Club.

Since I have taken over as Chairman, I have been delighted with the enthusiasm and efficiency of the Club Committee and how hard they are working towards improving the Club House and the football played here. We have to continue to work hard to raise awareness and funds to keep this club moving forward. Obviously good results from our football teams will really help with this. We must all give a huge thank you to Gary and his band of helpers for the job that they are doing. Very well done to all of them. We would, however, like to see more players coming regularly to training sessions. It is also great to see a Ladies team flourishing here, but we do need to get more ladies involved so that we can find a full team every week.

We must also give thanks to Tara and her team for the job they are doing for the social side of the Club. There is so much more to what they do than simply serving at the bar. We must always remember that, without the funds provided by the Club House, the football teams cannot necessarily continue. Do support the club socially as well as at the teams, whenever you can and look out for the many exciting events planned there. Also, so many people give their time to raise funds with raffles and other competitions, but you 'have to be in it to win it'.

Of course, it's a fact of life that everything costs money. We need to explore all possible revenue streams to keep this club stable. We are hoping soon to finalise a tie up with Carlsberg. If you know of any other companies or organisations that might like to support us, do please let us know. However if you can do anything for the club, whether its sponsorship or help in any other way I would be very pleased to hear from you. Or contact anyone else on the committee.

Thank you for your time in reading this and thank you for continuing to support Sturminster Newton Football Club. I'm sure that by all working together, we can take this club on to another level and to being something the Town can be proud of.

With very best wishes

Emanuel Paxaio

Club Chairman