Impartial Observer

BARLA to support clubs https://www.barla.org.uk/news/barla-offer-support-to-community-clubs

Pre SL - Geoff Fletcher SL Era - Jace Van Dijk

Really? The travel grant and referees were paid by the rfl

He'd not been to many a League 1 game in the South then

Were you not at the CC final replay at Odsal in 1954??

Will be a major upset if WWR win this

Clubs do get money if a player has played with their juniors goes onto to sign for a pro club, they get more if they play a game and again if they play 10 games. Cannot remember the money the club i was at last season got but it was a decent amount for a couple of players.

Rag

I know when Hemel were based in Dewsbury they were paying some of their players £75 per game plus £75 win bonus

By choosing 8 clubs to go into a prelim round you have seeded it and it isnt a 'proper draw'.

I doubt they would have got invites as it looks like the NCL had 21 entries which would go to the top two divisions.

Egremont haven't entered for a few years, according to the paper Wath Brow have said the 1st round is too early for them to play as they only start pre season training early in the new year. Not sure about Kells

Didn't a couple of these 12 struggling clubs try to join the NCL recently which suggests they are doing ok?

Kells, Wath Brow & Egremont turned down the invite to take part

I did mean in previous seasons when they were playing Friday & Monday