2017-18 Diary Week 17

Ten minutes of madness was enough to spoil a week of preparation and neither Steve Clarke nor the fans were amused.

The boss switched things up at half time and we looked to be back on track, but we were caught on the break and the sucker punch goal gave the Dons all three points.

Good to see Dicker back though, and Kiltie will get development game time starting this week.

Meanwhile in Germany, Tommy Adams did his final charity trek with our good friends from Kaiserslautern.

All the money required has been raised and Tommy has asked me to pass on his best wishes to everyone who played a part.

Monday 4th December sees the Killie Trust AGM at the Portmann Hotel (7pm for 7:30pm), all members are encouraged to attend and if you are not a member there is still plenty of time to sign up before that.

2017-18 Diary Week 16

Hearts have had major problems getting a safety certificate this week for their new stand; it makes you wonder how on earth Dens Park managed to get one!

The restricted view was possibly not a bad thing for the most part as both teams put in what can only be described as a “dogged” performance.

Normally in such circumstances we would be happy with an away point, but the two clear cut chances at the end left us feeling that all three points were there for the taking.

The away support was again the highlight of the day and hats off to everyone who made the trip to back the team.

The Trust in Killie initiative has now passed the half way mark to the first £100k target for getting a supporter director on board so that could mean some extra cash in the transfer kitty for Steve Clark going forward; although at this rate probably not in time to take on Ross County in the Scottish Cup!

Are you involved yet?

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TIK Silent Auction

Premium Package member Brendan Maguire has once again stumped up a couple of tickets to a major sporting event to help fund TIK and this time it’s rugby and the chance to see Scotland take on the mighty All Blacks on Saturday 18th November at Murrayfield (happy hunting ground!). The tickets are for premium seats and face value is £80 each so we are going down the silent auction route to try and maximise what we can get for them and give everyone a chance to bid. It’s a difficult one for us as Killie are away to Dundee that day and we don’t want to discourage anyone from watching Ayrshire’s finest...but we are sure that everyone knows a rugby fan who would love to see this, so let them know, or be their mate for life and make a bid for them!

The All Blacks are current world champions, the number one ranked team in the world and are following up the summer’s dramatic drawn series with the British & Irish Lions with some brilliant performances in the Rugby Championship. Despite a few close encounters over the years, Scotland have never beaten New Zealand in Test rugby.  However, earlier this year the Scotland 7s famously became the first Scottish team to beat New Zealand (on their way to way winning the London 7s, the final leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series at Twickenham, for the second consecutive year). New head coach Gregor Townsend has already led Scotland to a win over Australia (in the Summer Tour) – can he pick up where the 7s team left off and guide Scotland to victory over New Zealand at BT Murrayfield? It’s a 5.15pm kick-off, and they are encouraging everyone to get to their seats early to be ready for the spectacular LIGHTS OUT show!

This game is sold out.

To make a bid please email KillieFC.com@gmail.com with how much you would like to bid in total for the pair of tickets and the winner will be declared on Thursday 16th November at 5pm.

2017-18 Diary Week 15

They don’t like us much in Dundee, this we know from previous encounters with the Tayside constabulary and over officious stewards at both Tannadice Street dumps.

In the name of the Good Lord Wullie, would you please build a decent stadium between you...if the Milan teams can do it so can you!

This Saturday at Dens they are putting us in a stand that was built when Moses was a boy and charging us £24 for the privilege, yet we offer far better views and facilities and charge them £4 less.

Now it is all very well saying that we should charge them the same £24, but the league doesn’t allow us to do that without charging our own fans more as well.

It would also make us as guilty as Dundee in pricing people out of the game, it’s the fans not the clubs who suffer, twenty quid is indeed plenty.

The SPFL should really do something about pricing policy and bring in some sort of standardisation.

How about each club sets its own walk up price and that’s what their fans get charged wherever they go?

Finally, well done to Jordan Jones on his international debut, sadly he won’t be going to the World Cup but it was great to see him thanking Killie on his social media for giving him the opportunity to shine…like gold maybe?

Killie Trust AGM 2017

 A Community Benefit Society registered with the Financial Conduct Authority Register Number 2620RS

 

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given the Annual General Meeting of the Kilmarnock Supporters’ Society Limited will be held in the The Portmann Hotel 42 Portland Road, Kilmarnock KA1 2DL on Monday 4th December 2017 at 7pm for 7:30pm.

Agenda

1)  Introduction and Annual Report.

2)  Treasurer’s Report and Financial Statement.

3)  Resolution to change audit rules.

4)  Reappointment of Independent examiners to the Society.

5)  Announcement of the results of the elections to the Board.

6)  Discussion about Trust in Killie initiative.

7)  Any Other Business.

By order of the Board

Andrew Millar (Secretary)
Kilmarnock Supporters’ Society Ltd
Registered Office: Duncan McLean & Co,
81 John Finnie Street,
Kilmarnock
KA1 1BG

Notes

A member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in their place. Such a proxy need not be a member of the Society. The appointment of a proxy should be in writing to the Secretary, and in order to be valid, the form of proxy must be received by the secretary not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting. Valid forms of proxy arriving at the Trust address by close of business 2 days prior to the meeting will be deemed to satisfy the above criteria.

A copy of the standard proxy form may be obtained from the Secretary or downloaded from the Trust web site HERE Completed forms should be returned to The Secretary at Duncan McLean & Co, 81 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1BG.

No person other than the Chair of the meeting can act as proxy for more than 3 members.

Admissions to the Annual General Meeting of any shareholder or proxy entitled to attend will be on production of this notice.

 
Copyright © 2017 The Killie Trust, All rights reserved.

2017-18 Diary Week 14

The Rugby Park hoodoo still haunts us as we threw everything including the kitchen sink at the Hibees and yet still lost 3-0.

The fans appreciated the effort and got right behind the team which was in turn lauded by the players who promised revenge on the other Edinburgh team...and so it came to pass.

We can now boast of a 100% win record at Murrayfield with Boomer doing once again what Boomer does (113 and counting) and the Mighty Atom Frizzell coming off the bench to hit a sublime winner for the team that just doesn’t give up any more.

The change in attitude alone is fantastic to see and I can’t wait to see what else Clarke and Dyer have in their locker given time.

It’s ironic we got more points from the Edinburgh two than Glasgow’s twisted sisters, but when that home hoodoo is finally busted, someone is getting a tanking!

Massive congratulations again to FC Kilmarnock Ladies who lifter their league winners trophy on Sunday, Davie Howie really has things on that front going in the right direction as well.