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Wakefield take administration route

ebbs — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:43:04 +0000

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are to go into administration to avoid a winding-up petition brought by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The club are thought to owe more than £300,000 in unpaid tax and, despite talks with four potential buyers, no deal has been reached.

The Wildcats are the second Super League club to go into administration in a the last two months And they will almost certainly start the new season with an automatic six-point penalty.That is the statutory punishment, under Rugby Football League rules, for any club entering administration.

But Super League rivals Crusaders received only a four-point penalty when they sought protection from creditors in November, as they agreed to take on some of their existing debt. This is the third time that the Wildcats have averted a winding-up order in the last two years.

An appeal to fans to raise half a million pounds by the end of January fell well short of the target.

Thus ahead of Wednesday’s deadline, a Wakefield club statement read: (quote) We have not been able to secure the funds necessary to pay the amounts due to HMRC. We have no choice but to seek the appointment of an administrator. We are working with a number of parties who have already expressed an interest in securing the future of the club. (end quote)

The appointment of Peter O’Hara as administrator is expected to be confirmed next Monday (7 February), just five days before the start of the new Super League season.

Terry Newton suspended over dope test

ebbs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:18:22 +0000

Wakefield hooker Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) after testing positive for a banned substance.

Wakefield issued a statement saying the 31-year-old former Leeds, Wigan and Bradford player gave a positive test on 24 November. No details of what the substance was have been revealed and the club said there will be no further comment.

Newton joined Wakefield in the winter after being released by Bradford. He has been capped by Great Britain 15 times and has also won two England caps.

In five years at Wigan, he scored 62 tries before he moved to Bradford for two years, during which time he scored 27 tries.

A statement from the Rugby Football League said it had been informed by UKAD about Newton’s positive test on Monday 16 February.

Saints go down at home to Wakefield-St Helens 20 Wakefield 22

ebbs — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:07:23 +0000

An off day with the boot by Paul Wellens cost the league leaders dear as Wakefield held on for their first Super League victory at St Helens since 2003.

The teams were level at the break at 12-12, thanks to scores by Ade Gardner, Leon Pryce and Chris Dean for Saints with Ryan Atkins and Sam Obst dotting down for Wakefield. The second period and it remained nip and tuck as Chris Dean and Francis Meli scored for the home side, whilst Scott Grix touched down twice for the visitors and it was the 6 points from conversions that prooved the difference on the night as Wellens failed with all his conversions plus two penalties. Giving us the final score of:

St Helens 20-22 Wakefield

Scorers

St Helens
Tries: Gardner, Pryce, Dean 2, Meli
Wakefield
Tries: Atkins, Obst, Grix 2 Goals: Brough 3

Teams

St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Dean, Meli, Wilkin, Pryce, Graham, Roby, Puletua, Ashurst, Dixon, Gilmour.
Replacements: Cunningham, Hargreaves, Clough, Lomax.

Wakefield: Blaymire, Grix, Gleeson, Atkins, Peterson, Obst, Brough, Bibey, Leo-Latu, Korkidas, Snitch, Wilkes, Demetriou.
Replacements: Stosic, Henderson, Ferguson, Moore.

Referee: T Alibert (Toulouse)

Wakefield announce stadium plans

ebbs — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:08:44 +0000

Wakefield Wildcats have unveiled plans for a new 12,000 capacity stadium. The development will be undertaken by Yorkcourt Properties and a community trust. It will be chaired by former Rugby Football League chairman Sir Rodney Walker.

The Yorkshire club secured their licence to play in Super League until 2011 but need a new ground or may have it rescinded. The club have been at Belle Vue since 1878 but the ground does not meet current Super League licence criteria. Clubs had to apply for the three-year licences that were awarded in July 2008 for a three-season period starting from 2009. The criteria for the licence included the quality of a club’s stadium and a capacity of at least 12,000.

The new stadium will be close to junction 30 of the M62 and chairman Ted Richardson said: (quote) This is very exciting for rugby in the district. There have been a number of false dawns, we are confident that this is a deliverable plan and should safeguard the future of the club for many, many years to come. We are under enormous pressure to be playing in a stadium which lives up to the world-class rugby league being played in Super League.(end quote).

Wakfield go down to rampant Saints

ebbs — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:43:58 +0000

Wakefield held a minutes silence for Leon walker who’s funeral will be held on the 2 April in Leeds, prior to the kick-off against Saints and the sombre mood continued into the game. Although Wakefield scored first and had tries through Steve Snitch and Aaron Murphy, James Graham and Gareth Wheeler put Saints ahead and they went in to half-time at 12-22. The second period and Saints extended their lead through Leon Pryce, Matt Gidley, Tony Puletua and Ade Gardner all Wildcats had was a consolation try by Ryan Atkins. Giving us the final score of:

Wakefield 18-42 St Helens

Scorers

Wakefield
Tries: Snitch, Murphy, Atkins Goals: Brough 3

St Helens
Tries: Graham, Wheeler, Gidley, Pryce 3, Puletua, Gardner Goals: Wheeler 3, Gidley 2

Teams

Wakefield: Blaymire, Blanch, Gleeson, Atkins, Murphy, Grix, Brough, Wilkes, Leo-Latu, Pitts, Snitch, Ferguson, Demetriou.
Replacements: Bibb for Wilkes (26), Henderson for Pitts (28), Sculthorpe for Snitch (32). Substitutes: Obst.

St Helens: Lomax, Gardner, Gidley, Gilmour, Meli, Wheeler, Pryce, Graham, Cunningham, Hargreaves, Wilkin, Flannery, Clough.
Replacements: Fa’asavalu for Graham (30), Ashurst for Cunningham (32), Cayless for Hargreaves (20), Puletua for Clough (24).

Att: 6,038

Ref: T Alibert (Toulouse).

Leeds v Wakefield Friday teams

ebbs — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:13:19 +0000

Leeds hooker Danny Buderus is set for a first start after recovering from a torn bicep suffered in August playing for his old club NRL side Newcastle Knights, Ryan Bailey could return as well form his knee problems, but centre Keith Senior is out and Brent Webb and Rob Burrow are still sidelined through injury.

Wakefield have added centre Ryan Atkins to the squad after last weekend’s excellent 12-6 win over Wigan. However, they are still without eight full-timers through injury and illness.

Teams

Leeds (from): Donald, Smith, Hall, McGuire, Leuluai, Buderus, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Lauitiiti, Sinfield, Diskin, Bailey, Kirke, Ablett, Burgess, Gibson, Allan, Watkins, Manning.

Wakefield (from): Blaymire, Blanch, Martin, Atkins, Demetriou, Drew, Snitch, Wiles, Grix, Obst , Stosic, Bibey, Henderson, Gleeson, Halley, Ferguson, Bibb, Pitts, Blake.

Wigan go down at home to Wakefield

ebbs — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:45:20 +0000

Dave Halley scored two first half tries to take the visitors in at half time at 0-10. The second half and Wigan got on the score sheet through Tomkins but Wakfield sealed the win with a penalty to Tony Martin to give the full time score of:

Wigan 6-12 Wakefield

Scorers

Wigan
Tries: Tomkins Goals: Richards
Wakefield
Tries: Halley 2 Goals: Martin 2

Teams

Wigan Warriors: Richard Mathers, Amos Roberts, Cameron Phelps, George Carmont, Pat Richards, Tim Smith, Thomas Leuluai, Stuart Fielden, Mark Riddell, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Gareth Hock, Phil Bailey, Sean O’Loughlin
Subs: Joel Tomkins, Andy Coley, Harrison Hansen, Eamon O’Carroll.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Matt Blaymire, Damien Blanch, Sean Gleeson, Tony Martin, Dave Halley, Scott Grix, Sam Obst, Oliver Wilkes, Brad Drew, James Stosic, Steve Snitch, Dale Ferguson, Jason Demetriou
Subs: Ricky Bibey, Kevin Hendeson, Kyle Bibb, Jay Pitts

Referee: Ian Smith

Wakefield Wildcats New 2009 Shirts

ebbs — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:59:59 +0000

Wakefield Wildcats reveal brand new 2009 kit made by Kooga.

Home & Away

New Shirts

Wakefield Wildcats have new home and away shirts for the 2009 season. Manufactured by Kooga the home shirt is predominantly white with blue and a hint of red, the away is pale blue, with red, white and then darker blue sleeves. Main sponsor Eric France features on the torso with Kooga on the chest and the club motif on the left and Wakefield College on the right. On the breast of the shirt, the Wildcats remember prop forward Adam Watene who tragically passed away in October. His signature and the number eight are sewn onto the front of the shirt.