Football Focus Issue 72 | Page 35

Lydd Town “From a committee point of view, I would say succession planning is the biggest challenge. Getting younger volunteers involved and taking up roles on the committee is proving extremely difficult.” ground which we need to get done before the season starts again on the 5th August (painting the pitch perimeter etc.). We have applied to enter the FA Vase for the first time in the club’s history so there’s a bit of a buzz around the place.” Challenges Ambitions “We want to improve our position the leagues we are in, look to push on and for the first team to challenge for promotion. We also want to set up a youth section under our name if possible and increase the sponsorship. We have come a long way over the past five years, we’ve now got floodlights, two fifty seater stands and the ground is now fully enclosed. The Chairman wants to install irrigation but this costs so the finances have to improve. Finally, it would be great to have some younger blood involved in the running of the club.” “From a committee point of view, I would say succession planning is the biggest challenge. Getting younger volunteers involved and taking up roles on the committee is proving extremely difficult. As I said earlier, fundraising and sponsorship is another major challenge. We are not in a position to pay players and due to our relative remote location we have some difficulty attracting players to the club. Very often their first question is, ‘how much will you pay me?’ I must admit the amount of money banded about by some of the clubs amazes me.” Electrical Wholesale Systems Ltd began trading as Regent Electrical Distributors in Spring 1995 in Folkestone Kent. The company ethos is based on providing outstanding customer service from quotation, order and delivery to exceptional after sales support to all customers irrespective of the value of the order. Distributors of quality electrical products and components including lamps, luminaires, cable, wiring accessories and distribution, test equipment, tools and much more. We have the largest presence in Kent of any independent wholesaler and our buying power from being part of the MIDA national buying group allows us to more than compete with our larger competitors. We are stockists of all well-known brands and have a customer base that includes large facilities management companies, PLCs, local factories, schools, universities, Solar PV installers as well as building and electrical companies of all sizes. To complement our UK supply chain we are also proud to present our exclusive distributorship of other brands including the popular RECO brands as well as Vent Plus, Weathershield, Trident Lighting, Sun Power Systems Solar and many more. Proud Sponsors of Lydd Town FC T: 01303 271010 | F: 01303 273839 www.regentelectrical.com 182-186 Risborough Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3LX www.footballfocusmag.com 35