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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Sponsorship is of particular importance to our club and I thank all our sponsors for their support,
also thanks to Don Browne-Kerr who spent a lot of time recruiting sponsors of all kinds.

A special word of thanks must go to Gladys Browne-Kerr for her continued fine efforts in the canteen
and many other duties as well as sitting on the committee, also thanks to the ladies who assist
Gladys week after week. Congratulations and thanks to our junior committee, coaches, officials and
all those involved on a very good year.

Special thanks to Graeme Wickson our junior administrator on a job well done. A special word must
be said about Peter Bessell, our club person of the year, this year and under 13 runner up coach.
Well done and sincere congratulations Peter.

To the many other people who assisted in a wide range of areas, please continue to keep up the
good work, as a club like ours would not survive without your voluntary support. Many thanks to you
all for your assistance and support.

This season has been most difficult as far as financial needs go, showing a loss of some $3,500.00
compared to last year’s profit of $9,700.00; this represents a turnaround of some $13,000.00.

There are many one of reasons for this, such as building the office, plans for possible future
extensions, a large F.D.F.L. fine and even closing our books early, so we can start next season earlier.

All these expenses represent some amount of approximately $4,500.00. In addition to this, we had
the cost of playing in a finals game and bar takings being down some forty percent. So overall, these
items being the major difference to last year, represents about $11,000.00.

We must all realise we cannot solely survive off our bingo income, so we must find new ventures for
raising our funds, especially as the drink drive laws do not encourage people to use our bar.

The Parkside football club has a lot to offer many people, so let's all ensure we get together and
endeavour to overcome some of our problem areas, which will see us become a more solid and
stable club in a very trying environment.

Once again, thanks to everyone for their support throughout the year and let's all look forward to
further success next year.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider