I used to work with Les he always used to laugh about Billy after the games and always referred to him as ar kid, get well soon

i got something very nice to auction

Tragic news yet again!! One of my lasting memories of Billy was when he squared up to man mountain Kurt Sorenson against Widnes .The size difference didn,t bother him at all- He was that brave! Best of luck Billy lad!

First time poster but thought someone should dispel rumours. Billy has not had his eye removed though he is still to possibly undergo further surgery at St. James hospital on his return from Exeter where the accident happened.He is on his way home now and goes into St. James tomorrow . There will be a bucket collection at Normantons first team game at home tomorrow ko 2.30 and all raffle takings from junior fixtures played this weekend will be donated to Billy and his family. The race night has been put back to sat 31st oct though the auction at the comrades will go ahead as planned on fri 9th oct. Everyone is welcome .

Welcome and thanks for the update. fingers crossed.

Thanks for that...seems I got some Duff info from a friend of Billy . Should have checked it out. first.

Alright Dan?

Just spoke to Billy,he's been to hospital this morning,got one of the country's best surgeons operating on his eye on tuesday in the hope that the eye can be saved,if not the eye will be taken out and replaced with a "marble",apparently this is to make sure the other eye is not affected.He expects to be in three or four days.
He seems perky enough bless him.

Any updates on Billy, Please.

Got a text from him yesterday evening,had an op on tuesday,has to go back to Jimmys next wednesday and needs 2 or 3 more op's before they know for sure either way,lose an eye or not.

Mods any chance we can make this a sticky please? Easier to find to inform people of updates and to pass on our thanks to people.

Thanks

Only just spotted this.

Best wishes to Billy - always extremely popular during his time at Doncaster.

There's a link to this thread now in the Important Threads announcement at the top of the board [url=http://viewtopic.php?p=11751615#11751615here[/url (under "Fundraising"icon_wink.gif. You can access the thread from here, and any post will automatically bump it back to the top of the board.

Like this

BUMP.

Just a reminder to everyone, auction night raffles etc in aid of Billy this Friday evening at the Comrades Club Normanton from 7pm onwards. Hope a few of you can make it.

Does anyone know how much was raised and if many people went? Couldn't go myself but hope it was a success.

The evening was a great success and very well attended. Quite a few ex players came along to support the event, namely, JT, Jason Timmins, Gary Spencer, Nigel Wright, Phil Eden and Richard Slater who helped organise the evening. (Sorry if I missed anyone off).

Unfortunately we can't announce how much was raised as at another fund raising do some busy body reported the takings to the DSS who decided to take the money in to account when calculating what benefits they were entitled to.

Many thanks to all who helped make the evening and a big thanks to Mr Mojo Risin and Alex of Doom on here for their donations, both items went down very well.

The next event will be at Normanton Rugby Club on 14 November where we will be holding a race night. All are welcome.

What????????????

Exactly! Some very bitter twisted people around!

BUMP.

JUST TO ANNOUNCE THE RACE NIGHT FOR BILLY HAS BEEN PUT BACK TO NEXT SAT 21 AT NORMY RUGBY CLUB DUE TO THE FOUR NATIONS FINAL

have any news on Billy how's he doing ?

Up n down definitely lost sight in his eye will find out in jan whether he will lose eye or not but at moment its looking good .Hopefully make a good amount for him next week to help him through xmas period .As well as coaching second team he s back helping with his old team now the under 15 s so keeping him busy whilst he cannot work .