Craigmark fear the end

Apr 3 2009

THE end is nigh for Craigmark after only two people turned out at a crisis public meeting on Sunday.

Now the Dalmellington junior club fear this season will be their last.

Tommy Farrell, 72, has been on the committee for 44 years but is shocked at the apathy of the people of Doon Valley.

He said: “It will break my heart to pull down the shutters after 44 years but I can see no other option. People are just not interested and we can’t continue this way.

“If half a dozen people had turned out, we could have survived. But despite handing out hundreds of leaflets, no one wants to know. We have tried everything but nothing is working.

“I have been trying to do countless jobs while our manager Lawrie Dinwoodie even lines the park and does far more than other bosses.”

Dinwoodie admitted: “I can’t see where we can turn. I even had posters up at Saturday’s game but there was no response.

“Craigmark is my local team and where I want to be but I don’t just want to be making up the numbers as I want the team to have a chance.”

Craigmark were formed in 1929 and became juniors in 1947. They reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 1962/63 when a crowd of 12,000 saw them lose 3-0 to Irvine Meadow at Rugby Park.