Only after the Kryptonians take over.

As far as I am concerned Barrow is in Lancashire anyway. Which makes the idea of a single Cumberland team for SL much simpler with just Haven and Town to consider.

Michael.

I think there should be a merger with half the games at Workington and half at Whitehaven with barrow staying in the national leagues, it could work. Splitting the games three ways is too much, theres nowhere inbetween thats suitable and none of the clubs are big or strong enough to do it alone so a merger is the only realistic option.

Workington has a population of 21,514.
Whitehaven has a population of 25,500.
The two towns are seperated by about 8 miles.

Problems:
Would there be enough money to redevelop both stadiums?
If not, which gorund would have the money spent on it?
How would the other club take this?

Is there not plans in the pipeline to develop Derwent Park?

And isnt the recre actually owned by the Miners club and leased to Haven, which leads to problems over development, it also flood regulary I think

no idea, that's why i posted. so if that's true then the majority, if not all of the games would be played at workington?

I love Kendal & it would be great to go there to watch RL. But being an hour from Barrow & 1.5 hours from Whitehaven & Workington is hardly convinient.

That population for Workington is only for the actual town centre. There are many satellite connurbations that are within 10 mins drive of the town such as Seaton, High Harrington, Stainburn, Clifton etc. When you include all of those the population rises to around 49,000. The you have the smaller towns such as Cockermouth and Maryport which are all within 15-20 mins from Workington.

Similarly with Whitehaven, you must take into account places like Cleator Moor, Egremont and St Bees to get a clearer picture.

so what kind of figures are we talking about? and how many of those are interested in rugby league and would go to watch a cumbrian team?

But just to see the otherside Micheal, I am from South Cumbria, near Barrow and I regard myself as a Cumbrian, Barrow has been considerd part of Cumbria since 1974 (i think), I cant speak for everyone in South Lakes but I consider myself a Cumbrian, and not a Lancastrian

each to their own. im officially from greater manchester but im a lancastrian through and through.

I see your point, but I imagine you have never been given the opportunity to represent Gtr Manchester at Rugby League, being from (i think) Wigan you would have the opportunity to represent Lancashire, being from Barrow you would represent Cumbria, despite it historically being in Lancashire.

I was born in Cumbria, and its probably one of the only boundry changes where an identity has been formed in what was formerly another county.