Pegasus Juniors Football Club have been awarded a staggering £50,000
following a successful grant application to extend and refurbish the kitchen
and bar area of the clubroom, at their ground at Old School Lane. They beat off all the competition from
football clubs across the West Midlands region.
At
the start of the 2012-13 football season the Football Association announced the
Budweiser Clubs for Future grant programme.
Budweiser agreed to inject one million pounds to grass roots clubs in
England for the improvement of facilities.
Clubs
in the National Football League system could make application for an initial
award of £50,000. A judging panel would
select the best application for each of eight regions with the successful club
being awarded the grant of £50,000.
The
eight successful clubs will now compete for an additional award of
£100,000. This award will be decided by
the national football community early in 2013 by votes received through a
dedicated facebook page. Details of how
this will work will be circulated in due course.
Pegasus
Juniors director Kevin Bishop, made the application not expecting to win an
award but, did so on the premise if, you do not enter, you cannot win.
Win we did.
Kevin Bishop, a Director
at Pegasus Juniors, said: “Obviously we are
delighted to have won a grant, which will enable us to cater for over 200
Pegasus players each week. Catering facilities are
so important as our clubhouse is a second home to many of our players, and as a
football club, our sense of community is unrivalled.”
Pegasus
Juniors are now in with a game-changing chance of winning an additional
£100,000 Super Grant to top up their funds to a mighty £150,000 following a
vote by football fans on Facebook. The
voting opens on Monday 28th January 2013 on the Budweiser UK and FA Cup facebook pages*.
Budweiser
Club Futures ambassador, Alan Pardew, said: “Having started my career at grassroots level, I know just how
hard it is to sustain a local club and can appreciate the importance of a
programme like Budweiser Club Futures.
“This is a significant amount of money for Pegasus
Juniors and they could
potentially receive a further boost
thanks to the Super Grant. We were impressed with their
plan. It was succinct, detailed and ambitious.
It is clear that there is a group of people behind this football club
that really care.”
Budweiser European Marketing Director, Iain Newell, said: “Non-league clubs
are really important to the future of the beautiful game and to local communities. It’s great to be able to give a club like
Pegasus Juniors in Herefordshire, and the other seven regional winners, the
financial boost they deserve following their successful applications. We look forward to seeing how their plans to
use this funding will improve their clubs.”
To
vote for Pegasus Juniors visit www.facebook.com/budweiseruk or www.facebook.com/thefacup from 28th January 2013
A
formal cheque presentation will be made on Wednesday, 5th December,
2012, by Martin Foyle, manager at Hereford United FC.