Get prepared for the tenth season of Rays Funds..

[Diane 500]

For those of you who weren''t lucky enough to meet our ''"arrdee" ( Ray ) have a read of his story about how he knew he was the fans choice to represent us on the board and how he was going to sort the catering out with his own brand of sausages lol lol

http://services.pinkun.com/forums/pinkun-forums/cs/forums/1265610/ShowPost.aspx

Still can close my eyes and see his smiling face, what a gentleman and lovely person he was

[Lessingham Canary 99]

Haha thanks for that Diane, I didn''t know but certainly get a picture of the sort of man he was, and you don''t get many of them to the pound !! he was obviously a visionary, as only last season as he predicted, behind the goal at the Barclay end they did indeed start bouncing on the imaginary trampolines, Great link.

[nutty nigel 7,557]

[quote user="First Wazzock"]Have sent you a tenner, which in some small way will help keep this wonderful thing going. Ray was such a lovely guy, you don''t get to meet too many of his kind in your lifetime. It was inspirational on his part to get this all going, and in the process bring together some lovely like minded people. Eddie the job you do in keeping this going is nothing short of fantastic, keep it up![/quote]

Thanks Wazzy. When I posted this on Facebook Ray''s daughter Marie said how proud her dad would be that this is still going. And like I said to her me and Ray had many happy times doing this and keeping it going keeps those great memories fresh, 

Marie sent her best wishes to all you PuPs.

[nutty nigel 7,557]

[quote user="Platonic"]Nutty, I''m keen to be involved and will send you my dosh through the post as I did with the euros.

However, I''m going to be in the middle of nowhere on August 13th so may not be able to get on the internet reliably, could I be subbed for a different date?[/quote]

Thanks Platonic. No worries about 13th. I''ll find someone else and put you for  a week in next month. Is September 10th ok buddy?

[nutty nigel 7,557]

[quote user="lake district canary"]Tenner on its way from me from oop north in Grant Holt country....Keep up the good work, Eddie.[:)]

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Thanks Colin. Hope to see you in the Nelson at some point if you can make a home game[Y]

[lake district canary 4,540]

[quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="lake district canary"]Tenner on its way from me from oop north in Grant Holt country....Keep up the good work, Eddie.[:)][/quote]

Thanks Colin. Hope to see you in the Nelson at some point if you can make a home game[Y]

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[Y] Will be at Shef Wed and Bristol matches so will certainly drop in at some point! 

[Platonic 1]

September 10th works great, thanks Eddie.

[Platonic 1]

Money''s in the post

[nutty nigel 7,557]

[quote user="Platonic"]Money''s in the post[/quote]

Thanks buddy.

[nutty nigel 7,557]

For anyone interested in joining our PUPs threads.

The Pink Un Message Board''s Rays Funds Thread: - These threads were set up by my good friend Ray Ducker (Arrdee) to raise money for the Norwich City Academy. There’s a new thread every week where Pink Un Pickers (PUPs) from all over the world unite to try and get a winning line of six correct results from the weekends football fixtures. As from August 2013 we have been raising money for the Community Sports Foundation. Us PUPs all decided that whilst the academy has so much investment our funds didn’t make a difference in the way they had in the past. The football club supported us through the change and support us the same now as when the funds went to the academy.     How It Works : - Every Wednesday during the season I start the new weeks thread. The ''Pink Un Pickers'' (PUPs) then pick their best selection for the weekend’s football fixtures that are listed on William Hill or Bet365. On the Friday evening the nominated picker from our PUPs rota selects 6 results from the weeks picks. I then place the bet and post the bet and the odds on here by the Saturday morning. The PUPs rota is made up of the previous season’s top 40 in our PUPs League. The league is determined by order of correct picks. This used to be sponsored but it''s now financed by the PUPs themselves. There is no requirement to pay to play but obviously we need £400 per season. These donations are made to me personally or via paypal.  For the past four seasons an anonymous benefactor funded a match bet where PUPs choose how to spend £10 betting on the weekend’s Norwich game. Again suggestions are made on the thread from which the week’s nominated picker can make a choice or go with their own.     How much have we raised? : - We have also raised money from pledges competitions and other donations thanks to the wonderful posters on the Pink Un message board. And up to 01/08/16 we have raised £2038 for the academy and £3574 for the CSF making £5612 in total. There have been plenty of near misses too and the ''Pink Un Pickers'' have had a lot of fun trying. The money raised for the CSF has been used to support the Norwich Downes Syndrome Team and us PUPs have built up a great relationship with these wonderful boys and girls.     Want To Take Part? : - Just register with the Pink Un Message Board and post your very best selections on the thread which is up every Wednesday during the season. Or email me on canaryeddie@aol.com if you''d like a bit more information. We also have a group on Facebook called “Rays Funds for CSF”.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/124098287639888/