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Statement on Vote Result
We are pleased to announce that the confirmatory vote for the amalgamation has been passed by both societies and we can now move on to the next stage of the process to apply to use the playing name Bury Football Club and progress the legal work required to amalgamate the two societies and form one membership, and launch a vote to establish the new Society board.
For now, please keep your membership subscriptions in place as they will be moved across to the new society as long as you continue to pay your subscription. Memberships for both societies are £5 per month or £60 per annum and they are both now open again for membership.
For the election, which will take place in a few weeks’ time, only one vote per person is allowed. So you only need to maintain one society subscription. If you are a member of both you only have one vote.
In the meantime, both existing societies and once FCA approved the new society, called The Football Supporters’ Society of Bury, will be managed by the interim board. The board members are Mike Goodier, Mike Howarth, Karl Lee, Alistair Rowe, Martin Stembridge, Dave Triggs, John Woodhead and Phil Young. Rod Peters is the non-voting secretary. You will continue to receive communication from both societies in future, and the new society once it is FCA approved. Anyone not wishing to do so can opt out of emails or terminate their membership at any time.
There is a huge amount of work to be done to get us ready to play at Gigg Lane. We look forward to welcoming you all down there in future. The interim board are first prioritising the work which needs to happen to ensure we can play league fixtures at Gigg Lane next season. This includes a number of items which the North West Counties Football League want us to address, alongside other legal requirements such as safety certificates and various licences. We will move through the other many suggestions members and volunteers have made designed to make Gigg Lane as welcoming and hospitable as possible once we have addressed the priority items.
We have established a number of volunteer committees who are managing much of the day-to-day work, and intend to extend this further and invite more people in due course.
We will launch a vote for the new home and away Bury kit in the very near future so please look out for emails and information on that over the next few days.
Become a Member HERE The Shakers Community Society Limited Confirmatory Vote showed 98% were in favour of confirming the decision to amalgamate the two societies made at the previous General Meeting on 5th May.
1093 votes were cast, with 1073 in favour, 20 against and 13 abstentions.
We would like to place on record our sincere thanks to the Shakers Community board members who are now standing down and have been instrumental in building a successful club both on and off the pitch.
#PartOfIt | #ShakersTogether
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Treasureline: Week 1
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 1 – 24th May 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £500 Rollover WD6957 NO WINNER £1000 ND4195 P BRIERLY £100 RB5541 MRS TAYLOR £50 WC5606 M JACKSON £50 HJ6946 J SCOTT £25 NA1063 H HOLDEN £25 NA0985 L PATTERSON £10 NJ2051 S CROSTON £10 OB6230 J HANLEY £10 NN5444 K ALLEN £10 SA4855 C HARRIS £10 MN2966 T TOLLERSON £10 LJ2516 S MEARNS £10 HL1024 G THOMAS £10 WD1577 M TOMLINSON £10 GP4526 L SPENCER £10 LL2615 P METCALFE View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 45
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 45 – 5th April 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £2500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
PrizeDraw No.Members Name£500 RolloverOA2628S SOMERVILLE£1000NG3947W SMITH£100LJ5316O COOKMAN£50LM3123P FINN – LEES£50HA3394H LINES£25BL0913J STAUNTON£25LM1512M WILLIAMS£10GP3526M ELIAS£10LL5796T WATSON£10LQ2434S RALPH£10HL0328A WRIGHT£10LJ3261O SCARLOTT£10ND5995M NALL£10MN6034D TYSON£10NA6155H GARRETT-LANG£10LK5283P HOLLIDAY£10BL6158E WILLIAMS View the full article
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Treasureline: Week 46
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 46 – 12th April 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
PrizeDraw No.Members Name£500 RolloverWH5541NO WINNER£1000NJ0401A KILSHAW£100LJ2605C CARDIGAN£50HD0435L WRAY£50NG3821C WELLS£25LK4448B DALBY£25SA3657S GLENNON£10NN5697S HARGREAVES£10HA3156W JUDE£10MN1699J LIVER£10RA4982M SAVIN£10CA3219A ROBINSON£10HM2533G TURPIN£10HJ3522C JACKSON£10NC1015S HAYLETT£10HK2523G CLEGG£10GP5665L SPENCER View the full article
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Treasureline: Week 47
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 47 – 19th April 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £1000 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £1000 Rollover CC3050 NO WINNER £1000 SA3249 S BROOK £100 ND5347 A CLEGG £50 HC5456 J HAIR £50 BC4061 J MELIA £25 NJ1069 A STONER £25 LJ2875 M RHODES £10 HK6934 J DENTON £10 FA3478 B LUND £10 SD0461 T SAVAGE £10 LJ3008 K FEEHAN £10 LQ5512 P BELL £10 SA0717 M KEMP £10 RB5558 S PICKLES £10 HK5624 S BECK £10 HJ1419 R LAYCOCK £10 CB4464 M WHEATLEY View the full article on Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 48
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 48 – 26th April 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £1500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £1500 Rollover SE3664 NO WINNER £1000 PB3781 I JACKSON £100 LL1615 A SHARP £50 WE5066 P BARNETT £50 HC4560 P WAINMAN £25 HJ5380 T GLEDHILL £25 BA0847 B BROOKS £10 PC4085 M BELLAMY £10 WC0523 MRS FLASHMAN £10 BL4683 R HANNAY £10 HJ0106 R WALTON £10 BE3802 P HOGAN £10 MN2287 K KNIGHT £10 GP0246 J CLARKE £10 NG1903 R EBDON £10 GP5997 G SIDDLE £10 HL5494 ECLIPSE ENERGY View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 49
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 49 – 3rd May 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £2000 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £2000 Rollover RC0728 NO WINNER £1000 SA4868 K WATERHOUSE £100 LJ4734 A ROCHE £50 HL6622 A BENNET £50 LJ5779 C HODDELL £25 WE4917 MRS PERKINS £25 LL5516 M HORSEY £10 PC4825 A HARVEY £10 HB2291 S FENTON £10 HB3149 B HIRD £10 PC1645 MRS BOARDMAN £10 WF4956 MRS WOODSFORD £10 HJ2457 J ROBERTS £10 LL5030 F RUSSELL £10 GP6415 I YATES £10 HA0925 M RYMER £10 BA6706 G NUTTALL View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 50
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 50 – 10th May 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £2500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £2500 Rollover BB6692 NO WINNER £1000 BB3082 J NEWTON £100 PE6579 N LEWIS £50 BA3054 A KNIGHT £50 HB2338 J CHAPMAN £25 BK0892 P BAINES £25 SA5338 C SEEL £10 HC2543 T JOHNSON £10 PB2249 R COLE £10 LQ6954 K MCDERMOTT £10 NJ1580 F WALKER £10 BL6318 R GRAHAM £10 SD2462 D LONGDEN £10 NG3703 R GRAY £10 WA0195 MR MITCHELL £10 KA0772 J PERRY £10 CB2768 R HEPPLE View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 51
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 51 – 17th May 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £500 Rollover HL1006 M BALDWIN £1000 LM2366 J HARRISON £100 HA3483 A PEACOCK £50 ND0612 R STARKIE £50 HK5722 M DALE £25 SD5643 M HEYWOOD £25 SB4012 D SELWOOD £10 SC5501 M LAWLEY £10 FA4412 C TOWNSLEY £10 NJ0425 M GALLOWAY £10 WB3934 L KAVANAGH £10 HD6994 M DYER £10 BK0440 P THOMAS £10 LK4156 J PERKIN £10 WB0579 MR ROCKETT £10 HK6080 P RILEY £10 LP0196 S RYCROFT View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Treasureline: Week 51
This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 51 – 17th May 2023 are in! The rollover this week was £3000 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!
Prize Draw No. Members Name £3000 Rollover BB6229 ASHWORTH £1000 HN3867 A BROWNRIDGE £100 SA4793 R WHITEOAK £50 GP4139 P JOHNSON £50 LL6595 D BRESLIN £25 BD3270 J WAUGH £25 HC1881 R VARLEY £10 NQ5091 R PETRUCCO £10 RA5248 C KANE £10 HA2413 M TATHAM £10 HA5833 M WILSON £10 RA3941 V COLLINSON £10 HD5133 M BUCKNALL £10 BC2962 J RYAN £10 LA1427 S LORD £10 PC4523 A HARGREAVES £10 HD0320 S ROBINSON View the full article on the Bury AFC website
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Vote Update: Next Steps
As we approach the conclusion of the amalgamation vote we would like to remind members of both societies of the process should the amalgamation be approved.
Shakers Community Society had just over 1400 eligible voters and Bury FC Supporters’ Society had around 1300. These are big numbers in the context of fan ownership, and turnouts were high last time at 80% and 75% respectively. We are pleased to report that we will be near those turnout numbers again.
There are two votes required to pass the motion to amalgamate the two societies. The first is the most critical as it requires under law a two thirds majority from each society’s members. The results will be announced after 7pm on Friday 5th May.
There will be a second confirmatory vote, which simply asks members to ratify the decision made with the results announced at another Special General Meeting 14 days later on Friday 19th May. This should be a more of a formality as it requires a simple majority of 50% of members to vote in favour.
Both societies need to approve both votes independently for it to go through.
If it’s all agreed, the paperwork will be filed with the Financial Conduct Authority, and an interim Community Benefit Society board will be formed to deal with administration such as banking and to launch a full election so that a new board can be created based on the votes of the combined membership of both societies. The Terms of Reference for the Interim Board can be found here.
The election process is already written and part of the paperwork members were issued with before the current vote started and should complete by 30th June, so that a new, fully elected Community Benefit Society board is in place in advance of the start of the new season.
There is no need to cancel your current membership. This revenue is critical to us. They will remain valid, with the same voting rights until we start to transfer memberships to the new Community Benefit Society. This could take some time, but as the new Society membership will be £5 per month or £60 per annum any renewal subscriptions paid to either Society will be credited forward.
We are hopeful that the vote will be approved this time, and look forward to welcoming everyone to Gigg Lane to watch Bury Football Club in the summer.
Shakers Community members will receive an email invite to the Zoom meeting for the General Meeting on Friday.
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Welcome back, Bury Football Club
Welcome back, Bury Football Club
We are delighted to confirm that the FA have now formally approved the use of the playing name Bury Football Club, for the start of the new season. We will see Bury FC take to the pitch once again on the 29th of July, ready to kick off at 3 pm in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division. You can read all about it using the button below.
Read More We’ve already made some signings, and we can’t wait to release the news to you on our new website over the next few weeks. We have a list of friendlies to release ahead of the, which includes a first home game on 8th July against EFL opposition. The full list will be rolled out once the last game is finalised. Season tickets are also ready to go, we are just waiting for final confirmation of the league numbers, as any final changes are agreed or rejected this coming week. We have also submitted all of the necessary paperwork to amalgamate the two societies, Shakers Community and Bury FC Supporters' Society, and expect that to complete within the next two weeks. Once done, we will issue an eight week Calling Notice for a first General Meeting of the new society when the newly elected board will be announced. The process for board nominations will be issued well in advance and members will be asked to vote for nine board members to look after the interests of the club in future. Nominations may come from anyone who has been a member of either Shakers Community or Bury FC Supporters' Society for at least six continuous months immediately prior to the General Meeting. There is a huge amount of work going on at Gigg Lane to get things ready for the new season. The amalgamation has given us a vastly improved aggregated balance sheet and we have committed a budget to making improvement around the stadium already, but please bear in mind this is a work in progress so some of the work underway is not obviously visible to supporters, such as improving pitch irrigation, and some will take time to put in place. We are working hard to make sure your money is spent wisely and make every visit both safe and enjoyable
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