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Les Beeney
It is with great sadness that the Club has learned of the death of Les Beeney, one of the foundingmembers of the Club. Les passed away last week at the age of 93.
Les was present at Thompson's Tea Rooms in Rye on 3rd April 1937 when the meeting was held to officially form Icklesham Casuals Football Club. He played in the very first match on 11th September 1937 against Rye Old Grammarians and scored with a 35 yard free kick in the 3-2 victory.
Les was the Club's first captain and made 73 appearances between 1937 and 1946 scoring 22 goals. His funeral will take place at 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday, 7th February at Hastings Crematorium.
The sincere sympathy of the Club goes out the family.
Les, third from the right, with Frank Crisford, Alf Holdstock, Reg Carter, David French, Peter Moon and Will Dunlop.
Les with his wife Evelyn and Neil Perry at the Club's 70th Anniversary Celebrations on 21st July 2007
(Jan 2012)
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Icklesham Parish Magazine
Icklesham Parish Magazine is kindly including an article in the next issue on the Club's 75th Anniversary Celebrations and the season to date. The Club will also be providing reports and articles for future editions.
The Parish Magazine is an excellent way of promoting the Club and it would be appreciated if members of the Club, their friends and families will show their support by subscribing to the magazine. Subscription costs only £5 for 11 editions in the year.
If you are interest in receiving the Icklesham Parish Magazine please give your name and address along with the £5 payment to David Mayne. Each issue will then be sent to you.
(Jan 2012)
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75th Anniversary Reunion - Saturday ,16th June 2012
Invitation letters are at present being sent out for the 75th Anniversary Reunion to be held at the Recreation Ground and in the Memorial Hall at Icklesham on Saturday, 16th June.
We are trying to obtain contact details for as many former players and those having connections with the Club as possible so anyone not receiving an invite in the next 2 or 3 weeks and who would like to come along to the reunion, please ring David Mayne on 01424 424986 as we have probably been unable to track you down.
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1066 East Hill Steps Race (9th October 2011)
Congratulations to Martin, Val and Bill who entered the 1066 steps race and won the team competition.
As usual better at running than footie.....
We were 5th, 7th and 29th out of 73 runners, you can guess the order!
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John Archer
It is with great sadness that the Club has learnt of the death of former player John Archer. John made 129 appearances for the Club between 1940 and 1965 scoring 48 goals. The Club's thoughts and condolences go out to John's family.
John remained a strong supporter of the Club and was present on the 11th September when the photograph was taken to mark the start of the Club's 75th season.
In the Club's news bulletin of July 1943, William Dunlop described John as frequently being the star forward of the under 19 team. Playing at inside left he showed good football sense and ball control, but often shot too high and lay rather far back. In the early years when John was in the R.A.F. he could only play when on leave, but still impressed William who in later bulletins identified John as a match-winning forward although sometimes there was no one to take advantage of his cleverly placed passes. William noted that his shooting was still inaccurate!
John Archer at 70th Anniversary Celebrations 21st July 2007
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Bob Baker on the radio
There is a short interview with Bob Baker (Icklesham's record goal scorer!) about the Club and the 75th Anniversary Celebrations on RXfm which does a weekly local sports show covering Rye and the local villages. The link to the interview is www.webinsite.co.uk/rxfm/sport.html and you then need to click on 'keep it on the island3', and will available on 3rd October.
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Handbook
The latest ICFC Handbook for season 2011-12 will be available shortly. The Handbook is free again this year but if anyone would like to make a small donation to the 75th Anniversary charity fund raising efforts this would be very much appreciated.
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