Noticeboard Ball shows Commitment to Party. (Jun.2006) With dancing to some great live music from the Commitments, this year's Summer Ball provided another superb night's entertainment in the marquee. click here for more pictures ... Nice Day for a White Wedding. (Jun. 2006) When it's Midsummer's Day, you've 130 family and friends along for support, a few more coming along later, and there's a splendid marquee in a picturesque setting for all to enjoy ... Sounds like a good day for a wedding. Congratulations to Vernon's daughter Suzie, who tied the knot with new husband Ste, on the Saturday of marquee week. Sports Dinner fills the tent. (Jun. 2006) Former Everton striker Duncan McKenzie (left) and ex-reds keeper Bruce Grobbelaar were the guest speakers at this year's sports celebrity dinner in the marquee. The evening was a lively one, and was well supported both by members and by local businesses and their guests. Bruce and Duncan are pictured above with Northern president Paul Davies. Evertonian Shaun Parry proved again what every true blue knows already about his red counterparts, outwitting them in a contest to match with Bruce's choice of reds team and picking up the cash prize. Shaun is pictured with the other two stars of the evening. Snooker Team successful again. (Jun. 2006) The cross-sectional snooker team has gone from strength to strength! S&A came and were conquered convincingly, with wins for Andy Davies, Paul Davis, Tom Fitzgerald, Dave Gill, Steve Nieman and captain Johnny Forrest, providing the Northern squad's leader with another ideal opportunity to adopt silly poses with a small trophy. The team is proving a great success, with a hardcore of around 12 members, and also included Mark Harrop, George Parry and John Sumner for this match. There are return matches to come with S&A and the Gunners, and the team is also on the look-out for fixtures with other opponents. Sefton 2006 Awards for Northern. (Jun.2006) The Sefton Sports Achievement Awards Dinner for 2006 has brought more recognition for Northern, with individual awards for Heather Tweedle and Phil Cooper in the Sports Personality of the Year category. Heather was winner of the ladies award, with Phil runner-up amongst the men. As past double-winners of Sefton's Sports Club of the Year, Northern were again highly commended in the Club of the Year category. Marty Stone raises the roof (May. 2006) The night of music and comedy with Marty Stone lived up to its pre-event billing, with a great time had by all. Says event organiser Anne Sheils, ‘What a fantastic evening! This guy was just brilliant, a real good all-round entertainer.’ Marty is already booked for a return visit next year. Support this time was disappointing, with just 44 people attending. But they had such a good night out that Anne is confident that the word will get around, and hopes for a sell-out next time. Amid the music and the merry banter, the lowlight of the evening featured Marty's stirring rendition of the Full Monty. As we're a family show, here's just the top half of the monty! ‘Thank you to all those who attended and made it such a great evening.’ says Anne. ‘We have already made a booking for this guy to come back to the club on 10th February 2007, so please watch the notice board for ticket sales.’   Book your seats early for the next Full Marty? Crosby Cam relaunched (May. 2006) The local Crosby Community Website is now back in action. CrosbyCam first appeared a few years back, and is now back with a re-vamp. Click Here to link to the site. New Lottery is launched (May. 2006) The Northern Club has launched a new weekly lottery, to help raise much-needed funds towards the running of the club. The draw will take place each Saturday evening at the Club. Tickets are available at the club, at £1 per entry. The first Lottery Draw was made on Saturday 20th May. Winning numbers were 1,3,4,5,7,15. There were no winners of either 5 or 6 numbers. Jackpot has increased to £300 for Saturday 27th May. The game is the forecast of 6 winning numbers which are drawn at random from the numbers 1-15 (see also 3, below). The numbers chosen by the subscriber are to be marked, individually, by crosses or circles. The prize pool is 50% of the total subscriptions received. Should no entry forecast all 6 numbers correctly, the Jackpot will be added to that of the following draw. A NEW ENTRY MUST BE COMPLETED EACH WEEK. Should the reserve jackpot reach £1,000, then all extra monies will be added to the main pot, up to a maximum of £1,000. A draw for 25% of the weekly monies will be held for tickets with 5 correct numbers. If more than one winner the pool will be divided equally. Draw to take place each Saturday between 9.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. All winners will be notified by the Tuesday following the draw. Name(s) and ticket number(s) will be posted on this website. Tickets printed in accordance with the Lotteries & Amusement Act. 1976. Welcome to Sean (May. 2006) Our energy-saving club icon 'Sean' has now been launched, with a poster campaign around the club. Click Here for Sean's poster , giving more details, and please 'do your bit' to make the campaign a success. See also article below.