Draft Statue Designs Revealed

The designs of the Jimmy and Jack Statue have now been released, there may be some minor amendments but pictures will at least give the fans an idea of what the statue will look like.

 

 

 

 
New Committee Formed

 

A meeting was held at Notts County on Thursday 9th February as complaints were being received by supporters that they did not know what was happening with the fund and it was being neglected, Les Bradd reiterated this, and the matter had to be resolved which is why the meeting had been called, all present at the meeting were in agreement.

It was decided that a new structure be formed for the fund and the following elections were passed unanimously:

President - Ray Trew,

Patrons - Aileen Trew, Les Bradd, Colin Slater 

Chair - Malcolm Voce

Vice Chair - Lisa Black

Secretary - Jürgen Halligan

Treasurer - Leanne Mayo

Web Master - Jürgen Halligan

Minutes Secretary - Iris Smith

The following were elected to the fund raising committee:

Ian Baggott, Andy Black, Lisa Black, Lynn Lawson, Dave Jackson, Ken Sharp, Kevin Warren and Jimmy Willan.

 

 

It was generally felt amongst the new ideas that have been discussed, the website would play an important role, as a point of contact for supporters, a point of information of all things relating to what we, as a committee are doing, and more important to show that everything is transparent. Jürgen has now initiated this new website and will keep the site up to date.

The Total amount in the Statue fund account as at 9th February is £18,843.25.

 

Below is a list of some of the fund raising and amounts raised:

 

18/04/2011 - Centenary Dinner proceeds donated by Ray Trew - £2105.05

10/11/2011 - Legends Night with Brian Stubbs, Don Masson and Les Bradd - £1232.00

19/01/2012 - An Audience with Martin Allen at the Approach - £1360.00

19/01/2012 - Raffle at the above function - £249.20

 

 
About The Fund

Jimmy & JackLaunched in May 2010 the aim of the Jimmy & Jack Memorial Fund was to once and for all get a campaign to fund a statue for Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler up and running. There have long been calls for statues in honour of these County legends, and for a number of fans it was on of the biggest insults during the Munto con when Trembling used promise of a statue for Sirrel to get fans on side during takeover talks.

The fund formed a committee on 25 May 2010 whose role is to ensure the management of the fund and to act as a central point for all things to do with the campaign. The committee hold’s a monthly meeting at Meadow Lane and amongst those who attend are Notts chairman Ray Trew, the legendary Colin Slater and the Magpies all time number one goalscorer Les Bradd, who also act’s as the fund patron.

The cost of the statue has already been agreed with the chosen sculptor, Andrew Edwards, and will be £75,000, with the fund ideally hoping to raise the fund in time for the statue to be unveiled during the clubs 150th anniversary year – in 2012.

 

To raise money towards this target of £75,000, 1000 names are available for fans to have their name engraved onto the plinth at £25 per name and it is hoped this will raise £25,000 towards the final cost of the statue.

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Events and Money Raised

Updated as at 13 April 2012.

 

 

Get your name on the plinth - £25.00 per name or £26.09 via PayPal or if you just wish to donate use the button below.
 
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18 April 2012 - Thanks to everyone who attended the Forum last night at Notts County, over £1000 was raised with half the profits going to the Statue Fund. The forum was well attended with all the backroom staff present.

 

 

26 March 2012 -  Meet the Manager at the MLSB - Tuesday April 17th.

 

 

Notts County Manager Keith Curle will take centre stage to answer questions from supporters at a Fans' Forum, organised by Lifeline, in the Meadow Lane Sports Bar on Tuesday, April 17.

The evening, which will be hosted by Colin Slater, will see Keith joined by his coaching team of Colin Lee, Colin West, Kevin Pilkington and Chris Kiwomya to answer fans' questions and discuss his first few weeks as Notts Manager.

Tickets for this event will cost just £5 for Lifeline members and £7 for non-members, sold on a first come, first served basis, with half of all profits going to the Jimmy & Jack Memorial Statue Fund.

Selected meal deals will be available in the MLSB on the night, as well as a full bar service, with doors opening at 5.30pm ahead of a 7pm start.

There are also a very limited number of exclusive booths available for the evening, priced at £150 for up to eight people, which will include food and drinks service at your table throughout the evening.

To book your seat for this event, the first time that Keith and his coaching team will meet the public together in this format, call in at the Club Shop, or phone 0115 9557 200.

 

 

19 March 2012 - We would like to thank Colin, Tracy, James and Emma Weston for their kind donation of £50 towards the Statue Fund paid via Paypal yesterday. Tracy has advised that James and Emma are music pupils of Jimmy Willan, and not only has he become a good friend to them over the years, but they share the same passion for football, past and present.

 

05 March 2012 - Here is a link to a great song Jimmy Willan has done on You Tube, hope you all like it. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fgdjVjNllU

 

02 March 2012 - Fund reaches just over £19,000.

 

 

27 February 2012 - We have just received a nice letter from the Middleton Townswomen's Guild with a cheque for £50 towards the Jimmy and Jack Statue Fund, Jack Wheeler's wife Olga is a member of the above Townswomen's Guild and expressed a wish to contribute to the fund in memory of her husband Jack and wished us well in raising the funds for a worthwhile cause in memory of two very popular men.

 

 

 

 

 

 

21 February 2012 

 

 

 

The Committee would like to give a warm welcome to Keith Curle and his management team to Notts County and wish him well for the future, we hope he will support the statue campaign in raising funds towards its target of £75,000.

 

The new site is slowly coming along and the draft pictures of the Statue are now on the home page, links have been made to Twitter and Facebook, and we will be doing a check to ensure all the names are spelt correctly and are the same as the published names on the plinth list. If you notice a mistake please contact us via the web site and we will get this amended. Paypal is now available but unfortunately there is an admin charge of £1.05 which Paypal charge us and we have to pass on.