More positive news from Nottinghamshire

[Northern Eel]

Bassetlaw Bulldogs RLFC, in their 3rd year of existence as a Junior RL Club, are working with their local council to build a pavilion on their home ground. They have managed to find £160k of funding, including £15k from the RLWC2021 Legacy Fund and £60k from Sport England. Additional funding from the District and Parish Councils means the funding target is only a couple of thousand quid short of the anticipated cost of the project. Building work will begin in the coming few weeks on the building which houses two changing rooms, a small communal area, a referees room, kitchen and toilets.

The building comes on the back of the replacement of a former football pitch with a rugby league pitch, with a new set of posts. 

The club plans to run teams at U7,U9, U11 and U13s in the coming season, whenever that might be, with strong numbers already registered at each age group.

It has also been brilliant that the likes of Phil Clarke and Bill Arthur made time to appear on the club's virtual awards evening, offering the club a huge boost. Bill voiced over the season report and Phil sent a video message of congratulations to everyone involved.

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Northern Eel

[Damien]

Nice, its great to see amateur clubs building roots and getting better facilities. 

[The Daddy]

How are the Nottingham Outlaws doing these days? 

[Northern Eel]

6 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

How are the Nottingham Outlaws doing these days? 

They have their own ground and are re-establishing themselves in their new area of Nottingham. Some junior activity alongside the Open Age teams. 

[fighting irish]

Great story, please keep us up to date about any developments in your part of the world? 

Edited February 9, 2021 by fighting irish

[Eddie]

30 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

How are the Nottingham Outlaws doing these days? 

The Pro-Am Community RL show podcast a couple of weeks ago was all about them, worth a listen if you’re interested. 

[Eddie]

Great news. Is there a men’s team in the Worksop area for these lads to progress onto when they get older @Northern Eel?

[The Daddy]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

The Pro-Am Community RL show podcast a couple of weeks ago was all about them, worth a listen if you’re interested. 

Got a link mate? 

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Got a link mate? 

I use an app on my phone but it looks like they can be found here - Jan 26th https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/13-pro-am-community-rl-show-13-pro-am-CLXx-9ZHwi3/#episodes

They make an interesting point that it’s not difficult to get kids in Nottingham along, but finding local teams to play against which is the issue. 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Eddie

[Northern Eel]

8 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Great news. Is there a men’s team in the Worksop area for these lads to progress onto when they get older @Northern Eel?

The plan is to take the U13s through to U16s and establish an open age side for them to begin to feed into at the right time. Essentially, it’s the main reason for building from the bottom up.  No reliance on, or competition from, any other sport. 

[Northern Eel]

9 minutes ago, Eddie said:

I use an app on my phone but it looks like they can be found here - Jan 26th https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/13-pro-am-community-rl-show-13-pro-am-CLXx-9ZHwi3/#episodes

They make an interesting point that it’s not difficult to get kids in Nottingham along, but finding local teams to play against which is the issue. 

We’ve not had any problem getting fixtures, funnily enough, but then the vast, vast majority of our players don’t play other sports during the RL season so our season spans 7 uninterrupted months. We’re a leisurely 45 mins from Nottingham. 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Northern Eel

[The Daddy]

15 minutes ago, Eddie said:

I use an app on my phone but it looks like they can be found here - Jan 26th https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/13-pro-am-community-rl-show-13-pro-am-CLXx-9ZHwi3/#episodes

They make an interesting point that it’s not difficult to get kids in Nottingham along, but finding local teams to play against which is the issue. 

I'll give that a listen thanks. The fact that they have their own ground and based in a major UK city is a big plus. 

[Eddie]

6 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

We’ve not had any problem getting fixtures, funnily enough, but then the vast, vast majority of our players don’t play other sports during the RL season so our season spans 7 uninterrupted months. We’re a leisurely 45 mins from Nottingham. 

I guess for kids and their families that’s a fair trek for a game though, and are most of your games North of Worksop too? 

[Northern Eel]

6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

I guess for kids and their families that’s a fair trek for a game though, and are most of your games North of Worksop too? 

No. Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, Bolsover, Immingham, over in West Midlands too etc. All over the place really. We’ve got great buy in from parents, who travel in good numbers. 
 

This link to our fixtures (Covid permitting) gives a flavour of our season. https://bassetlawbulldogs.co.uk/fixtures-and-results

Edited February 9, 2021 by Northern Eel

[The Rocket]

20 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

No. Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, Bolsover, Immingham, over in West Midlands too etc. All over the place really. We’ve got great buy in from parents, who travel in good numbers. 
 

This link to our fixtures (Covid permitting) gives a flavour of our season. https://bassetlawbulldogs.co.uk/fixtures-and-results

Great work mate. You`re making a lot of little Rugby League fans for life.

[topcentre21]

Good work all involved.

I like to see RL clubs getting better facilities to rival our union friends 

[langpark]

Looks like it's a lot closer to Sheffield than it is to Nottingham.

[DoubleD]

1 hour ago, Northern Eel said:

No. Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, Bolsover, Immingham, over in West Midlands too etc. All over the place really. We’ve got great buy in from parents, who travel in good numbers. 
 

This link to our fixtures (Covid permitting) gives a flavour of our season. https://bassetlawbulldogs.co.uk/fixtures-and-results

Immingham is a fair trek . It’s a real bug bear of mine that the Hull clubs haven’t spread their wings into North Lincolnshire.........there really should be a cluster of clubs there. 

Didn’t know there was a club in Mansfield these days, do you have any more info?

[langpark]

6 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

Immingham is a fair trek . It’s a real bug bear of mine that the Hull clubs haven’t spread their wings into North Lincolnshire.........there really should be a cluster of clubs there. 

Didn’t know there was a club in Mansfield these days, do you have any more info?

Sherwood Wolf Hunt? They play in the Challenge Cup too.

[jacobus]

13 hours ago, Eddie said:

Great news. Is there a men’s team in the Worksop area for these lads to progress onto when they get older @Northern Eel?

Are the Sherwood Wolfhunt relaitvely local?

[Northern Eel]

50 minutes ago, jacobus said:

Are the Sherwood Wolfhunt relaitvely local?

They are, yes. 

[Pie tries]

On 09/02/2021 at 20:55, Northern Eel said:

Bassetlaw Bulldogs RLFC, in their 3rd year of existence as a Junior RL Club, are working with their local council to build a pavilion on their home ground. They have managed to find £160k of funding, including £15k from the RLWC2021 Legacy Fund and £60k from Sport England. Additional funding from the District and Parish Councils means the funding target is only a couple of thousand quid short of the anticipated cost of the project. Building work will begin in the coming few weeks on the building which houses two changing rooms, a small communal area, a referees room, kitchen and toilets.

The building comes on the back of the replacement of a former football pitch with a rugby league pitch, with a new set of posts. 

The club plans to run teams at U7,U9, U11 and U13s in the coming season, whenever that might be, with strong numbers already registered at each age group.

It has also been brilliant that the likes of Phil Clarke and Bill Arthur made time to appear on the club's virtual awards evening, offering the club a huge boost. Bill voiced over the season report and Phil sent a video message of congratulations to everyone involved.

 

 

 

More of this please !

[Pie tries]

23 hours ago, DoubleD said:

Immingham is a fair trek . It’s a real bug bear of mine that the Hull clubs haven’t spread their wings into North Lincolnshire.........there really should be a cluster of clubs there. 

Didn’t know there was a club in Mansfield these days, do you have any more info?

Quite agree - defo both Hull clubs should have spread the word into Lincolnshire

[Cumbrian Mackem]

On 10/02/2021 at 22:55, Pie tries said:

Quite agree - defo both Hull clubs should have spread the word into Lincolnshire

This. Remove  hull and Lincolnshire and replace them with st helens&warrington with Merseyside or wigan and north/central Lancashire.

Its RL all over.

[Eddie]

1 minute ago, Cumbrian Mackem said:

This. Remove  hull and Lincolnshire and replace them with st helens&warrington with Merseyside or wigan and north/central Lancashire.

Its RL all over.

If Saints had a spare £100m to chuck at it I still wouldn’t advise them to try to crack Liverpool.