Re: good luck josh : Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:30 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

relevance being that if your job description is setting up a playing structure then you get yourself round to all the local amateur clubs he is full time is role at rangers is voluntary he might have been to east but from what i'm hearing he hasn't . i also hear that even derek is avoiding both clubs.

I've not seen Purtill's job description, so cannot comment. He had his role at Rangers while still at Huddersfield. I suppose we're going to slag off Leigh Centurions for the fact that Huddersfield's assistant coach is volunteering at a particular club?

For year's there's been problems between the professional and amateur clubs in the town, but seems sacrilege to suggest there could be fault on both sides.

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:07 am  

maurice wrote:

Can see Leigh looking to Golborne as the main partner in developing academy structures. East seem to have chosen the Swinton direction and Miners have gone to Wire. Lots of politics and history it seems, less committee resistance from Golborne maybe?

Incorrect assertion Neil, to the very best of my knowledge there is no connection of any sort between Leigh East and Swinton Lions other than the fact my business is a current sponsor of both clubs.

For clarity we sponsor many sporting organisations and foundations in the North West of England, Steve Prescott Foundation, Leigh RU Girls, BARLA ARLFC (Lancashire), Magull Boys Community Football club (Liverpool), Leigh Community Foundation just to name a handful off the top of my head.

As for committee resistance, I'm not on the committee at East, however the majority of the committee are Centurions supporters and there is a good relationship between the Chairman and the Centurions Board which hopefully can develop as and hopefully when a youth structure of some sorts is implemented.

Everyone I speak with at East who I engage with is fully supportive of the towns professional club.

Don't let facts get in the way of a good rumour mate eh...

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:06 am  

Good to see that our local clubs are still producing quality players , hopefully as we have discussed on this thread at some point in the future we will see them learning their trade at our proffessional club

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:22 am  

SRW1996 wrote:

Incorrect assertion Neil, to the very best of my knowledge there is no connection of any sort between Leigh East and Swinton Lions other than the fact my business is a current sponsor of both clubs.

For clarity we sponsor many sporting organisations and foundations in the North West of England, Steve Prescott Foundation, Leigh RU Girls, BARLA ARLFC (Lancashire), Magull Boys Community Football club (Liverpool), Leigh Community Foundation just to name a handful off the top of my head.

As for committee resistance, I'm not on the committee at East, however the majority of the committee are Centurions supporters and there is a good relationship between the Chairman and the Centurions Board which hopefully can develop as and hopefully when a youth structure of some sorts is implemented.

Everyone I speak with at East who I engage with is fully supportive of the towns professional club.

Don't let facts get in the way of a good rumour mate eh...

Took you a while to bite there Andy.

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:14 pm  

Struggled with a few posts here, due to the structure, or lack of & grammar used, some of it near incomprehensible. Be that as it may, I really can't fathom (not for want of trying) why Centurions cannot build excellent & very solid relationships with Miners & East, if it is even the case that these relationships already exist.

As Leigh's premier & only professional sporting club, Centurions & therefore Derek Beaumont & his team/associates etc should be moving Heaven & Earth to fully engage Miners & East to become the closest of friends & allies. It is IMHO the single most important aspect to the future success & stability of Leigh Centurions to develop/run a focused & strong academy & having those mutually beneficial relationships with Miners/Rangers & even Golborne.

Leigh Centurions absolutely must 'give to receive' in this respect.
Far more than any short term benefit of a current World Class signing, (see attendance increases, feel good factor &/or minor success) the foundations of the club are paramount to longevity & achievement.

Create & develop an Academy, build, enhance & nuture the very best of relationships with our local amateur clubs & the rewards will be significant.

I do hope that Derek or any LCRLFC board member view this post. I have absolutely zero connections inside Centurions/East/Miners etc & I am definitely not an 'in the know' fan, passionate & driven, yes, but in the loop, definitely not.

As a loyal fan I thank DB & all at Centurions for delivering the dream, I just hope that 'achieving the dream' doesn't stop at reaching Super League.

Here endeth the sermon according to the Gospel of SteCenturion.

See you all in or from the North Stand tomorrow fellow Centurions.

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:22 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

just rang josh dad he is playing 2nd half and says wigan are putting a very strong side out

The Mrs is coming tomorrow (part timer) & asked "who is Anthony Gelling" !!!

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:21 pm  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

It is IMHO the single most important aspect to the future success & stability of Leigh Centurions to develop/run a focused & strong academy & having those mutually beneficial relationships with Miners/Rangers & even Golborne.

Leigh Centurions absolutely must 'give to receive' in this respect.
Far more than any short term benefit of a current World Class signing, (see attendance increases, feel good factor &/or minor success) the foundations of the club are paramount to longevity & achievement.

Create & develop an Academy, build, enhance & nuture the very best of relationships with our local amateur clubs & the rewards will be significant.

At what cost ?

Re: good luck josh : Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:46 pm  

To be honest MC,you seem to have built your model elsewhere.From reading your posts there seems to be bridges to be built.Hopefully that bridge will be built,instead of déjà vu.

Re: good luck josh : Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:46 am  

GUBRATS wrote:

At what cost ?

I'm not sure what the current funding from the RFL is for having an academy in SL.Surely stabilty to secure funding for an academy must be based on stability of the professional club!

Re: good luck josh : Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:06 am  

Serious post time.
We sit between the best junior/academy set up in English rugby of any code at Wigan, and established SL clubs in Wire and Saints - the best kids will aspire to those clubs for the foreseeable future.
To build an alternative will take a number of things. Time, it won't happen overnight. SL status- without it you simply work with your local amateur clubs to produce more better players and pick up the ones who get left out at 19. Investment/will - if you are not committed and prepared to fund it then don't bother. Reputation - to attract you have to have a great one.