I do not think for one moment anyone is suggesting the community dpt do not work hard ,far from it I was merely pointing out that grants can be sought to enable players to have some of thier wages paid for going into the community to spread the word about healthy eating and Leigh Centurians .I know my grandchildren if offered a choice between spending time at school with players or the ones from the Fax office I know what they would pick. They are children for goodness sake so like to see thier heroes and this is in no way disrespectful to anybody who does community work .It`s just the way it is.

Not at all mate - just trying to make suggestion which allows the links with schools within the constraints of a part time squad who all have day jobs.



Having taught in Bradford (and Leeds) I am fully aware of how active the Bulls PR machine is (or at least was) and, as mentioned above, Wigan are now beginning to follow suit to some extent.



I now work in Bolton and we regularly see the Wigan players around the Authority - which has led to an amusing picture in our Reception of the Head (who is about 4ft2) next to Feka (not even gonna try to spell his surname?!) presenting awards to our kids!



If Leigh's players can't get out to schools during the day due to work commitments, perhaps Presentation Evenings and weekend Fayres are another way to go?

I'm sure the community department do very goos work - but its quite simple they are unkowns with leigh gear on - to have a 'star' basically are better players doing it, say in partnership with a memeber of the current lot would work far better.



It's not rocket science - you spend the most money and recruit quality in the main positions - 1,6,7,9 and 13. These are the ones that usually cost you the most money - recruit them on a player/community employee contract and make the most of the extra money.



Another option is to do what a number of football league clubs do and run the communty scheme through a charity - get more grants, gift aid, other benefits etc.

Exactly

My kids go to school in Boothstown where only a few of the kids know anything about RL. My lad got excited when told by the head that Leigh Centurions were coming in to run some coaching sessions. To say the least, the lads in the class were a little dissappointed when a young woman from Leigh turned to do the sessions when they were expecting players.



No doubt Heather did run the sessions well although it has to be said that she only turned up for 2 of the 4 pre-arranged sessions! Don't think we have really grabbed the imagination in this school!

Ignoring Freds they do a great job rant, I am sure they do but its players not teachers they need. Leave Hannah in charge and get the rest as players for next year

Penky and Gleeson live over your way, so it would not be viable for them to do it.



The team we have working in the community is:



Frank Watene

Said Tamghart

Rob Worrincy

Shad Royston

Ben Black

We obviously don't have as many foreigners that we need to keep busy or justify their saleries!!

Dana Wilson as well. 5 non brits is a bit excessive in this league.

Employing D Abram was the bad decision , when we got promoted he refused to allow any player to do community work



This resulted in us having to emply other people to do it , they do a very good job , are you saying we now sack them to start employing players to do this work



Also the community dept IS a charitable trust already and is very much grant aided



If you are offering to help other than to post on here I'm sure you input will be welcome

I said that I would be more than happy to help - my offer was turned down

You cannot do more than offer