I remember last years ties only had an entry fee of £10, so as an incentive to to turn up for the both games, any Siddal/neutral/fax supporters who turn up in the morning could pay £15 on the gate which would also provide them with a Fax Ticket for the early evening game, £10 if no fax ticket.

The stewards/gatemen will need to be out of bed early. Will be a long day for them.

Hardly a double header the council are now saying siddal to ko at 1130 with the ground been totally emptied and fax fick off at 5 due to health and safety, WTF hardly gonna be a sell out is it, i think it would be in Siddals favour now to play at widnes

Stupid wouldn't cover that scenario! Quick glance at trains, only one would get you there before 11:30 and that's a ten past. Can't say taking public transport out of the equation is a good start!

What's the point? Thanks for building the stadium CC but you don't half make some daft decisions.

For stadium management - i wish we had a council like Castleford's. They allow the Tigers to get away with murder with that rickety old stadium.

So, it's two single headers. I suppose i could watch Siddal ease past the Mutants - nip home to me mam and dad's for some tea and scones, watch an episode of Columbo and then mosey on down to watch the Champions.

It wouldnt be in Siddals favour to play at Widnes because as somebody mentioned earlier, Siddal would have to pay the ground rent for the Stobart, about £4/5000.

Won't they have to pay to use The Shay anyway?

health n safety gone mad in calderdale at moment.

RIDICULOUS - ONE WORD...THE FAX ATT WILL TAKE A HIT NOW ASWELL.

PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT TO SUPPORT SIDDAL WONT PAY TWICE!!

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Quote ="tommy"[iWhat a load of old sh*t[/i '" www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=3941 It appears the club are losing the dining facilities for this now. Well done Calderdale Clowncill !! If this is the case then siddal would be better off financially going over to widnes as there will be very little in the way of support. Also this is just silly, People will be wanting to go to both games and obviously beer will be flowing, All day sessions for some people me thinks and you know what happens when emotions and beer mix.

Quote ="tommy"[iWhat a load of old sh*t[/i '" www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=3941 It appears the club are losing the dining facilities for this now. Well done Calderdale Clowncill !! If this is the case then siddal would be better off financially going over to widnes as there will be very little in the way of support. Also this is just silly, People will be wanting to go to both games and obviously beer will be flowing, All day sessions for some people me thinks and you know what happens when emotions and beer mix.

Maybe we shouldn't have been so insistent on Siddal playing at the Shay as well. They've clearly had some sort of rethink & are punishing us for it.

Does anyone know which specific aspects of 'Health & Safety' the double header would breach?

GRAND FINALS my friend. Proper ones
Feel free to dream.

As for being promoted from mid table, well you must be very proud. However pride comes before a fall as they say.
From what I am hearing the next Super League sponsors (potentially) are being quite insistent that they have final say on who is included and who isn't...............and it ain't you lot!

A few months back we were being told Stobart are being new sponsors but demanding us is, so will people make there minds up



Let me guess... Probiz & want you in?

On the bright side I can now watch Siddal if they kick off at 11.30...

Apparently, the Club weren't given any reasons

All the possible objections had been well considered and covered with regard to car parking, stewarding etc.

Maybe the Council couldn't charge Siddal a four-figure rent for the ground if it had been one 'event'?

Or is it just spite? Why should one jobsworth be able to fly in the face of common sense and spoil everyone's day because he had his nose put out of joint by being publicly over-ruled by his boss?

Or [iare[/i there genuine reasons? I've sent off a Freedom of Information request to try find out more.

Watch this space.

Surely Fax can still have diners? 3 o'clock-ish?

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Link doesn't work.

true,lol got it off facebook will try again,lol

what it does say is this,lol


Calderdale Council has ruined plans for a Challenge Cup double header featuring Siddal, Widnes, Halifax and Castleford Lock Lane.

Following the third round draw, Halifax and local amateur club Siddal had agreed to a double header third round day on Sunday 6th March, giving fans of all four clubs chance to watch their teams for the price of a single game.

However, the council has now decided that Siddal must play Widnes at 11.30am, before closing the stadium and re-opening it ahead of Halifax against Castleford Lock Lane at 5pm.

A Halifax club statement said: "All four clubs were excited to be able to be part of this occasion, but after discussions with Calderdale Council, we have been told this approach is unacceptable to the Council ‘for health and safety reasons’.

"We believe that the relatively small issues raised were more than easily resolvable."

Halifax were thrown out of the Challenge Cup last season for fielding an ineligible player, prop Michael Ostick, and are currently working towards the Super League licence decision date of March 31st.

Halifax director Tony Abbott commented: "Siddal is my family Club as my son plays there, and of course I’m committed to Halifax RLFC too as a Director.

"It’s regrettable that Calderdale Council has taken this decision which is out of the Club’s control. We believe that fans who live in Calderdale and support either amateur rugby or Halifax RLFC are being unfairly penalised by a decision that seems to owe more to ‘jobsworth’ than reality.

"Quite frankly I feel that this decision is a massive loss to the drive we are putting around the Club for Super League, and if this is the type of support we and Siddal are getting from our local Council, then it’s difficult to see how we can work with such people who seem to have neither the time, ambition or support for what we are trying to achieve for Rugby League in the Calderdale area."

I can understand that if Fax were kicking off at 11.30 then dining beforehand would not happen, but I can't see why it would be a problem for a 5pm kick off.

"Quite frankly I feel that this decision is a massive loss to the drive we are putting around the Club for Super League, and if this is the type of support we and Siddal are getting from our local Council, then it’s difficult to see how we can work with such people who seem to have neither the time, ambition or support for what we are trying to achieve for Rugby League in the Calderdale area."

And not sure publicly airing such strong views against the Council is in the Club's best interests?