North Wales Crusaders next three homes games at Chester RUFC

[fearnowt]

Club statement just released, at least we have some stability for a few weeks.

We played a couple of games at Chester in 2016, after being forced to leave the Racecourse. A decent venue with a nice clubhouse and an old fashioned wooden stand.

This will be our fourth venue for home games this season, does anyone know if this is some kind of record?

https://www.northwalescrusadersrlfc.co.uk/post/club-statement-1

[Leyther_Matt]

I thought this weekend’s game was being played in North Wales somewhere? Four venues in a season is probably a challenge, even for Oldham or London

[Eddie]

Hopefully Chester Gladiators can get some sort of involvement / a boost off having semi pro RL played in the city. 

[Rene_Artois]

We intended to book a Hotel in Colwyn Bay for Dons game. Guess it's not worth risking it

[fighting irish]

What's going on here? I thought they were settled in (and welcome) at Colwyn Bay. What's happened? 

[The Daddy]

4 hours ago, fearnowt said:

Club statement just released, at least we have some stability for a few weeks.

We played a couple of games at Chester in 2016, after being forced to leave the Racecourse. A decent venue with a nice clubhouse and an old fashioned wooden stand.

This will be our fourth venue for home games this season, does anyone know if this is some kind of record?

https://www.northwalescrusadersrlfc.co.uk/post/club-statement-1

For a few weeks.....

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Nice and convenient for me with the added advantage that we're playing Worky on Sunday, not Saturday as had been rumoured so I can get to the game. An added advantage is that it'll get the players used to a 4G pitch for when (if) we get back to Colwyn Bay.

[JonM]

15 hours ago, fearnowt said:

This will be our fourth venue for home games this season, does anyone know if this is some kind of record?

Sadly, no. I suspect there's a few clubs who will have done something similar. The record is probably Sheffield Eagles in their promotion season - played at the grounds of Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Wakefield Trinity, Barnsley FC, Chesterfield FC, Doncaster RLFC and possibly some more (a regal trophy game at Halifax?)

[The storm]

Some union games on in colwyn bay and boom thats it

[FearNothing]

Still related to the new 4g pitch not being finished on time

However, Chester wasn't too bad when we played there before (and it's closer )

[Guest]

Always irritating to give a Union club money.

[fighting irish]

I'm behind the eight ball here. Can someone give me a quick run down of what's happened? 

Is the Colwyn Bay ground a RaRa club ground?

Have they (Crusaders) been dislodged due to a new pitch being laid? 

Or have they been bumped for a (series of) Union game(s) to take place?

I thought they were secure there and welcome, has something undermined their position, or was it always precarious?

Some inside information would be very much appreciated. 

[fearnowt]

Eirias Park stadium is home to Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC) the North Wales rugby union development side, and the WRU has invested heavily in the stadium which is why the facility is so good.

All we really know is that the pitch is being relayed to 4g standard and there is a delay in getting it signed off. The stadium is owned and managed by Conwy County Borough Council and all we can do is accept what the council are telling us. The following appeared in the Wrexham Leader last week:

A Conwy County Borough Council spokesperson said: "We are extremely sorry for the delay with the new pitch at Stadiwm CSM which will impact on some of the forthcoming North Wales Crusaders home games.

"We are working with the Crusaders to find an alternative location for each of the games and apologise to the team and the fans for the inconvenience caused.

"The new pitch will provide much needed benefits to our partners and communities, allowing more frequent use of the facility and a greater number of events on site.

"We’re looking forward to extending our programme of activity and working with the North Wales Crusaders and RGC to help develop their important work and their growth in North Wales.

"We are grateful to the WRU for their financial support for this project."

Edited June 21, 2023 by fearnowt