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“For the first three-and-a-bit years it was a gradual build-up,” explained Evans.
“We did a lot of work behind the scenes and grew the membership to about the 7/800 mark – but that took a lot of work.
“When the club came on board really actively, about November, December of last year, the numbers more than doubled.
“We always knew we’d need the club to get behind it to grow it like that – either that or a crisis!
“This time last year we had our wee spat with the club when they came out and said their bit and we had a few people quit.