Senior blues meeting

From NFBF on Deva Chat 1:

Almost overwhelmed with members this morning, we ran out of chairs! Great to see a full room again.
Our meeting opened with the Chairman, DAVID HARRINGTON-WRIGHT telling us about the immense amount of work that has gone into the ground to enable the game against Bradford tomorrow to go ahead. The damaged electrics have all been replaced, and we now have a very hi-tec HD public address system plus the latest technology with the public order cameras, that now, the chairman says, enables the Police to read a programme read by a supporter in the away end stand. (If they so desired of course! )
Our next guest was DAVID WILLIAMS the club director, who is responsible for the “Inclusive Blues” part of the football club.
David gave a very very interesting talk, (Read out by Peter Mitchell) with help of a video presentation operated by David.
He started out telling us about his life right from his birth, the difficulties his parents had in dealing with is disability.
It became very clear that from an early age David was determined to be independent, and he got himself a job at Manweb after leaving college, but his heart was in journalism, which he was able to do by reporting on motor racing at Oulton Park on a part time basis, he now writes for numerous motor racing magazines and blogs as well as his work at Chester FC. David told a very amusing story about one of the games he attended in his first years of supporting Chester FC. He became ill during the match, and as it turned out, the Police ended up escorting David out of the ground and taking him home in a Police car much to his Mother’s consternation!
David presented a video about how he manages his specially adapted car, getting in and driving, he passed his test six months after getting his car! He then showed us how he transfers himself from his wheelchair to his easy chair at home, which was a work of art on its own!
He then showed us a video of how he has made a machine that now feeds him, that really was an incredible bit of kit.
Everyone in the room was incredibly in awe of David and how he has overcome his disability and enables to live a fulfilling life
and remain so independent.
David is a fantastic asset to the club, and the chairman said he is a very active contributor to Board meetings, certainly an inspiration to us all.
Our last guest was SHANE PINNINGTON who gave a fascinating insight into local radio. He has a number of roles at the DEE 106.3, one of them is the responsibility for the music output at the station. He was questioned about the music policy at the radio station and said it was similar to Radio 2’s output at the BBC.
He went into his role about reporting on Chester FC, and the many miles he has travelled doing so, but he is a Chester supporter at heart, and said it was all worth it. He explained the difficulty of reporting on difficult results, like the match at Blyth Spartans, but has to remain objective.
He said the club and the managers at the club were very cooperative, and he a had a great working relationship with them which made his job a lot easier.
He occasionally has to attend matches at Premier League games which he enjoys, but he still prefers to come down to his hometown club.
For the first time in our SB’s history a fresh meat pie was include in the raffle prizes! Kindly donated by PETER (The pieman)
An excellent meeting again, and a big thank to everyone who attended, our next meeting is on Friday October 5th.