Martyn Gill of Gateshead Thunder RLFC has recently launched an event called the stride2gether Walkathon in which community clubs sign up to organising a sponsored walk over the last bank holiday weekend in May to raise funds for their own club development whilst supporting Try Assist – The RFL Benevolent Fund by agreeing to split […]
2011 is Robert Purdham’s Testimonial year, in recognition of his 12 years of professional service to Rugby League, mainly at Super League level in the South of England. His Testimonial commenced on 1st December 2010, for 12 months, to highlight his long service, number of games played, good character and his extensive work and service […]
Carl Dacres is taking part in the Virgin London Marathon on 17th April raising money for the Try Assist Rugby League Benevolent Fund. Carl says “TryAssist supported Lianne and I while I was in hospital and have paid for me to have specialist physio since I was discharged which has helped my recovery to continue. […]
You can now help support the Benevolent Fund through the use of eBay. If you wish to browse through the direct auction of the RFL Benevolent Fund click here. Or maybe you want to sell an item yourself and select a percentage of the proceeds to go to the RFL Benvolent Fund ‘Try Assist’. To […]
The British Lions held their inaugural partnership dinner with the RFL Benevolent fund to raise over £4000. Nearly 300 British Lions and their guests attended a lunch time fund raising event at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford in order to raise monies for the RFL Benevolent fund. John Power himself an Oldham Rugby League […]
Councillor Heather Hudson raised a total of over £6500 for the RFL Benevolent Fund during her Mayoral year which ended in 2010. Heather was a close friend of Adam Watene’s family and saw first hand the work done to assist Adam’s family following his tragic death. Heather had asked Adam before his death to act […]
Try Assist have now attached themselves as a group on Facebook. The group will be updated with Events and all the latest news for people who support the fund. Please feel free to join the group by pressing the like button and invite your friends by pressing the Facebook logo on the right. Try Assist […]
The Ball will be at the Queens Hotel (Leeds) on the 8th January. If you wish to purchase a ticket, please contact Steve Ball on 0844 477 7113 Each ticket costs £60 per person.
Craig Lingard a former Bulldog is running the 2011 London Marathon to raise monies for the RFL Benevolent fund. Craig says “I started playing rugby at around 9 years old at Sharlston because that’s what everyone at Sharlston did. I eventually went on to play for Batley Bulldogs where I was awarded a testimonial for 10 years […]
John Power married Julie Marie Butterworth on the 3rd October at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire. John 33 and Julie 28 have been together for 10 years and have been living in Grotton, Saddleworth for the last two and half years. Fifteen years ago, John suffered a tragic spinal cord injury whilst playing for Oldham […]
