Yes a so called "new regime" has taken over the club and it appears nothing has changed!!! What a shame Cougars there was a bridge to be built here with the Cubs, past events which I am aware of but dont know the details have made cubs and cougars relationship very strained, and I for one would have liked to have seen the past buried and a great fruitful partnership forged. If you have ever watched the under eighteens play, or indeed any junior team, it is very interesting and skilled rugby, organised by people who give a lot of time to the sport. I came with my family through the Cougar Cubs to come to watch Cougars many years ago and see other families doing the same now, families which we need. Think you may have alienated some more people here.

Its a shame that situations like this arise.

I have every respect for people who give up their free time to work with young people, I've done it myself and know how much effort has to be put in. But I've always thought it was worth it.

However, and with all due respect to those who manage the cubs, the board at Cougar park have a mammoth task in front of them - not one that I envy. Maybe they should be cut some slack until they at least get their feet under the table.

I'm sure everyone agrees that youth is the future. I just hope there is a mutually beneficial solution rather than a long and damaging thread on a fans forum, where people take sides, toss in the odd insult and completely loose sight of what is sensible.

Dreamer in a way you are right, but to give the cubs two days notice, to move a game they have to play under floodlights is wrong.

There is no other way of putting it.

I think a few on here have made valid points, however I think its time to move on. Its happened and done now the key is communication with the club to ensure this does not happen again unless totaly unavoidable.

I agree with a lot of the points written on here. Obviously Barry, Helen and the players at Cougars want the pitch to be fit for Sundays game against Workington, they've done well winning the opening two games of the train spotters cup and a bad pitch wont help, but then again it's soccer thats ruining that.

Fair enough they didn't want anyone playing on it but still, to give 2 days notice is out of order. It's been a fixture since the league started in Septemeber and everyone has had suitable notice about it. If there were any doubts over the state of the pitch after Sundays game against Whitehaven, then why not tell the cubs then that they need a back up plan in case the weather does not go their way, and why let soccer play on it on Wednesday night?

Cougars really need to sort out bridging these gaps with the local clubs especially the Cubs, the u18s are all training with the Academy and i'm sure there will be a number of Cubs right through all the age groups go on to play for Cougars in the future, the same goes for Albion and West Craven too.

Bit of better communication needed next time, now these lads have missed the biggest game on their fixture list...