Very knee jerk reaction from the clubs IMO, it was always going to be tough playing back to back seasons, if they do this again you'll have the same problems in the Winter



Sounds like typical BARLA propaganda to me, there's always a snipe at Summer or the RFL in every press release, its just not needed

Sides I've heard mentioned as playing in winter:

Dalton

Blackpool Scorpions

Irlam Hornets

Langworthy Reds

West Bank Bears *

Albert Park

Moorfield Mallards

Widnes Tigers

Leigh East*

Blackbrook Royals*

Golborne Parkside

Rylands Sharks

Higginshaw



* Means this is a separate winter side not the first team returning to winter



Assume there's more I haven't heard and maybe 1 or 2 of the above won't materialise.

This was always going to happen - some clubs would find summer wasn't for them and go back to winter. I've always said we'll probably end up with two similar sized leagues running consecutively, with a small overlap.



The main problem for most clubs in summer seems to be player numbers - summer holidays, music festival, weddings, etc on top of the usual work and other commitments have meant selection nightmares for a lot of teams. We're exactly the same, one week we have 40+ lads, the next we're down to the bare bones and a scratchy 17.



Still, for us summer is the way forward. Winter seasons were a struggle with facilities and poor numbers whereas we've got great facilities and strong numbers in the summer.

Quote ="bowes"Sides I've heard mentioned as playing in winter: Dalton Blackpool Scorpions Irlam Hornets Langworthy Reds West Bank Bears * Albert Park Moorfield Mallards Widnes Tigers Leigh East* Blackbrook Royals* Golborne Parkside Rylands Sharks Higginshaw * Means this is a separate winter side not the first team returning to winter Assume there's more I haven't heard and maybe 1 or 2 of the above won't ">materialise.'" Add Rochdale Mayfield having a winter side and there's 14 teams

Quote ="bowes"Sides I've heard mentioned as playing in winter: Dalton Blackpool Scorpions Irlam Hornets Langworthy Reds West Bank Bears * Albert Park Moorfield Mallards Widnes Tigers Leigh East* Blackbrook Royals* Golborne Parkside Rylands Sharks Higginshaw * Means this is a separate winter side not the first team returning to winter Assume there's more I haven't heard and maybe 1 or 2 of the above won't ">materialise.'" Add Rochdale Mayfield having a winter side and there's 14 teams

Quote ="bowes"Add Rochdale Mayfield having a winter side and there's 14 teams'" The list seems to be growing all the time icon_ask.gif" alt="icon_ask.gif" title="ASK" />

Quote ="bowes"Add Rochdale Mayfield having a winter side and there's 14 teams'" The list seems to be growing all the time icon_ask.gif" alt="icon_ask.gif" title="ASK" />

growing?!



the mass ranks of clubs joining the league have been talked up for weeks. the reality is that there are 4 more than first suggested and 3 of them are sides playing a winter side in addition to keeping their main sides in summer!