Copied from the BBC Merseysides website......

We have heard a inquiry is ongoing into Widnes's published crowd figures with a chance that the 99% done deal to "win" entry to SL will be thrown out.
This follows allegations in the Widnes programme of Sunday 25th July 2010 which contained a article about the amount of "bearded juniors , mature students and sprightly pensioners" 'paying' to watch Widnes which have given a massive distortion to the Widnes attendance figures.

SOC and Richard Lewis both refused to comment, however one Widnes fan (who wished to remain anonymous) interviewed in the Cricketers public house said "Its just not true, I always have a shave before handing my child ticket over to the turnstile operator".

No doubt this story will run for a while.

*BBC Merseysides have launched our own investigation after our recent visit to Widnes .
It appears someone broke into one of our vehicles and stole our Car Stereo, if anyone has information on this could they contact us immediately.

Like it makes a difference to attendance anyway? Haha, nice try.

Leigh to continue with Scholarships theirselves see news posted on their offical s Headlines< Back
Centurions To Continue With Scholarship Scheme
Thursday 19th August 2010

Story in brief:
Leigh Centurions have today confirmed that they will continue to run a scholarship scheme in 2011 albeit on a smaller scale Leigh Centurions have today confirmed that they will continue to run a scholarship scheme in 2011 albeit on a smaller scale.

Leigh Chief Executive Allan Rowley explained the proceedings to date;

"The RFL performance department were tasked with developing a player pathway that fitted the specific needs of the Championship Clubs and not have them operating a makeshift pathway which was designed for Super League clubs." Said Rowley.

"At a Championship meeting in March this year a proposal paper was put together and presented which had a in the RFLs words ‘a broad agreement' from those present."

"Leigh Centurions certainly did not agree with it. Whenever there has been any degree of success at Leigh it has been because the team had a nucleus of local talent, and the way forward for this club is to run its own scholarship, and have that player pathway in place."

"Two years ago we conducted an exercise which showed that out of the 344 players that made up Super League there were 137 imports. This left 207 British players. 12 of the 207 came from the Leigh Borough, which represented 4% of the whole of Super League."

"Leigh East and Leigh Miners are two of the top amateur teams in the country, between them supplying over 100 players to the professional game in the last 10 years. This is further testimony that Leigh is a hot bed for young rugby players."

"The club has invested a lot of money over the past four years and the Scholarship is just starting to pay dividends with some very creditable results and by three players this season tasting first grade rugby."

"We are now told that we can run a scholarship providing we run an under 18s team in addition to a reserve team, which is something that we just can't afford to do."

"It costs in the region of £15,000 a season to run a scholarship and around £50,000 a year to run an under 18s. We are therefore left with no alternative than to go with the RFL player pathway which will run alongside the regional programme."

"The club will select 20 players 10 from each age group under 15s and under 16s who will train at Leigh once a week and then will attend regional sessions with a further 8 players who will have been identified by the regional selectors."

"At least we can monitor the progress of the players selected and formulate a development program and player pathway for them to become future Leigh Centurions players." ite, this is what Ive copied and pasted;-

Aha!

So Leigh trying to use a short cut on there youth set up? 4% of SL but how much did Leigh RLFC train up? Can afford Robbie Paul but not an academy side?

Doesn't bode well for potential SL side!

Just ignore him, he'll be gone soon enough, to become a very small fish in a very corrupt pond

So we are likely to achieve what your boys are desperate for too and now it's a bad thing?

bet you it involves a dummy spit....

what did I tell you



Looks like there might be a second seat at the top table in 2012 if it all goes pete in Twickenham....Tolouse anyone?

A dummy spit or just telling the truth ?

We dont do ' spin ' and brown smelly stuff from male cows in Leigh , we tell it as it is , thats what made this sport in the first place , the truth

dummy spit

i know its unlikely,but if your lot get shafted...im going to laugh at you...and only you...so much... im going to die with split sides.

Fine by me! Why would that be then? For doing everything right and securing the long term future of our club on and off the pitch? I'm pretty happy with that tbh!

But still the truth , very similar to the one about the highly succesful licence application done by the Celtic Crusaders



What was it Jack Nicholson said in ' a few good men '

" you cant handle the truth "

Whatever happened to the inclusive, expansionist RL visionionaries of 1895. People who loved their sport and the people who loved it.
2010 see's the comedy double act known as 'Lewis n Wood' stumbling from one mighty cock up to the next, whilst taking every opportunity to weaken our sport in the process.
We have so much to sell and administrators, and poor ones, tasked with selling it.
Time for a clear out at the top, get rid of em all, and fill the positions with passionate people with a vision whose earnings are results based.
A well led, unified RL has so much to look forward to, lets start again and make it happen.

1) your golden age - like all golden ages - never existed.

2) You seem to have confused this thread (about scholarships) and [url=http://viewtopic.php?f=2&t=467162this[/url thread

It did exist, we are evidence today of the passion of a few and I wasnt confused.

And yet you quoted this on the other thread







hypocrit

Not desperate for it at all thanks

You will go up , you will go up with my and many others best wishes

And though I like to wind up sometimes I do hope Leigh / Fax follow us in 2015! IMO we'll be back to P&R for that one or one after as hopefully they'll be 3/4 sides in Championship all meeting minimum criteria so we can then return to do rightfull way of doing things!

Not happen unless somebody goes bust , and that I dont wish on anybody

The Championships are where we will remain

Cant see Championship clubs surviving at some stadia for another 3 years with nothing to play for, and that includes Leigh.

Why is winning the league "nothing to play for".
I just don't understand that attitude.

Then you never will, but I hope you do one day.

If you ask a Leeds Utd fan what the dream is, the answer is to watch his team play at the top level.

Ask a rochdale fan the same question and it would probably be to stay in division 1.

Edited for relevance etc.