It could be that the trust had got a particular use of the money and were in a position to spend it, whereas Cas might not have all there funds in place and at that stage and could not make use of it who knows, one thing for sure though is that Mr Wright will have known what was happening if of course there was something amiss and must have been acceptable to the club otherwise something would have been said instead of nervous fans looking for something which in all probability is nothing.

Good god not you again, I was just asking a question not looking to turn yet another thread into a my dads bigger than your scenario. anyway forget it I am sure everything is as it should be.

They have just extend it mate (for both clubs), as the press release said, it has been available since 2009 but has been always subject to continued ratification for extension by the council. I think that this press release is just to clear up some confusion!

So the questions are for RW... it might be he did want to access it for some strategic reason or other, that would be perfectly ok... but I have no idea... ask him... that is what I am saying!

Thankyou.

Where does it say that in the statement?

As I underdtood the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday was the only ratification.

Is there a link to any Council Minutes to confirm these agreemants to both Clubs have been ratified by the Council at an earlier date?.

What have the Trust "utilised some of this funding source" on?

No and think this is why Wakefield have issued the press release! They were both given the money last year but it was always subject to continued ratification and if you look back through the old minutes, I am sure it will be there (but can't be bothered to trawl through them) and probably said (in light of the the meeting that has just happened) that the money is available to December 2010, end of the year, or whatever and has to be ratified again at this time.

I bet I can also guess when they want to ratify it again....

Why you asking me?

Have Cas formed an associated Trust yet?

If they have why haven't they used some of the money?

Is the Newmarket site going to get through the PI?

Is all TRB's hair going to fall out?

I don't know!



All future questions to be addressed to Sir Rodney and Richard Wright!

So you are saying that you know that Wakfield Council have given £2million (or part of) both to the Trust and Tigers last year

I thought you knew everything!!

What have I just said... stopping asking me the questions!





I know that Wakefield Council have offered the opportunity for both clubs to access exactly the same amount of funding since 2009, subject to continued ratification, which happened again on Tuesday (probably to be reviewed again in July... don't know that bit, just a wild guess!!!) The legal situation means that in order to access the money an not be in breech of state aid regulations that both clubs need to form and take the money (or whatever they want to use now) into a Trust. Wakefield have a Trust (as is well know) but I have no idea whether Castleford do or do have one but I understand that either way they have not used any of this money... but they need a Trust to do it, if they are going to!

Well, has as been well documented on the Cas forum, I have been right 50% of the time, I was right about the planning and wrong about the PI... but I am hoping to improve that to be 66.666% right in the next year or so!

From what I can gather, Castleford do have a community trust similar to the Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust - see [url=http://www.castigers.com/page.php?id=733here[/url (if the link takes you directly to the page). However, this trust is does not appear to be an independent trust in the sense that the Wakefield Community Trust (as opposed to the Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust) is.

The question is, do Cas have a community trust similar to the Wakefield Community Trust, and if not, is the Cas community trust affiliated to the club allowed to accept this council land loan to raise money towards the cost of the stadium? If the trust cannot legally act in this way and the land loan is going directly to Cas, well.... there may be problems.