Trust Membership – 2025 Membership for 2025 can now be purchased and you can rejoin via our website by visiting: www.faxtrust.org The cost is still just £15 which includes our fabulous monthly prize draw. Membership can also be bought as a gift! The more members we have, the more we can support our club. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any further information. Pre-loved We are appealing for donations of rugby merchandise including rugby shirts, polo tops, t-shirts, coats, hoodies etc as our stocks are running very low! If you have any pre-loved items that you would like to go to a new home, please contact us. Many thanks as always for your support

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Update from Chairman – David Durbin I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support this year and I hope you feel able to continue or renew your membership for next year. It was your support that enabled us to raise the £19k to help the Club through its financial difficulties. There is no change in the joining fee as it remains at £15 and as usual all members go into a monthly draw to win prizes of greater value than the joining fee. Your continued membership is a vital part of our fundraising for the Squadbuilder fund. You can do this by visiting our website Faxtrust.org or at any of our stalls/events during the coming year. On the subject of fundraising we recently held a raffle which was drawn live at the Whitehaven game. This is still available to watch on our Facebook page. However, it seems that not everyone has seen it and therefore here is the list of the winners: 1. Ticket number 0753 - Wayne Rafferty - 2 nights at Bowers Mill 2. Ticket 1600 - A Westwood - Match day Experience 3. Ticket. 1704 - P. Haggerty - Afternoon tea at Harvey’s 4. Ticket. 0627 - G Clayton - 1.5 litre Brandy 5. Ticket. 0115 - Taffy - 2 Mega breakfast at the Shay Cafe 6. Ticket. 1388 - R. Wood - Bottle Famous Grouse Whiskey 7. Ticket. 0185 - A Bennett - £20 voucher for Boothwood Inn 8. Ticket 0455 – Vicky - Robin Aspin 150 year framed picture. 9. Ticket. 1310 - J Thompson - Club 150year book. 10. Ticket. 1913 - L Clayton. - Quality Street. My apologies for this late notification and our assumption that everyone uses social media! Like me I’m sure we all wish Kyle Eastmond a successful season in his first coaching appointment and we as always will give him our full support. Finally, as this is our last newsletter for the year, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas, and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

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WINNER!! Congratulations to our November prize draw winner: No.60 – David Mitton – Meal for 2 at the Ivy House

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Finance Our current balance is - £2859 Thank you as always for your support

On behalf of the Fax Trust I would like to say a massive thank you to all our loyal supporters and fans of the Club who have made such a magnificent financial contribution over the last few weeks. Donations came in thick and fast from all over the UK and as far away as Australia. The CCCT and the Heritage Lunch Club also made a significant contribution which took our total to date to over £19,000

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Update from Chairman – David Durbin What a season! Disaster first struck in the game against Hammersmith Hills Hoists with injuries to three key players and then it continued for most of it. With the worry of relegation coupled with the financial issues, a departing coach as well as director’s it is one to forget and put behind us as we move forward. Beating the Bulls has put a smile back on our faces and confirmed our status in the Championship and proves that every cloud does have a silver lining. Try as we might a win at Whitehaven was not to be. Plenty of opportunities but none taken. Our season in a nutshell! As we start planning for next year, I would ask you to please seriously consider renewing your membership and try and get a friend to join too. As you have seen our financial support for the Club is vital! It is easy to do by going to our website Faxtrust.org or seeking out any member of the Board at any of our events or on match days at the Shay. My email address for more information is also on this newsletter. Another request for you to consider is that if you have any preloved merchandise you would like to donate to us please get in touch. This again has been a very successful and valuable source of income for your Trust. Enjoy your off season and hopefully like us you will look forward for a more successful one both on and off the pitch next year.

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May we say a huge congratulations and well done to the Panthers Wheelchair team who have reached the league ‘Grand final’ against Leeds Rhinos. The match is being held on Sunday 13 Oct with a 5.30pm kick off at the Allam Sports Centre, Hull, HU6 7TS Tickets can be purchased by visiting:

https://mpv.tickets.com/schedule/?agency=RGLV_PL_MPV&orgid=57429#/?view=list&includePackages=true

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MONDAY 14th October 2024 at HALIFAX BOWLING CLUB Thrum Hall Lane Halifax, HX1 4JT 11.00am – with guest Dave Parker £4.00 – including 2 course lunch Please book your place in advance. To reserve a place ring or e-mail: Chris Mitchell: 07947-827627 or chris-mitchell@live.co.uk

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Finance Our current balance is - £2042 Thank you as always for your support

Dear Trust member,

Due to the current situation at the Halifax Panthers, there won't be a newsletter this month but we hope to give you an update next month.

We would be extremely grateful if anyone would be able to help us at this season's final home match on Sunday 22 Sep v Bradford for an hour before kick off. This would be to assist us with the bucket collections/stalls etc. Hopefully, the more people we have collecting, the more money we can raise. Please contact us if you are able to help.

Many thanks as always for your support,

The Trust Board

Update from Chairman – David Durbin Another win moves us up the table and out of the danger zone. If we can put together a full eighty minutes like our recent comeback performances we would certainly be nearer the top of the league than were we are currently. Still there is plenty of time for that and with more of our injured players getting closer to recovery anything is possible. So let us continue to give our full support to Liam and the team as a very vocal eighteenth man can make all the difference! A reminder now that your Trust AGM is on the 9th July at the Ivy House starting at 7pm and all members are very welcome. I would also like to thank everyone who has made very generous donations of preloved merchandise as this helps our fundraising efforts for the Squadbuilder. We do however still need more so please consider us when having that clear out that you promised yourself you would do. Talking of fundraising an important date for your diary is the 10th August for a dinner with Martin Pearson and friends at the Shay starting at 7pm. It’s £30 a ticket, two course dinner which will certainly be one not to miss. We hope to see you there!

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Panthers Wheelchair match update Report: Successful Trip To London On Sunday 30th June 2024, the Halifax Panthers Super League team and Reserves travelled to London Roosters. The reserves won a round robin mini tournament by beating Elmbridge Eagles 34-0, St Mary's 18-0 and finally Medway Dragons 12-0. The Super League team won a very tight encounter 72-52, pulling away in the last 10 minutes, from leading 58-52 on the 70 mins mark. They now sit second in the table behind Leeds.

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Halifax Heritage Rugby League Lunch Club NEXT MEETING – 8th July 2024 at HALIFAX BOWLING CLUB Thrum Hall Lane Halifax, HX1 4JT 11.00am start With Gareth Widdop Bar open. Interview starts at 11.00am, with two course lunch for £4.00 Car Parking available on Site Please book you place in advance To reserve a place ring or e-mail: Chris Mitchell: 07947-827627 or chris-mitchell@live.co.uk

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Finance Our current balance is - £3005 Thank you as always for your support

Update from Chairman – David Durbin One swallow does not make a summer but a win is a win! The Doncaster game shows what can be done after an excellent all round performance by the team and certainly something to build on. The Leeds lads who came in due to our appalling injury situation did us proud so let’s hope we can keep them for a while! The loss to Toulouse however shows how much more needs to be done despite a gallant second half performance. Defence Defence Defence !! After our donation of kit to the Panthers LDRL team I’m also pleased to announce that your Trust has sponsored two Panthers wheelchair team players for their season, these being Rob Hawkins and Tom Martin. If you have never been to see them play I would suggest you get to the Sedbergh Leisure Centre (BD12 0HQ) on Sunday 16th June at 2:30pm. You will be in for a treat! I would like now to put an appeal for any pre-loved merchandise that you wish to donate to us as we are extremely low on stock as we continue to raise for the Squadbuilder fund. We also are holding a raffle this season with some great prizes including these include two nights at the magnificent Bowers Mill Aparthotel in a luxury suite, a match day experience at the club, afternoon tea at Harvey’s, and many more wonderful prizes. Tickets are available at all our home games costing only £1 each or a book for £5. If you feel able to sell some for us that would be greatly appreciated

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Panthers Wheelchair team update from player Tom Martin We're gearing up for our first match against the Leeds Rhinos on June 16th, 2024. Our athletes have been training hard in the pre-season, focusing on both skills and teamwork. Coach Wayne Boardman has been guiding the team through strategic plays and rigorous conditioning to prepare for this challenge. This match is a chance to test ourselves and develop our skills through valuable experience. The players have been pushing their limits, and we believe this hard work will pay off. We look forward putting our efforts to the test against the Rhinos.

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Finance Our current balance is - £2535 Thank you as always for your support

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Match Day Dining for 2 Competition This fabulous competition is to win a match day dining experience for 2 people this season and is just £10 to enter! Your name will be entered into our regular draws throughout the season! This can be purchased via our website or visit us at our stalls on a match day.

Town Centre Market Stalls Our next fundraiser is a market stall in Halifax on Saturday 18 May (by old Wilko’s shop). Items to sell would be gratefully received

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Message from Trust Chairman – David Durbin Not the result against Swinton or Featherstone that anyone wanted as clearly we are in a bit of a black hole at the moment. This is time when our true supporters (not the fickle fans) get behind the club as a whole and in particular Liam and the team. All teams go through this at some point and once that elusive win is had we will then be back where we want to be, which is the play offs. Your Trust is also asking for your support as we are very low on pre loved merchandise, so if you have had that clear out you have been putting off for a while, then we would welcome your items. You can bring them to any home game, call me on 07790 852196 to arrange collection, or bring to our next market stall in town on the 18th May outside the old Wilkinson’s. Some of our members and panthers supporters attended the Panthers Wheelchair team match in the Challenge cup at Wigan on Sat 27 April. Many thanks to Kay Mitton for organising a minibus. The result didn’t go our way on the day but our fans created a fantastic atmosphere at the game which was very much appreciated by the team.

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Reminder If any of your contact details change, please remember to advise us so that we can update our records. Many thanks

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Halifax Heritage Rugby League Lunch Club NEXT MEETING – 13th MAY 2024 at HALIFAX BOWLING CLUB Thrum Hall Lane Halifax, HX1 4JT (Wheelchair accessible) 11.00am start with Malcolm Agar Bar open. Interview starts at 11.00am, with two course lunch for £4.00 Car Parking available on Site Please book you place in advance To reserve a place ring or e-mail: Chris Mitchell: 07947-827627 or chris-mitchell@live.co.uk

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Finance Our current balance is - £5741 Thank you as always for your support

Membership As always, we are extremely grateful for your continued support. Membership for 2024 is now due and you can rejoin via our website by visiting: www.faxtrust.org Alternatively, you can see us at the Shay in the East or South stand. The cost is still just £15 which includes our fabulous monthly prize draw. Please can any renewals but paid for by the 30 April. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any further information. Match Day Dining for 2 Competition This fabulous competition is to win a match day dining experience for 2 people this season and is just £10 to enter! Your name will be entered into our regular draws throughout the season! This can be purchased via our website or visit us at our stalls on a match day. Town Centre Market Stalls A big thank you to everyone who supported our stall at Halifax Indoor market on Sat 6 April.

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Message from Trust Chairman – David Durbin Now that the Challenge Cup is over for us we can now concentrate on the league with a playoff place this year being surely the minimum we would hope to achieve. One win over Dewsbury and one loss to our local rivals the Bulls show there is much work to do. Clearly some of those lessons had been heeded as this showed in our gritty performance in the win over Batley. Very good game management in appalling conditions. Now onto Widnes! It’s also the time to spread the word and bring that long lost supporter back to the Shay. A very good crowd against the Catalans and Batley shows what can be achieved and is a must as the Club works to get on a sound financial footing. Joining the Trust is an excellent way to support the Squadbuilder fund and entering this seasons match day dining competition is another. These can be done online at Faxtrust.org or at any of our stalls on match days. Talking of stalls we are still in need of your preloved merchandise so please bring it down on match day at the Shay or give me a call ( 07790 852196) to arrange collection. Another indirect way of supporting the Club is by joining the Trust Board as we still have two vacancies. If you feel able to join us please get in touch with myself on 07790 852196,by speaking to us on match days or via our social media platforms. David (faxmad@aol.com)

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LDRL Team The Trust are very pleased to be able to provide the Panthers LDRL team with training shirts. We wish them luck with their matches

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Winners! Congratulations to our April prize draw winner:- Michael McKinley who won a £20 Club shop voucher. Also, congratulations to Isabel Walton who has won our first ‘Match Day Dining for 2’ competition.

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Reminder If any of your contact details change, please remember to advise us so that we can update our records. Please can membership renewals be done by 30 April 2024.

Membership As always, we are extremely grateful for your continued support. Membership for 2024 is now due and you can rejoin via our website by visiting: www.faxtrust.org Alternatively, you can see us this Sunday at the Shay in the East or South stand. The cost is still just £15 which includes our fabulous monthly prize draw. Membership can also be bought as a gift! The more members we have, the more we can support our club. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any further information. Match Day Dining for 2 Competition This fabulous competition is to win a match day dining experience for 2 people this season and is just £10 to enter! Your name will be entered into our regular draws throughout the season! This can be purchased via our website or visit us at our stalls on a match day. Town Centre Market Stalls We are hoping to hold some more market stalls in Halifax on Sat 18 May and Sat 21 September. If, nearer the time you have any good quality bric-a-brac, books, unwanted gifts etc, please do contact us.

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Message from Trust Chairman – David Durbin At the time of writing this it doesn’t look as though we will be making another trip to Wembley to defend the 1985 Cup. Individual mistakes at the wrong times did not help our cause against a very spirited Oldham side. A much improved performance against Rochdale has shown what we can do which has given us a very, very slim chance of a Wembley return. As we know now our Challenge Cup draws gives the Club the first opportunity of home games and that much needed revenue streams. So please bring a friend and let’s get behind Liam and the team. With the right results we hope that we can get a Super League team at home to further boost the coffers. You can of course help by renewing memberships at these games or online at Faxtrust.org. As you know we will be supporting Squadbuilder again this season with all our fundraising. We are also looking for two new Board members, could it be YOU? If so, please get in touch. Several good news items coming out of the club this last few weeks such as the Foundation launch and member’s packages. With more to come it shows that we are moving in the right direction to improve our IMG score. The sponsorship of players via the Fans Forum is also something to shout about. A great effort! A great time to be supporting our Panthers!

David (faxmad@aol.com)

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Winner! Congratulations to our monthly prize draw winner: February Draw – No.66 – Lillian Nichol – Family match day ticket

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Reminder If any of your contact details change, please remember to advise us so that we can update our records.

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Finance Our current balance is - £2608 Thank you as always for your support

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE TRUST AND HALIFAX PANTHERS BY: JOINING THE FAX TRUST FOR THE YEAR - JUST £15 ENTERING OUR ‘MATCH DAY DINING FOR 2’ COMPETITION – JUST £10 ENTERING THE FANTASY LEAGUE COMPETITION - JUST £10 DONATING ANY PRE-LOVED RUGBY MERCHANDISE BECOME A FAX TRUST BOARD MEMBER VISIT FAXTRUST.ORG FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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Message from Trust Chairman – David Durbin Firstly, I would like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and a thank you for all your generous support during 2023. As I’m sure you are aware the Club needs all the financial support it can get and we will continue to do our upmost to raise as much as we can again this year. We cannot do it on our own of course and this is where you can help. Please renew your memberships and if you can please bring along a friend to join too. This can be done via our website Faxtrust.org or on any match day. Conscious of the current financial climate we have kept the cost the same now for several years at £15 and also the benefits ie your monthly members draw, worth more than your membership and newsletter. The match day dining competition also continues with the support of the Club and for £10 entry you get the full match day dining experience. Steve Thomas is again helping the Trust by running his ever popular Fantasy League, both of which are also on the website. If you wish to take part in the Fantasy League this is open until the end of this month. Our appeal for preloved merchandise continues and this can be brought down on match days or I am happy to collect it from you. Just contact me on 07790 852196. As we plan our fundraising activities for this year if you have any thoughts or ideas you would like us to consider, do not hesitate to let us know. We are also looking for new Board members so if you feel you can spare some time to add your expertise and help the Club please get in touch. I’m sure like us you cannot wait for the season to start, so as always, let’s get behind Liam and the team and support them in every way possible! David (faxmad@aol.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JANUARY PRIZE DRAW Congratulations to Gary Clifford who has won a Halifax Panthers polo shirt!

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Finance Our current balance is - £5182 Thank you as always for your support

Yes, it’s that time of the year again when Christmas approaches and you can’t decide what to get your rugby mad partner!  How about a Trust membership at £15 for the whole year and the opportunity to win big in our monthly draw or an entry into our ‘Match Day Dining’ competition with the chance of experiencing the fantastic Panthers match day hospitality.? Do you think they can pick a winning team because if so we also offer Steve’s Fantasy League with monthly cash prizes! All of these ideal presents are available on our website Faxtrust.org so get ordering as they are immediately available for your loved one!  These offers will also be available at any of our forthcoming stalls, look out for details. As you are more than likely aware we have a new kit supplier for next season so we will happily recycle any preloved merchandise that you wish to part with. We will be happy to collect just contact me on 07790 852196 or again bring them to any of our stalls. Finally I would like to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR and also say a massive THANK YOU for all your support throughout this year. It is never taken for granted and is always appreciated. David (faxmad@aol.com)