Wakefield & District Community Trust.

Press Release 23-2-17

The Wakefield & District Community Trust announces that Sir Rodney Walker has resigned as Chairman and Trustee with immediate effect.

The not-for-profit Trust was formed with the intention of supporting the development of a Community Stadium for the City of Wakefield and was named as the beneficiary of the Stadium to be built as a result of the Outline Planning permission granted at Newmarket in 2012 following a Public Inquiry and continues to work towards that aim.

Jonathan Stone was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Trust following his role in the Residents for Newmarket campaign. Jonathan commented: “I became involved in the campaign to deliver Newmarket as I believed in the projects ability to bring jobs, funding and infrastructure to Wakefield whilst, at the same time, being able to deliver the much-needed new Community Stadium that this City demands. The campaign continues with these aims and we welcome any other interested parties to come forward and see what we have to offer.”

No further comment will be made at this time.

Thank you.

Interesting read.

Cheers TRB and all those that continue to fight, nobody holds you at fault for the mess which we find ourselves in

Mmm very interesting indeed.

Especially with what was mentioned earlier today.

If what said regarding him and Yorcourt are true then are we better off without him on board.

Our stadium issue has more duff duff moments than Phil Mitchell.

Need some councillors on the board with Red White and Blue in their blood.

I notice the standard 'we thank him for his efforts' line which is usual in these instances has been omitted on this occasion....

I think that's a sentiment more appropriately expressed by Colin Marckie and associates

I understand RW has in the past helped our club financially and I am grateful for that, but to say what the bloke's previous achievements allegedly were, he's failed miserably with the Community Stadium.
I can only assume there was little fighting to do to get the finances sorted for Wembley Stadium, Tour de Yorkshire etc.
In fact, the silence from that quarter has been deafening.
Was he just too laid back and inactive?

What an absolute farce this whole affair has turned into, I don't know half the facts never mind all of them but to an outsider looking in it just seems to have been a total case of mismanagement (if that's the right word for this) from the off.

The question is, what happens next and what effect will losing RW from the trust have ?
Whatever the in's and out's are, which we may never know, RW is a man of influence and without him, do the chances of NM (or re vamped BV) improve or, are we back to square 1 ?

I feel it comes down to political will. There is no will in our local authority to make this happen; quite probably the opposite. It is hard to follow the long threads on here about this but the bits I've picked up; it stinks to high heaven

Don`t think Yorkcourt exists anymore, sure I heard that a new company was set up recently

Probably his advice not to buy back Belle Vue, I thought he'd be good for looks like the reverse.
Up the Trin

Other than a load of hot air and flatulence the guy has achieved nothing, in fact his decision not to include Newcold being within the trigger development has put the stadium backwards. However he is great at self publicity and I am interested to see what his response will be to the situation. I have heard a few rumours what his next move will be so lets wait and see.

I would like to wish the remaining people on the trust good luck and I am sure that they will have a much better chance of achieving something now this failed chairman has quit

People have hinted at this being a pivotal moment and very soon the Trust are going to change tack, perhaps RW is disassociating himself with the Trust's next move.

If that's the case then I can see the next move being a final push and high risk, .......................................

I'm going to help you there and delete that comment Bentle. You can't say that (edit Poptart)