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Cray to throw promotion party

12:36pm Thursday 14th May 2009 in

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CRAY Wanderers will be celebrating their promotion to the Ryman Premier League with an open-top bus tour through Bexley and Bromley next Saturday (May 23).

Simon Osborne’s winning goal in the 1-0 play-off final secured Cray’s place in the top flight and now the club plan to celebrate in style with their first ever parade.

The party begins at the Conservative Club on Oxford Road, Sidcup, at 11am and the bus will travel through St Mary Cray, St Paul’s Cray, Orpington, Chislehurst, Eltham, Blackfen and Bexley before returning to Sidcup at 6pm.

Chairman Gary Hillman explained: “It’s a great way to celebrate and to kick off our 150th birthday celebrations in 2010.

“As the club has been playing at Bromley FC for 10 years, it is important to remember our roots and to get the local Cray community involved.

“They can also, hopefully, look forward to our planned return to the Crays in 2014 at Sandy Lane in St Paul’s Cray.

“Everyone is welcome to turn out and celebrate with us on the designated route and pick-up points.”

The route and pick-up points are as follows:

11am: Meet at the Conservative Club, Oxford Road, Sidcup, before driving along Sidcup High Street.

12pm: The Bull Inn, St Mary Cray.

12.30pm: The Broomwood ,St Paul’s Cray - drive through Cotmandene Crescent.

1pm: Mary Rose Inn, St Mary Cray - drive through Orpington High Street.

2.30pm: The Bull, Chislehurst.

3pm: The Queens Head, Chislehurst High Street.

3.30pm: Mottingham Playing Fields - drive through Eltham High Street.

4.30pm: Jolly Fenman, Blackfen.

5pm: Kings Head, Bexley High Street.

6pm: Return to Conservative Club, Oxford Road, Sidcup.