The Great Bourne community Charity

- Who we are -

In 2018 The Bourne Green Sports Club Charity was established to manage and improve the Bourne Green Community pavilion - the sporting and social hub of the Great Bourne Community. Our overall aim is to connect and support the community and organise local events for everyone to enjoy in the Bourne. All fundraising done by the charity is currently aimed at regenerating the pavilion to give the community a new multi-purpose hub for the future.

The website has been put in place not only to support the fundraising effort, but in the long term, to connect and support the community and local small businesses, advertise and promote events in The Bourne and provide valuable information for residents in the area.

Everyone involved with the charity are local residents and offer their services as unpaid volunteers.

- Charity details -

The Bourne Green Sports Club is a registered charity in England & Wales.
Charity number: 1176275
Registered Office: The Bourne Green Pavilion, Old Frensham Road, Lower Bourne, Surrey, GU10 3PR

 

Meet the Trustees

  • Brian Copeman (Chair)

    Brian has lived in Farnham since 1986 and has a grown-up family of three children who all attended the local schools and enjoyed the Farnham Community. As an active member and Past Chairman of Farnham Round Table, he has raised considerable funds for local charities and good causes. He is also co-founder of:
    - The Bourne Children and Youth Initiative (1997)
    - The Bourne Blades Football Club (2003). Currently President.
    - The Bourne Youth Cricket Club (2004)
    In 2014 he was the co-founder of The Bourne Green Sports Club, locally known at The Great Bourne Community. The Great Bourne Community is a charity representing Community and Sports in the Bourne. Its aim is to facilitate the provision of a new first-class Community Pavilion on The Bourne Green, replacing the existing 100-year-old building.

  • Chad Simpson

    Chad lives on the Green and is an active member of the community. He has 3 young children who all enjoy what the Green and the “Great Bourne Community” have to offer. He’s a level 1 FA coach and helps train his oldest son’s Bourne Blades side. He also plays cricket for one of the local teams who play on the Green. He’s the Managing Director of Alive Communications Ltd – an International Brand Experience Agency, specialising in Live / Hybrid / Virtual events. He loves living in Farnham and especially, Lower Bourne…where you have great walks, a pretty church, fantastic local shops and two pubs all within walking distance!!

  • Jacquie Browne

    Jacquie has lived in Farnham since 1999 and has a grown-up family of three children. All three have attended the local schools and Jacquie has been an active member of the PTA’s including Chairman of the PTA at Weydon school. Jacquie was integral in securing the fundraising to extend and improve the Scout Hut opposite the Fox while her boys attended the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. An active member of Farnham Runners including being Chair from 2017-2022, she joined the Board of Trustees for the “Bourne Green Sports Club” in 2017 and strives to ensure the interests and needs of both the community and the sports clubs are met.

  • Andy Bowden

    Although now living in Liphook with 2 grown up daughters, one of whom was the first female captain of a Bourne Cricket X1, Andy first started playing cricket for The Bourne in the late 1980’s alongside his Father & Uncle, and along with a few others has played for the Club ever since. He has spent his career at Coca-Cola undertaking numerous roles across Sales, Marketing and Sponsorship and has also Chaired Sports Benefit Committees and managed fundraising events for Charities, most notably the Chase Children’s Hospice and the Ironheart Foundation. When not playing Cricket, Andy can be found on the local Fairways or travelling to support his hometown team Bristol City.

 The Trustees of The Bourne Green Sports Club are representatives of The Bourne Community and the following sports clubs: The Bourne Green Cricket Club, The Bourne Blades Football Club and The Farnham Runners

And this is our Management Team

(buy them a coffee the next time you see them :) )