We have a couple of boxes of leftover pint glasses from “Stramash 2010″, the beer festival we held in deep midwinter back at the start of April

These have now gone on sale here – we can’t post these out to you, and because of safety regulations it’s not something we can sell from the Trust table in the south stand. However, we can deliver these locally (Kirkcaldy/Glenrothes area) or arrange a time when you can collect them from us in Kirkcaldy.

They’re on sale at £2 each, with discounts for a set of 4 (£7) or set of 6 (£10). They are heavy conical 20oz glasses, with the RRFC logo printed on one side in navy blue, and “STRAMASH 2010″ printed on the other side.

We have slashed the price of David Potter’s 2008 book “Rovers Greats” to just £5 (down from the original price of £9.99).

In this book, David Potter introduces ten of the greatest players ever to represent Raith Rovers. Choosing only ten players is always a difficult challenge! From the little-known Harry Anderson, the first Raith player ever to be capped for Scotland almost 100 years ago, right through to the club’s record goalscorer and the man who led the club to victory in the Scottish League Cup and into Europe in more recent times, there can be no doubt that each deserve their place in the hearts of Raith Rovers supporters – even if there is a queue of legendary figures just as long who didn’t make it into the book!

“Rovers Greats” can be ordered direct from this website for £5.00 plus P&P (£2.50 in the UK, £5 by international air mail). To save on shipping costs, please get in touch with us through any of the methods listed on the Contact Us page and we’ll reserve a copy for you to collect and pay for at a home game or any other Trust event.

We’ve had the “buy from our partners” page for a few years now, and the commissions we earn when you buy from the sites on that page have been a great source of income for us. I’ve just created a page for special offers, an easy way to find the best bargains. If you are a twitter user, you can also follow raithtrustoffer on Twitter to be instantly notified of any new offers.

The Raith Trust will be holding a Real Ale Festival at Starks Park on April 2nd and 3rd 2010. A range of real ales and ciders, carefully selected by Jim Brande of the Fyfe Brewing Company, will be on sale on the Friday evening and during the afternoon and evening on Saturday, along with a selection of bottled beers, wine and soft drinks. All proceeds will go towards increasing the supporters’ shareholding in Raith Rovers FC.

Included in the entrance fee of £5 will be a commemorative beer glass and a festival programme with tasting notes for all of the ales and ciders on tap.

The event will run from 6pm – 11pm on Friday 2nd and from 1pm – 11pm on Saturday 3rd. There will be musical entertainment, and more importantly match updates from Inverness!

We hope that a successful weekend will make the Raith Real Ale Festival a fixture on the calendar for all real ale lovers in Fife, and that we will be able to convert a few real ale novices to the cause of “proper beer”!

Anyone wishing to volunteer in making this event run smoothly should get in touch with the Trust at chairman@raithtrust.org.uk – we can’t pay you for your time but we may buy you a beer

The rollercoaster season continues to thrill Raith fans with every passing week – despite the physio’s room being busier than the dressing room we’ve reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup for the first time in 47 years! Now we just need to wait while Dundee United and Rangers work out which one of them is brave enough to meet us.

Why not buy a “Road To Hampden” t-shirt to the national stadium on April 11th? Head over to the Raith Trust T-Shirt Store to make your choice. All profits will help us support the club by increasing the supporters’ shareholding!

Thank you and well done to all of the walkers who joined us on our journey to East End Park last weekend. Yet again we had great weather, and yet again we were rewarded for our efforts with a 2-0 win that put us top of the league!!!

The sponsorship money has not been gathered and counted yet, watch this space for news of how much we raised.

Back in March, a group of Rovers fans walked from Starks Park to New Bayview to raise funds for the club’s Youth Development Initiative. That day, on our way to seeing the return of Marvin Andrews to the club and the victory that would kickstart our march to the title, we talked about doing another sponsored walk – but hopefully to East End Park rather than New Bayview!

With the first Rovers v Dunfermline league derby for 9 years only a couple of weeks away we’re going to make good on that promise. If you would like to join us in raising much-needed funds for the club, then download a sponsor form and pester your friends, family, workmates or even complete strangers into sponsoring you!

The route is approximately 17 miles, and for those who don’t fancy walking the whole distance we’ll be making a rest stop in Aberdour (almost halfway) in mid-morning before continuing along the Fife Coastal Path and then up the hill to Dunfermline.

To support the walkers – and the club – please sponsor us through this link. Thank you!

We’ve now sold all of our print run of these t-shirts, but you can still order one to be printed on demand from our T-Shirt Store. All profits will go to supporting the club’s Youth Development Initiative.

Fife’s Finest are holding a 60s night on Saturday 9th May from 8pm til 3am in DV8 (formerly Thunder Road). Hopefully there’ll be a championship to celebrate as well that night, but at the very least our season will still be alive with the play-offs to look forward to.

As part of the auction on the night, they will have Ian McLeod’s shirt signed by the 1992/93 promotion-winning squad, with proceeds from the shirt auction going towards the club’s Youth Development Initiative.

The official supporters club’s regular end of season celebration is also on that night – details will follow as soon as they’re available.

Irn-Bru have created a youth development fund of £70,000 to be shared by the 30 SFL clubs. And exactly how that fund is allocated is down to you – yes you!

Text “SCORE 2 RAIT” to 60777 (standard text rates apply) to help take Raith Rovers to the top of the league. Every text scores another point – giving us a better chance of bigger bucks for youth development – so keep them coming. Your efforts might even win you a prize in their draw – there are 5 home cinema systems and 1000 IRN-BRU/SFL promo goodies up for grabs too.