York Minstermen News

Prediction Competition Leaders

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:09:19 GMT

Prediction Competition Leaders
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 23 June 2010
After the conclusion of the matches in groups A and B, the following people are leading our World Cup Prediction Competition ...

12 points
Barry Brownlow
James Hart
James Richardson
Jon Keen
Louise Vaughton
Matt Rylatt

11 points
Ian Surgenor
D Greenough

All of these people picked up a bonus 4 points for correctly predicting all the final placings in group B.

Group A proved to be more tricky, with few people expecting France to be on the plane home already!

Further updates will appear, as the other group matches are finished.

Frank Sidebottom

frank@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Frank Ormston) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:09:59 GMT

Frank Sidebottom
By Frank Ormston, Wednesday 23 June 2010
York Minstermen were immenseley saddened earlier ths week to learn of the sudden death of Chris Sievey, the genius behind Frank Sidebottom, and a good friend to York Minstermen and York City FC.

Frank played three gigs at York City Social Club in recent years.

Each gig was unique and won new fans and friends for Frank.

We will miss him enormously.

Frank Ormston
(Chairman,
York Minstermen)

Anyone who wishes to contribute to the fund to pay for Chris's funeral (surplus to cancer charities) may do so by sending a donation via PayPal to jonelle1929@gmail.com

York Minstermen will also accept donations at this weekend's Bootham Crescent Beer Festival

Golden Goal Winner

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:04:25 GMT

Golden Goal Winner
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 23 June 2010
Social Club regular, Damon Scott, was the lucky winner of the £26 prize on the Golden Goal competition for the England v Slovenia game, in the Social Club.

Damon, who also won the York Minstermen monthly Members' Draw twice last season, drew 23 minutes to 23 minutes 59 seconds, which was the nearest to the time of Defoe's winning goal.

The competition returns on Sunday, with a potential 'winner takes all' prize of as much as £125, when the Social Club will be open from 12 noon for the annual Beer Festival and also for anyone wishing to watch the big England v Germany game.

Prediction Competition Update

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:56:37 GMT

Prediction Competition Update
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 23 June 2010
After the conclusion of the matches in groups C and D, the following people are leading our World Cup Prediction Competition ...

19 points
James Richardson

18 points
Jon Keen
Kevin Wakefield
Matt Rylatt
Michael Rickatson

17 points
D Greenough
James Hart

A further 6 entrants are close behind on 16 points.

Tony Mercer needs to start picking up some points as he is a adrift in last place. He currently has just 4 points!

Further updates will appear, as the other group matches are finished.

England v Slovenia

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:04:53 GMT

England v Slovenia
By Ian Tyssen, Monday 21 June 2010
The York City FC Social Club will be opened, as planned, by York Minstermen for people to watch England's now crucial World Cup game against Slovenia on Wednesday afternoon.

The Social Club will open at 1.30pm for the game, which kicks off at 3pm. We will be closing at 6pm.

Jumbo Hot Dogs will be served before the game and also at half time. So, don't worry if you haven't been able to grab any lunch before coming to watch the game.

There will be a Golden Goal competition, where you could win a cash prize, like Tony Savvas (£43) and Julie Arthur (£41) at the USA and Algeria games, respectively.

Come along to support your country and, at the same time, your football club.

Everyone is welcome but please note that those under 18 years old must be with an adult member of family.

Golden Goal Winner

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:27:02 GMT

Golden Goal Winner
By Ian Tyssen, Saturday 19 June 2010
Julie Arthur, who has managed the York City FC Social Club for the last few years, was the lucky winner of the £41 prize on the Golden Goal competition for the England v Algeria game, in the Social Club.

Entrants paid £1 to draw a time during the game when they hoped that the first goal would be scored. If all times are sold, the prize would be £93 in this 'winner takes all' competition.

Julie drew the 'no goal scored' ticket and her disappointment at the result was slightly offset by her cash prize.

The competition returns on Wednesday, when the Social Club will be open for anyone wishing to watch the now crucial England v Slovenia game.

The Social Club will open at 1.30pm for the 3pm kick off. Jumbo Hot Dogs will also be on sale at £1.50 each - served at half time.

Cheers!

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:15:19 GMT

Cheers!
By Ian Tyssen, Thursday 17 June 2010
With the 'Bootham Crescent 2010 World Cup Beer Festival' only one week away - Friday 25th to Sunday 27th June in the York City FC Social Club - we would like say a big 'thank you' to the record number of sponsors.

In the previous two years we have been very fortunate to receive support from many businesses, organisations, supporters groups and individuals. However, this year, despite the increased cost of sponsoring a barrel, we have received an even greater response to our appeal for support.

As the event is a fundraiser for the 'York City Youth Fund', it is no surprise that several sponsors have a very close relationship with the football club.

This includes fans' favourite Michael Ingham and his glove supplier Paxsport, the club's sports therapist Tom Robinson and also last season's Youth Team players, who each paid £5 towards their sponsorship. Tom, who runs Excel Sports & Injury Clinic at Fitness First and has attended our previous Beer Festivals, says, "It's a great fundraiser and hopefully it will be a big success like last year. I'm sponsoring the event because I know it's for such a good cause and I'll definitely be there supporting it and enjoying a drink or two!".

Continuing the York City connection, Harrogate Minstermen, Pocklington Minstermen, York City FC Vice Presidents, York City Promotions Association, York City South, York City Supporters Trust and York Minstermen have all sponsored a barrel. It is fantastic to see all of these supporters' groups uniting to support such a worthy cause and we hope that their representatives will have an enjoyable time at the Beer Festival.

Many of the previous year's sponsors have returned, like A Novel Idea, Country Products, Bedingham & Co Accountants, N & E Woodhouse Plastering Contractors and Neil Eshelby Painter & Decorator, who all have close links with York Minstermen. Country Products have donated around 180 bags of snacks - Wasabi Peas, Salted Peanuts, Bombay Mix and Chilli Peanuts - in bespoke York Minstermen packaging, which will be on sale at the event.

We also welcome back several City supporters who have sponsored barrels as individuals and not through a business. They include Stan and Margaret Rogers, Chris Fearnley and Will Langstaff, who has recently sponsored a 2nd barrel, after discovering that we had one spare.

Thanks to the efforts of City fan Andrew Leathley and several other contributors, the new fanzine 'RaBTaT' - Red and Blue Through and Through - has been able to sponsor a barrel from the proceeds from the sale of the 1st issue.

The football connection continues with PlayFootball.net at Clifton Moor and the Yorkshire, Humber and North Midlands Division of The Football Supporters Federation, who recently held their AGM at Bootham Crescent.

Newcomers to the Beer Festival's list of sponsors are KBW Chambers, Stonegate Yard Bar & Brasserie, Bannatyne's Health Club & Spa, The Waggon & Horses and D.R. Garage Doors / RaccyBorough. We hope to see them return next year.

Finally, we would also like to express our gratitude to York Brewery and Rudgate Brewery for donating a firkin of Yorkshire Terrier and the award winning Ruby Mild, respectively.

All that we ask now is that hundreds of people turn up at the Beer Festival and raise thousands of pounds by drinking the 19 real ales, 4 ciders / perries and selection of imported bottled lagers. Tickets, priced at £5, are still available from the York City Club Shop - Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 2.30pm.

Golden Goal Winner

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:41:29 GMT

Golden Goal Winner
By Ian Tyssen, Sunday 13 June 2010
Tony Savvas was the lucky winner of the £43 prize on the Golden Goal competition for the England v USA game, in the York City FC Social Club.

Entrants paid £1 to draw a time during the game when they hoped that the first goal would be scored. If all times are sold, the prize would be £93 in this 'winner takes all' competition.

Tony drew 7 minutes to 7 minutes 59 seconds and was the closest to the actual time during the 4th minute of the game.

The competition returns on Friday, when the Social Club will be open for anyone wishing to watch the England v Algeria game.

The Social Club will open at 6pm for the 7.30pm kick off. Jumbo Hot Dogs will also be on sale at £1.50 each - served at half time.

World Cup Sweepstake

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:24:19 GMT

World Cup Sweepstake
By Ian Tyssen, Sunday 13 June 2010
A World Cup Sweepstake was organised at short notice at our Quiz Night in the York City FC Social Club on Thursday 3rd June.

Entry cost £2 per team and 100% of the entry money will be paid out in prize money - £40 for the winner, £16 for the runners up and £8 for the worst team.

Here is a list of the entrants and their teams.

Slovakia - Daniel Walsh
New Zealand - Alex Woodhouse
Japan - Katie Dixon
Denmark - Russell Leeming
Switzerland - Joan Calpin
Portugal - S Groom
South Korea - Jeanine Horsfall
Brazil - Louise Penny
Honduras - Mike Palfreeman
USA - Louise Abel
Paraguay - Peter Barber
Cameroon - David Thornton
Nigeria - Janet Thornton
North Korea - John Sadler
Algeria - Jo Owers
Australia - Michael Chatten
Uruguay - Alan Horsfall
Mexico - Daniel Walsh
Greece - C A Dixon
Ghana - Cyril Nutbrown
Slovenia - Peter Barker
France - Ian Tyssen
Argentina - Terry Horton
Spain - Mark Woodhouse
England - Malcolm Dixon
Ivory Coast - Cindy Benton
Chile - Pete Bee
Italy - Sarah Andrew
Serbia - Jon West
South Africa - Frank Ormston
Germany - Malcolm Dixon
Netherlands - Carol Abel

Good luck to everyone. Especially, Malcolm Dixon!

World Cup Prediction Competition Update

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:14:51 GMT

World Cup Prediction Competition Update
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 02 June 2010
As a result of an error on the entry form, a decision has been made to void the predictions of the Semi Final and Final qualifiers and the overall World Cup winner.

Points will still be awarded for the predictions of the Group Stage standings and the qualifiers for the Round of 16 and the Quarter Finals, which are unaffected by the mistake on the forms.

We are sorry for the confusion caused by this unfortunate error and hope that everyone who has entered will be happy to continue on this basis.

If not, we will refund any entries, if the entrant makes contact before the start of the tournament.

Obviously, we are still accepting entries and suggest that people continue to complete the full entry form.

Entry forms are available from the York City Club Shop (Monday - Friday, 10.30am - 2.30pm) and at York Minstermen's Quiz Night on Thursday 3rd June. They can also be posted or E-mailed, if you send a request to Ian Tyssen - E-mail ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk or phone / text 07794 091 810.

Charity Football Match

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:57:51 GMT

Charity Football Match
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 02 June 2010
Click on the link below for more details ...

Fox FC v York City Past Players.pdf

Darts Tournament Statistics

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:21:43 GMT

Darts Tournament Statistics
By Ian Tyssen, Monday 31 May 2010
Here are some statistics from the 6th annual York City Fans' Darts Tournament, which took place in the York City FC Social Club on Saturday 29th May ...

Qualifying Stages:

Group 1
1st Tony Mercer P12 W10 (83%) - Qualified
2nd Mark Woodhouse P12 W9 (75%) - Qualified
3rd Patrick Makin P12 W7 (58%) - Qualified
4th Paul Horner P12 W6 (50%)
5th Dave Potter P12 W5 (42%)
6th Andy Leathley P12 W3 (25%)
7th Cindy Benton P12 W2 (17%)

Group 2
1st Andy Hunter P10 W10 (100%) - Qualified
2nd Pete Allenby P10 W9 (90%) - Qualified
3rd Mark Curry P10 W5 (50%)
4th Ian Rankeillor P11 W5 (45%)
5th Alex Woodhouse P12 W5 (42%)
6th Jimmy Hutchinson P12 W3 (25%)
7th Mark Benton P11 W1 (9%)

Group 3
1st Phil Chapman P9 W8 (89%) - Qualified
2nd Simon Yorke P10 W7 (70%) - Qualified
3rd Neil Rankeillor P9 W6 (67%) - Qualified
4th Phil Neilson P9 W5 (56%)
5th Ian Tyssen P10 W4 (40%)
6th Monty Simpson P9 W2 (22%)
7th Jason Higgins P10 W1 (10%)

Quarter Finals:
Phil Chapman beat Patrick Makin 2-1
Pete Allenby beat Simon Yorke 2-1
Tony Mercer beat Mark Woodhouse 2-0
Andy Hunter beat Neil Rankeillor 2-0

Semi Finals:
Phil Chapman beat Pete Allenby 3-0
Andy Hunter beat Tony Mercer 3-0

Final:
Andy Hunter beat Phil Chapman 4-3

Fast Finishes:
16 Andy Hunter
17 Andy Hunter and Phil Chapman
19 Andy Hunter (3)
20 Phil Chapman
21 Pete Allenby (2) and Phil Chapman
22 Neil Rankeillor, Pete Allenby, Phil Chapman (2) and Tony Mercer
23 Andy Hunter and Phil Chapman (3)
24 Andy Hunter (3), Mark Woodhouse (2), Paul Horner, Pete Allenby, Phil Chapman (2) and Tony Mercer

High Checkouts:
120 Phil Chapman (v Andy Hunter)
102 Mark Woodhouse (v Cindy Benton)
96 Phil Chapman (v Simon Yorke)
95 Ian Tyssen (v Neil Rankeillor)

180s:
Phil Chapman (2) and Andy Hunter

3 Dart Averages:
Phil Chapman 70.07
Andy Hunter 69.99
Pete Allenby 62.56
Patrick Makin 59.89
Neil Rankeillor 56.03
Tony Mercer 54.42
Mark Woodhouse 53.85
Paul Horner 53.20
Ian Rankeillor 52.96
Simon Yorke 52.69
Mark Curry 46.36
Phil Neilson 45.90
Jimmy Hutchinson 44.50
Andy Leathley 42.90
Ian Tyssen 41.47
Monty Simpson 41.13
Cindy Benton 41.0204
Dave Potter 41.0198
Mark Benton 39.19
Jason Higgins 37.24
Alex Woodhouse 35.40

3 Fastest Finishes:
Andy Hunter 52 (16, 17, 19)
Phil Chapman 58 (17, 20, 21)
Pete Allenby 64 (21, 21, 22)
Tony Mercer 74 (22, 24, 28)
Patrick Makin 76 (25, 25, 26)
Mark Woodhouse 78 (24, 24, 30)
Paul Horner 82 (24, 28, 30)
Simon Yorke 84 (25, 28, 31)
Neil Rankeillor 93 (22, 35, 36)
Ian Rankeillor 93 (26, 33, 34)
Mark Curry 98 (27, 33, 38)
Ian Tyssen 99 (30, 33, 36)
Phil Neilson 106 (34, 36, 36)
Jimmy Hutchinson 119 (32, 39, 48)
Dave Potter 122 (38, 41, 43)
Alex Woodhouse 126 (34, 42, 50)

2010 York City Fans' Darts Tournament

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:30:42 GMT

2010 York City Fans' Darts Tournament
By Ian Tyssen, Monday 31 May 2010
The 6th annual York City Fans' Darts Tournament took place in the York City FC Social Club on Saturday 29th May, with four of the previous winners competing against many other entrants on three dartboards.

After four hours of qualifying matches, including several fast finishes, high checkouts and 180 scores, Tony Mercer (2005 Champion), Mark Woodhouse, Patrick Makin (2007 Champion), Andy Hunter, Pete Allenby, Phil Chapman (2009 Champion), Simon Yorke and Neil Rankeillor all progressed to the knockout stages.

Phil Chapman

In the Quarter Finals, Phil Chapman and Patrick Makin, fought out a close match, with Phil taking the deciding leg in 17 darts after surviving a scare in the previous leg. Pocklington Minstermen's Pete Allenby, who had won all but one of his qualifying matches, came from behind to beat Simon Yorke 2-1. In a battle between York City Social Club team mates, the winner of the first tournament in 2005, Tony Mercer, triumphed 2-0 over Mark Woodhouse. Finally, last year's beaten finalist, Andy Hunter, who won all ten of his qualifying matches, knocked out Neil Rankeillor, with a 17 dart finish in the 2nd leg.

Andy Hunter

In the first Semi Final, Phil Chapman scored what looked like a straightforward 3-0 victory over Pete Allenby. However, in truth, had Pete hit his doubles, he could have won all three legs, having matched Phil's scoring. Andy Hunter progressed to the Final with a more convincing 3-0 victory over Tony Mercer. Tony only had a throw at a double in the 2nd leg before Andy clinched the final leg in 19 darts.

So, the Final was a repeat of twelve months earlier, with Phil Chapman and Andy Hunter stepping up to the oche.

The first six legs were all won by the player throwing first, with Andy winning in 24, 24 and 22 darts and Phil winning in 23, 22 and 24 darts. In the deciding leg, Phil had the throw, started with 140 and looked confident, having won the previous leg with a 120 checkout. However, as in the previous two rounds, Andy saved the best until the last leg and stormed to a 16 dart finish, to win the title of York City Fans' Darts Champion.

Andy's the Champion

York Minstermen's chairman Frank Ormston presented the trophy and prizes to Andy at the end of the tournament. As well as having the honour of his name engraved on the trophy, Andy also received a pair of hospitality tickets for a York City game (donated by York City FC), a full set of the York City 2009/10 Season Highlights DVDs (donated by York City TV), a pair of tickets for the Bootham Crescent Beer Festival and a signed York City football (both donated by York Minstermen). Andy will also be presented with a personalised trophy at a later date.

The Presentation

Although there were some serious darts being thrown during the day, for everyone, it was also a great social event, with a significant amount of money being spent over the Social Club bar for the benefit of the football club.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the continued success of this event, including the volunteer bar staff Carol, Frank and Sarah and also Maria, who prepared the buffet.

More statistics from the tournament, can be found on this website.

Darts Tournament Draw

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:06:32 GMT

Darts Tournament Draw
By Ian Tyssen, Thursday 27 May 2010
The draw for the group stages of the York City Fans' Darts Tournament took place at the York Minstermen AGM on Thursday 27th May.

There are three groups of seven players, who will compete on a round robin basis from 2pm on Saturday 29th May in the YCFC Social Club. The best players from each group will progress to the knockout stages in the late afternoon / early evening.

The line ups are ...

Group 1:
Andy Leathley
Patrick Makin
Paul Horner
Mark Woodhouse
Dave Potter
Cindy Benton
Tony Mercer

Group 2:
Jimmy Hutchinson
Alex Woodhouse
Mark Benton
Mark Curry
Andy Hunter
Pete Allenby
Ian Rankeillor

Group 3:
Simon Yorke
Jason Higgins
Ian Tyssen
Phil Neilson
Phil Chapman
Neil Rankeillor
Monty Simpson

The Social Club will be open from 12pm and anyone is welcome to come and watch the tournament.

Spring Raffle Winners

ian@yorkminstermen.org.uk (Ian Tyssen) — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:01:16 GMT

Spring Raffle Winners
By Ian Tyssen, Wednesday 12 May 2010
Listed below are the prize winners from the York Minstermen Spring Raffle, which was drawn at the Quiz Night in the York City FC Social Club on Thursday 6th May.

First Prize:

L Hutchinson (Heslington) - 001974
£250

Other Prizes:

Carol Abel (Clifton) - 000143
White wine

Steve Howard (Selby) - 002006
2 Bootham Crescent Beer Festival tickets

Mrs Etty (Lawrence Street, York) - 002395
2 Bootham Crescent Beer Festival tickets

Charlotte Jacques-Smith (Dringhouses) - 002481
Family ticket for Aerial Extreme

Pamela Scaife (Clifton) - 002738
2 tickets for Ripon Races

Len M (Hull) - 002970
Family ticket for a York Boat cruise

Reg Cooley (Fulford) - 003514
Red Wine

Julie Maycock (Clifton) - 004289
£20 Brown voucher

Emma Watson (Stockton Lane, York) - 005244
2 York City FC Hospitality tickets

Robert Beamont (Boroughbridge) - 006370
2 City Screen cinema tickets

Adam Vause (Bahrain) - 006614
£10 voucher for Meltons or Meltons Too

Deian Tecwyn (Grimston, Tadcaster) - 007123
Dinner for 2 at the Queens Hotel, York

M Rawnsley (Copmanthorpe) - 007629
Family ticket for Jorvik

Mrs J Coverdale (York) - 011233
2 tickets for a York Brewery tour

James Nicholson (York) - 012444
2 tickets for York Races

M Wade (Tollerton) - 016004
£25 voucher for Stonegate Yard Bar & Brasserie

Thank you to everyone who supported this annual fundraiser. We hope to make an announcement regarding the donation of the proceeds to a worthy cause in the very near future.