Message from our Chairman,

Firstly can I wish you all a belated happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. While Covid is clearly something we now have to live with please stay safe and well.

Here of course is the gentle reminder that membership’s run from now until December and these can be renewed on our website Faxtrust.org or at any of our home games were we will still be in attendance. The price for the year remains at £15,and the monthly members draw continues with the prizes worth more than your membership. The meal deal competition is also ongoing which again can be found on the website.The merchandise on the site will be changed as the season progresses. Our monthly Quiz on the last Wednesday of every month at the Ivy House has started up again, courtesy of Pete Macnamara. It’s a fun evening which is going from strength to strength. More new faces at the last one which was very good to see.

We want to announce now that we have two major fundraising events to look forward to this year. The first one is a race night at Siddal RLFC on Friday 22nd April courtesy of Steve Lambert. The second is a dinner with our Ambassador and Club legend John Bentley on the 18th June. Two big dates for your diaries .More details will follow in our next newsletter and on our social media platforms.

Like me I am sure you are full of optimism for this season as we have, thanks to the hard work by the Club Board, a much stronger squad in terms of numbers and quality which bodes well for the year ahead. The future indeed is Blue and White!!

David.Chair.

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Panther’s Community Update

Back to Business.

Christmas is now unfortunately over but I wanted to start this caption today with a HUGE thank you to all that helped raise funds, selection boxes and gifts for our charity partners before Christmas. We contributed to the Pulse 1 Mission Christmas drive and donated over 700 selection boxes to the Lighthouse Project in Calderdale!

We were back in action from the get go as programming in schools, college and the community resumes to full effect! The Community team are happy to announce 4 new school partnerships! These partnerships are not only building and growing the game of rugby league on the field, but we are ensuring our up and coming athletes are also working on their game off the field too! Willow Park High School, Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge, Trinity Academy High and Trinity Academy Akroydon are all now receiving weekly sessions in their schools and at the Shay Stadium! Rugby workshops, values & role model workshops and Panthers Prep Packs are flowing through the community and the effort from the children and teachers throughout has been fantastic! Trinity Academy Halifax took part in the RL Cares Ahead of the Game programme with Amy Hardcastle & Bob Beswick. A fantastic day for 38 female participants last week!

In addition to the school provisions, our Women’s team and College Academy have been back to training and competing. Our Academy have endured a close loss to Warrington Wolves 36 – 32 playing incredibly well in the second half and enjoyed a much deserved 30-12 win against Carmel College.

There are changes being made currently within the Community Sector of the club which we will be announcing in the coming weeks. It is a very exciting time for the club and we aspire to continue to grow not only our new brand but also grow the youth of Calderdale into future Panthers fans, players and who knows maybe even Community employees! Thanks again for reading and we will see you all back at the Shay this February!

Jack Duffy – Community Engagement Officer

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Bank balance as of 2nd February £10,365