i know its a couple of weeks off but gives people chance to read it and get sorted so they can get down to the shay on Thursday November 18 at 7.30pm ,, www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Fa ... 6610922.jp

i know its a couple of weeks off but gives people chance to read it and get sorted so they can get down to the shay on Thursday November 18 at 7.30pm ,, www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Fa ... 6610922.jp

Linda the new Chair??????

always like something comfy to sit on.

Your not nearly as surprised as I am.

tonight folks, lets all get down there and pledge towards the club,

A shame that the new shirt won't be previewed, obvioulsy the RFL are focusing on its dead rubbers in Wrexham and London...

Just returned home from tonight's pledge night & what a surprisigly good night it turned ou to be. All credit to the organisers of the idea and the evening itself, I won't name anyone for fear of leaving anyone out & run the risk of offending them !
Bloemy played another blinder for Halifax RLFC tonight, anchoring the event & interviewing various characters including Jonnie Lawless, Gonzo, Blacky & Michael Steele to gauge their opinions of what the U/23's means to the future of our club and it's bid for a SL franchise.
He also played his part in his role as auctioneer, flogging lots of RL & Halifax RL, and bottles of wines, advocaats etc etc in getting the kitty opened up in the aim of raising the £25K that the Trust hope to give to the club.
I thought it was a decent turnout on a crappy weather, middle of the week evening, so well done to everyone involved & all those who attended. There's a real buzz about our club again.

the takings was £1566 for tonight, well done everbody,

Excellent Colin to hear. Still we all have a lot to do and I am sure the organisers would ask as many people as possible to turn up at the next event. Well done all.

You got a mention with your donation mate, good work.

Will try and see what else I can find and send across at a later date

do belive your things are still to sell on ebay,more chance of getting alot of money for them

Yes Linda said and am happy with that. I can help promote them if you or somebody can provide a link as know a few people around the world who would be very interested. Congrats to all for the hard work . The rest lets keep supporting these events anyway we can.

Hope it went well, sorry I could not be there but had an important event today in York.
Hope fans get involved as this is a great way for us to back our club, remember we have no Des Johnson, Steve O'Connor and the like to throw money when we need it, we just have hard working people to raise the money in the pot when we need it. Its hard graft and the Board need our support to keep Fax at the top.

I would just like to thank all of you that came to the pledge event tonight and also people who have made pledges that could not be there. I was expecting the auction and other things to make less than half what it did actually make on the night I was astounded. I have not as yet heard the official figure but I do know it was around £1,500 but more importantly the pledges for the sponsored walk and other events were equally as impressive and in real terms tonights contribution to Faxbuilder was indeed massive.
I would also like to thank Jamie Bloem , Johnny Lawless, Martin Gonzales , Ben Black , Frank Watene and Josh Barlow who turned up in support and Oli Marnes who sent messages of apologies as he was stuck in Goole. He has promised to do something at a later date and we will get him along at another event.
This is just the start, if we all spread the word and build up the momentum I reckon we will by the end of the season have the money raised.So thanks again Fax fans and keep watching this board for further news.

A night to be proud of tonight and a superb start to the Faxbuilder! Bloemy was a star this evening! We secured new trust members, interest in the sponsored walk and some individuals really dug deep into their pockets tonight all to help us raise our magic 25k figure!! So much more planned too!! Great success this evening, giving us a superb platform to build from!!

WRONG! Maybe get your idea/facts straight before making assumptions...

On a positive note... well done everyone donating on pledge night. Top job Linda!

One of the Pledge items last night did not get sold due to short notice as it is this Sat night were 4x £21 tickets for the Royal Albert Halls` Classical Spectacular it is a great pity as it looks like a good show . Anybody interested please pm me.

Something mentioned on the Club Site's article about the pledge night is the 250 Club, could someone shed some light on this?

I think it was explained that if 250 people pledged £100 then we would have the money we need. Dont know if there are any benifits etc?

Great night last night as I was sat at the pledge desk and was involved with people filling the forms in. I will be giving details on the sponsored walk to Batley/Dewsbury when the fixtures are out.

It was a really fun night, well done everybody for the amount raised a really good start on the way to that 25k. Hope every body spreads the word and more people come along to the next night. Well done to all those who arranged the night and who took part in starting the fund raising! C'mon Fax fans this is really important in our bid for SL we can easily raise this money

It was an idea brought forward at last nights event, it was just another differant way for people to take part and show their support. This (if you can afford ) is ideal for Fax fans who cannot get to fundraisers or even to matches due to living away or infirmity. Or even for those (like some people who gave the £100 last night) for people who wanted to pledge their support in one contribution rather than spread over the season .
But a single £1 given by 100 people is just as important as £100 given by one , it`s just another way to pledge support along with doing the walks, sponsoring someone for walking , attending functions, buying raffle tickets, joining Steves Fantasy Rugby League team , traveling on coaches to away games , Neils 1873 club or joining The Trust and if you don`t fancy any of the above just pop a £1 in the pledge box at matches.
Last night was beyond everyones expectations lets keep this up and we will soon have it raised the best Club in the Championship with the best fans deserve the best. Sometimes we just have to go out and help to get it ourselves `cos no-one will be giving us a hand and as long as we enjoy it and we see mainly local lads playing for our team it`s got to be worth it.Thanks again.

Wasn't able to get on line yesterday. My thanks to all who contributed to a superb night despite awful weather. Total raised was £1424 as some items were sent from Germany on the understanding that we share the profits. More has been pledged since, so we are over £1500. Items will be on ebay soon. Look out for the North Queensland Cowboys signed shirt and a State of Origin (NSW) signed replica plus others. Dates on other efforts will be out soon.

Don't forget if going on ebay to go thro Fax website so some money comes back to club