A big thanks to everyone who attended, hope you all enjoyed yourselves, me and Andy are heading up to the club now to collect the flags, posters etc and tidy up, we will update with the amount raised as soon as possible. I spent most of the night in the area with the trophy and missed some of the fun in the 'big' room, but it was a pleasure to see how much happiness and pride people got from having photos taken and handling (and of course the kissing !!) the SL trophy. A lot of work went into putting the 'do' on, many thanks to all who donated prizes, made food and gave up time and energy to make it a success, especially Jukesays, without his efforts it would'nt have happened .

We seem to have a habit of losing flags, first one which thankfully hunted down and re gathered was the long one from the castle in Perpignan. But now we're gonna try and locate(which will be difficult), the St. George's cross one with 'Wigan RLFC, Pride of Lancashire' written on it.

It went over to Australia, may have been spotted on tv, and after the Papa New Guinea game somebody else took it. Not really got much of an idea where it is at minute but we think it's been taken by mistaken identity(please don't ask how because i don't know), by a bunch of Bradford fans. So i'm gonna stick something up on there site with the off chance somebody might know something.

The one from the castle at Perpignan is a blinder (far left of the picture) and I wish it would turn up more at away games. It would be ideal at places like Hull & Huddersfield. If you can't get to a game mate give me a PM and one of us will take it with the rest. There's always at least 2 or 3 people who take responsibility for them so no danger it will go missing and we can return it after the game.





I saw your flag in Oz (who didn't?!).

Ha, the long one as well is technically one that went wrong, Decided to buy one in Benidorm, told them how we'd like it, but because of the language barrier when we came back it was like that, except with an extra 2 red parts at either end, it was way too long so we just sewed them round the back, hence the tint of pink in the white.

But we'll bring it to more away games next year now to return out of retirement. It can't go on the castle again though, the Mayor of Perpignan won't let me.

Fantastic night, thank you everyone that attended and to Andy for his superb organisation. Was saying to Chris last night and Simon about how when me and Chris got the first 2 flags we never imagined it would take off and turn into this, its unbelievable what has been achieved in such a short amount of time, a MASSIVE thank you to every single person that has got themselves involved. Had a chat with people from the club last night and believe me the WCC is going to be a truly spectacular sight, also thank you to everyone that volunteered to help us out with the big flags. The pin badges sold really well and also seemed to be a big hit.

Paul

Hats off to Andy for his superb organisational skills again. It was a great night & hopefully raised a few quid for displays next season. I reckon we are years ahead of any potential competition (several other clubs want to do something similar) because we are well organised with the support and commitment of a core of 15 to 20 people who are willing to make things happen and many others who chip in when they can. It takes time, effort and money to come up with ideas, source materials, pay for the stuff and take it to games home & away. The South Stand gantry idea has been nailed. Time to concentrate on displays home & away. Giant flags, 2 stick flags, long banners with messages tailored for certain fixtures, card displays etc

We need an overhead projector to make homemade banners. If anyone can get hold of one let me know.

Seconded.

Got very excited speaking to Simon last night about being given the go ahead on potential displays. Wire and Saints at home next season should be very special.

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A Big Big Thanks To Everyone Who supported the evening last night!

I honestly had no idea what we could hope to achieve but had a figure of maybe £600 in my mind so to nearly double that was a Fantastic effort!

Far too many people to thank in total but Special thanks must go to Simon Collinson and Wigan RLFC for their Unbeliavably generous donation of 2 x WCC tickets and a Season Ticket for 2011!
Martin James who donated the Signed Paramatta Shirt (I think everyone had their eye on that on the Night and God knows what we could have raised if we had Auctioned that on it's own!)
To everyone else who donated Prozes for the Raffle

To the Legend, Billy B! How good was it to see the Great Man at our little get together!!!

The food on the night was terrific and many Thanks to Mrs Rogues & Jane for donating,making & Serving the food on the evening!

To Adelle & Darren for their help with the Photos (Anyone who didnt get theirs on the night please let me know & We'll get them to you!)

To Roy (Twosevenzero) & Conroy for all the help setting up the room, Everyone said it looked terrific and was worth all the Hard work we spent setting it up!

To all the helpers on the night, MattyB,Geoff,Wiganers (Wayne), Chris (Jimmy Birts), Paul (21-12) & Mark Speakman in selling badges, collecting raffle tickets and most of all, keep ing me Sane!

And Finally, to everyone who attended, your generosity was Unbelievable! Words fail me to describe what I think was a fantastic evening, enjoyed by everyone I spoke to, and the way that all the fans got together and contributed to a Fantastic Event!
Let's use this as a stepping stone to make Next years SL an even bigger & Better one for all concerned with Wigan RLFC!

Anyone who has any questions about the evening, please PM me and I'll try to answer any questions on the event.

Awesome!!! I tried last night to hazzard a guess as to how much money we'd made and got nowhere near £1k.

Same again next Saturday night?

top stuff--great night + great pic of billy b with himself looking over on flag behind

£1033?! Fantastic work, well done everyone.