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Barrow Raiders Ladies v St Helens Ladies | Live Sports Stream by Barrow Raiders Barrow Raiders will be streaming our WSL fixture on Saturday Barrow Raiders v St.Helens RLFC 2pm Cost will be £5+VAT and booking fee

I believe Red Bull have been sponsors of Wigan for a number of years and I think are also involved with Warrington.

We are just finding our feet with the streaming and we have had some technical problems, sometimes not having commentary for example. You may have noticed sponsors before the game and during half time and these are paid sponsors bringing in a few thousand pounds in total, we are also now in a position to receive income from Youtube. Incidentally we have also monetised Facebook and have started to receive a monthly cheque for our content from them. We could choose to use a streaming platform and charge a fee but our current preference is to make the games available for free so that we try to build an audience. Being able to still watch your team when you are unable to attend keeps the fans engaged and more likely to turn up in person at the next game. If fans go a few weeks without seeing the team it is so easy to lose the habit of watching. If we chose a streaming platform then we are probably only attracting the hard core fans who would pay a fee and we want to get as many people interested as possible. When football started showing live games in abundance when Sky TV came along there were many saying that attendances would suffer when in reality the crowds grew massively. Would a sport like darts be as popular and fill venues without being on TV? We believe that exposing the new and existing fans to the product can create the sporting addiction we are after. Of course we might be wrong and we may review what we are doing and move to a paid subscription at a later date, we aren't that pig-headed that we won't be open to changing our mind. I spoke to the York chairman, who also stream for free, and they have done both (subscription and free with advertisers) and they received more income from putting it out for free. If more clubs went for the free option it would also give us a chance to stream the game to the marquee/big screen, like we did against Bradford, and that gives another income generation opportunity from the away games.

As far as we know we are still dual registered with Salford but the whole Salford situation has been cloak and dagger and we have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. Just checked our registered players and there are still a number of Salford players dual registered on the system. We are of the understanding that you can only dual with one team in the same division.

Draw will be Sunday 13th April , probably on a local Radio station of one of the semi-finalists

Why not treat your mother on Sunday for our latest pre-match VIP event celebrating our 150 years with stars from the past? https://www.tickettailor.com/events/barrowraiderstickets/1511183 For just £35 (£20 for season ticket holders and £5 children) you can treat your mother to lunch, a complementary bar with a large bottle of prosecco for every mother on your table, match entrance and a Q&A from our guest speakers. Event runs from 12.30pm until 2.30pm before the big game versus York Knights at 3pm.

Pre-season game today: Warrington Wolves 16 Barrow Raiders 26

Barrow Raiders are streaming live and free the game versus Hunslet on their YouTube channel. They just ask that you do them a favour and subscribe (for free) as if they hit 1000 subscribers they can start to monetise the streaming. Just working on getting a commentator but the pictures will be there as a minimum.

I think they decided not to play France in June, so there will be no international break, which will allow the later start.

As you suspected the original article was not fully factual. Challenge Cup Round 2 26th January League 1 and Championship enter League Round 1 is 2nd February for the Championship Challenge Cup Round 3 is 9th February with Super League clubs all seeded to be drawn away plus 4 other ties. Super 8s at the end of the season will be 4 games with 4 Championship teams playing 4 League One teams, 2 at home, 2 away and the top 2 automatically remain in the Championship and then 3rd plays at home to 4th to decide the last team in the Championship 2026

Winter training Venue, Head Coach, S&C Coach, Gym Equipment, Laundry, Physio team, Match Day GSO, Stewards and gate staff, Playing Kit for 2 teams, Training Wear for 2 teams, Buses for 2 teams (we run a reserve side), trophies, match officials for friendlies and reserves, RFL registration for reserves, after-match food, food and drinks for WSL team, medical supplies, Girls sessions for 48 weeks of the year, video of matches, % of time from the general manager and club secretary. For 2024 will we add mandatory doctors for WSL home games, overnight hotel stay in Cardiff for a Challenge Cup tie and travel expenses for the players.

Funding is an issue. Just done the IMG grading return with the finances for 2023 and Barrow Raiders invested over £60k in girls and women's rugby (not including the Foundation) and got a £5k return from the RFL. We have to find the other £55k to stay afloat with a lot of pressure coming from other areas of the club. We have now started paying travel expenses but we would love to make the next step to semi-professionalism, but the crowds and sponsorship levels now need to grow. Internationals is where the game will grow and we need to do the opposite of the men and have regular internationals and if necessary fill stadiums with free entry tickets. Full stadiums attract broadcasters who then attract sponsors. The legacy of the England Lionesses is that the WSL football is starting to attract crowds that Premier League men's teams would be delighted with. We have to focus on internationals and hopefully the club game will get the benefits. On the question of moving to 8 teams that has to be a good move. Barrow Raiders are starting to attract very talented u15 and u16s and a sprinkling of u19s from all over the county - this wouldn't have happened without a WSL presence. Parents doing 3-hour round trips to give their 15-year old daughters an opportunity.

Points aren't awarded on your 3 year average finishing position. Your 3-year average finishing position is worked out and then each club is put into a league table from which points are awarded.

The system is designed so that you know your own score when submitted. With one game to go, which will hardly make any difference, this is Barrow's, which won't be good enough for Super League (we don't meet the minimum facility standards anyway) but is a decent score as the financial distribution for the Championship and League One is going to be based on the grading score. Average Attendance over 1500 under 3000 1.5pts Social following over 50k under 100k 0.1pts Social Engagement over 5 million 0.8pts Website visits over 60k 0.5pts Viewership less than 150k 0.75pts Performance 22nd (can't change) 1.6pts Non-centralised turnover over 1.25m under 2.5m 1.5pts Non-centralised % over 70% 0.75pts Adjusted Profit over £1 0.5pts Owner Investment less than £100k 0pts Balance Sheet Strength over £100k 0.5pts Facilities - standards not met 0.5pts Utilisation (will change slightly) 0.43pts Primacy of tenure - Yes 0.25pts LED displays - No 0pts Big Screen - Yes 0.125pts Catchment over 130k under 260k 1pt Foundation turnover over £50k less than £250k 0.5pts Possible deducted points - None Talent and Performance Pathway - Yes, Furness Raiders U19, WSL Ladies team, Ladies P2P u15, u16 and u19 Community Game Development - Yes, foundation registered as a charity and RFL approved development plan in place including an Inclusion Action Plan Breach of operational rules - No Breach of HMRC, H&S or GDPR - No Insolvency event - No E,D&I action plan in place - Yes 3 anti-doping breaches in 12 months - No Environmental Sustainability action plan in place - Yes Total Points: 11.305

Our issue is that there are no community clubs running teams in the area so there are no community clubs to hurt, and we are literally going to have to start from scratch. If we get an U19s up and running then hopefully those players who don't make the WSL grade will get opportunities at open age with community teams if they are forward thinking enough to form women's teams. The area is waking up to women's rugby but we are some way behind. I think the touch teams that are being formed are a good introduction for players, just hope that a couple of clubs have enough numbers for a contact team in the not too distant future. It is 25 max for SL next year and 25 max for U19s. The U19s can play a few (4 i think) games for the the WSL team before they have to be formally transferred to the senior squad.