No, Not a Seanfax Courier link thread

but a bit of a thought for the coming week.

After a rusty start yesterday against Hunslet, which was down to problems with doing ball work ect in Training because of the recent weather. A weeks warm weather training in Spain should really put some polish on the moves they were trying.

Hopefully it'll be a great build up to the Barrow game, and perhaps give us the edge.

Warm weather Brew?

Arrived in Spain on Saturday and have brought the cold weather with me. Dull, cold and rainy.

Ok, Supposed Warm Weather.

Its a tropical 7 Degrees here in Oldham today, perhaps they should have just come here instead

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Just checked the weather forecast for malaga and it shows sunny and 17 degrees all week.

That'll do nicely for the lads

I know how frustrating it has been for some of the players & staff with the weather around here recently, but it doesn't help matters when they have to travel out of town to get sessions in midweek due to the lack of appropriate facilities available to use in Calderdale with or withoutt adverse weather conditions.
This isn't having a go at the club in any way at all more sticking up for them, but amateur clubs have better floodlit outdoor facilities available to use. What is it with this town ? There is absolutely nothing.......
The amateur club I'm involved with is also a "shared" club just as the Shay complex is with the footy club and we've recently had to cancel training sessions of all age groups to give the training & playing pitches chance to rcover from the battering. The King Cross Park lads even met early prior to their home fixture with Illingworth on saturday and took their own shovels to clear the pitch of frozen snow to enable the game to go ahead, a pitch which is on Savile park at that !
Our very own moderator of this messageboard NAT will I'm sure be very grateful of the effort put in so that he could play a game of RL

I find it very interesting when I see the state of Sport Facilities in England in comparison to here in Germany. For Example Bad Reichenhall where we have now a team and where the Sponsors of the German National team are from is a good example.

A population of around 20,000 with a fair share of Elderly people yet the Town has a top Spa, Sauna Wellness area with good swimming facilities. It has 2 Sports stadiums-of which we used one in 1996 for a game against an Austrian Select which can hold around 3000 or so and has a pitch to warm up on and athletics track alongside a decent sized Clubhouse. Then there are big park as well as Mountain paths designed for easy to extreme fitness. There is also a paragliding good Skiing facilities, Tennis Courts, Ice Hockey, Cross Country Ski areas amongst other things. Then when I look at Halifax/Calderdale there is a massive difference in attitude to the different Towns in view of Sports, Leisure and Health. Calderdale Council spend as little as anything on Parks and Sports Facilities preferring to sell things rather than invest. Bad Reichenhall although a lot smaller the attitude is to promote Sports and the outdoor life. I think France is another Country that that promotes Sports a lot better than the people running towns and the Nation in England.
There is a lot more to do Sportswise in Bavaria and kids are expected to join Sports Clubs from a young age. This keeps them out of trouble and because clubs have big membership numbers bringing in more money then facilities can be upgraded more.
On Saturday 60 CM of Snow fell in Bad Reichenhall and another 70 CM yesterday yet the people do not stay in they are out skiing or walking and doing something. Germans seem to be a more outdoors type people and Sports are promoted rather than in Halifax where the Council shut the Swimming Baths, sell off School fields etc and do not promote Sports that much amongst the young.

Do Fax really have the money to send a squad of players to Spain??

I don't really buy into this 'warm weather training' lark. Surely the team should be practising their ballwork in a climte they will actually be playing in. Anyone can catch and pass a ball in perfect dry conditions.

I think this is a case of the club saying 'look at us, we're full time and minted' !!!

the players paid for it out of there own pockets, and were not full time

A ) Fax a PART Time
B ) The Players & Coaching staff payed themselves not the club
C ) The Facilities in halifax are poor enough let alone in the Bad Weather which has put Fax back around 2 weeks as they had problems training especially ball Skills

Your post came across as though you have a problem with Fax-get over it!

I apologise for the assuptions, but I stand by my opinion that warm weather training immediately prior to a Northern English winter schedule isn't a great deal of use.

I have absolutley no problem with Halifax RLFC - it is yet another great traditional club left to rot for 3 years by the RFL and Super League. I do, however have a problem with those Fax fans who have no respect for a club like Barrow who up until the 90's were every bit as big a club as Halifax (and many SL 'big time charlies' for that matter).

Should be a good game on Sunday and hopefully we won't be the cannon fodder a fair few of your fans think we will be.

It worked well last season going abroad, like Dave Larder said in the paper the other week, they'll probably get 8 or 9 training sessions in while they're away, as opposed to 2 if they were over here, also a great chance for the squad to continue to gel.

Looking forward to Sunday, and I hope Barrow do ok this season. just hope things don't go the way they did last time they were in our league and we run up a near cricket score up there. That said, it made walking there worthwhile

Surely the fact that they'll get 8 or 9 sessions in is more due to the fact that they are all together with no other distractions. It's been 12 degrees here in Barrow today. Could they not have done the same think in the UK??

Regarding this seasons matches vs Barrow, believe me, it'll be nothing like last time. On top of an already quality squad we've got Catic, Luisi, Suka, Noilea and Koroi arriving imminently, so our league campaign should end on a better note than last time.

A week spent together warm weather training will give the players so many benefits in my opinion. Not just time spent going through drills, fitness training etc but what about team spirit/bonding? A week spent away will surely help team spirit as the players become closer as not just players - but friends. At any level of sport teams need to have good camaraderie and team spirit if they are to perform.

I agree with 99% of that but why does it have to be in Spain???? A week together in England would work just the same.

lol so you have said "many times" in this thread.

SRC are you not happy that our team have funded their own trip abroad?

They could have bonded together if they had gone away for a week in Cleethorpes, but THEY have funded the trip and its up to them where they go, and to go to Southern Spain has more of a guarantee of better weather than staying in the UK

It could easily have been Southern France, Portugal or wherever, They had a weekend at an RAF base near Belfast the other week. Don't think that was an exotic location.

Probably cheaper to go to one of the Spanish resorts where they'll have use of a pitch, swimming pools, gyms ect than one in the UK (I can't think of any other than centre parks ect which would be pricey) And they know they won't be at the risk of Frozen weather, Sure its been warmer this week but the past month has been cold.

Some of the Players will have lost a weeks pay from their day jobs, and others have given up half term with their children to go. As well as funding the trip from their own wallets.

Thanks, we'll pass on your comments, and concerns, to the players and I am sure they will take heed for next season.