Other personal issues were mentioned but I didn't think it appropriate to post on a public forum.

Great to hear that the squadbuilder money is helping to sign and keep some players at the club. I get naff all out of my membership but not bothered if it is helping the club. I feel Squadbuilder could be pushed again though to get more signed up. Well done Margaret Procter though and she is doing a fantastic job.

Think i left before this was mentioned? I take it you mean Duffy?

Without wishing to be pedantic folks not strictly true . At the mo Korki and Bren ,along with Mary Calvert , Ash Choudry and Myself are all employed by Your Sporting Chance , which operates separately from the Community Foundation , has a separate board of Trustees and budget and is very kindly backed by local social housing group Incommunites.

The ethos of YSC is to use the profile of professional sportsmen to engage, support and mentor young people to help them achieve their full potential and is not involved in the Schools work that is expertly delivered by the Foundation team of Sam and Jeremy. At odd times the two projects do work collaboratively, Sam's school tournaments (as opposed to coaching sessions ) plus community involvement with projects such as the Woodville Activity Centre and Project Six are good examples of this but in the main they work separately.

YSC is a fairly unique project in Rugby League and is gaining a great reputation for the work it does with some 'hard to reach' young people and any succes we have reflects back on the Keighley club



Couldn't agree more Mrs P is one of the great unsung hero's of Rugby League in this town -not just the hours she puts into the administration of the squad builder scheme but the years of supporting the Cougar Cubs Junior RL set behind the scenes . An absolute star !!!

Isn't that where Northern messed it up? Didn't HMR&C decide that their Season Ticket scheme was not true 'Membership' and then imposed VAT on the full amount, hence Northern's VAT debt?

I could be wrong but I wouldn't go down that route without taking good advice and possibly from HMRC.

Did the Championship clubs get any feedback, positive or negative from The RFL as to their stance on re installing promotion and relegation?

After checking HMRC's VAT pages, I believe that we would be on a hiding to nothing if we attempted to avoid VAT on a 'Membership Scheme' as the information appears to be quite clear on the VAT website5.1 How should I treat subscriptions for VAT purposes?

If your members pay a subscription to obtain or gain entitlement to any substantive benefits of membership, you must calculate the VAT due on the total amount of the subscription as set out in section 4 above.

The VAT liability of subscriptions depends on the liability of the membership benefits you supply in return. In most cases clubs supply a package of benefits so that your supply will have more than one element under the terms of paragraph 4.2 above.

If you make multiple supplies and the separate elements have different VAT liabilities, you must apportion the subscription charge (see paragraph 5.5 below).

Substantive benefits also include