Quote ="Ivor C&G Scarf"Good quote from [url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2010/01/05/huddersfield-giants-eorl-more-confident-than-ever-ahead-of-super-league-xv-86081-25524425/2/Eorl[/url “That obviously includes bringing in Stan, who I’m in the process of making sure doesn’t duck out, because in the past Stan and pre-season games haven’t been that common!" And then [url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2010/01/07/giants-rise-so-special-stan-gene-86081-25542500/Examiner[/url writes "But, on top of that, it will be the first game the 35-year-old will have played at the Galpharm since leaving Huddersfield four years ago and is also going to be his first game in the blue and white of Halifax." Here we go again! That made him 31 when he left us and 25 when he signed!'" Brian Noble said in 2008: "It's alleged he has four passports where his age ranges from 44 to 34 and his true age is probably somewhere in between. Having coached him at Bradford for a year, I've seen a passport with 42 on it!" news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 691038.stm

Quote ="Ivor C&G Scarf"Good quote from [url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2010/01/05/huddersfield-giants-eorl-more-confident-than-ever-ahead-of-super-league-xv-86081-25524425/2/Eorl[/url “That obviously includes bringing in Stan, who I’m in the process of making sure doesn’t duck out, because in the past Stan and pre-season games haven’t been that common!" And then [url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2010/01/07/giants-rise-so-special-stan-gene-86081-25542500/Examiner[/url writes "But, on top of that, it will be the first game the 35-year-old will have played at the Galpharm since leaving Huddersfield four years ago and is also going to be his first game in the blue and white of Halifax." Here we go again! That made him 31 when he left us and 25 when he signed!'" Brian Noble said in 2008: "It's alleged he has four passports where his age ranges from 44 to 34 and his true age is probably somewhere in between. Having coached him at Bradford for a year, I've seen a passport with 42 on it!" news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 691038.stm

Surely this isn't going ahead. Won't supporter safety come into it even if the pitch is playable ?

tell that to the two people who died in weather related accidents on the A1 today , or those caught up in the traffic jams when the A1 was shut today for 90 minutes and where we have snow forecast for the next two days.

I cant see it going ahead, the forecast is for more snow during Friday night and heavier snow on Sunday.

The pitch may be playable, with undersoil heating, but the real trick is getting the stand safe for fans and the roads being clear enough, although most fans dont have that far to come.

Yes obviously supporters safety will be paramount, and knowing that 10 tonnes of grit was applied to the access areas of the stadium for the town v MK dons games on the 28th, they will be working hard to get these access areas accessible again although they did run out of grit and had to start with plain salt. I would say it will be going ahead unless theres more snow on the day!

I'd have thought the best plan would be to reschedule it personally, general advice is dont travel if you dont have to...

Not really another window of opportunity though.

Much depends on the upcoming conditions. If it doesn't snow again then I don't see why it can't go ahead TBH. Leeds Road isn't that bad as it is such a busy road. Most of the main roads are okay. If it snows again a decent amounht between now and Sunday though then who knows.

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Heavy snow showers forcast tonight from the Met Office, but they are taking pot luck at the moment I think.

heard the game has been postponed...

wuss.

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Bugger.

Eeh its like the old days.

No its's not. in the old days they would have broken up the ice on the pitch with a pick and just got on with it.

I do remember lots of games at Bradfords Odsal Top being postponed though.

Cue Crackers and Ivor telling us about the season 62 - 63

Tonight I'll mainly be outside hitting icicles with a broom to try to prevent my gutter breaking.

Good times.

Good to se some common sense being used by the club to call the game off early when clearly it's only going to get worse before it gets better.

Gutted for Eorl but safety comes first, going to be around -10 tonight too

I remember playing in weather so cold you had to break the ice on top of the sponge bucket...

Anyway, much better to call it off now I agree. I hope they find a way to reschedule though.

Hit that this morning, at around 6am.

No it's not. This is summer rugby!

. In town some of the 'braver' ones ran the head up and asked if the school was open. He replied 'Yes'. They said 'bugger' and went home! The rest of us caught a bus to Almondbury.

Over to you Crackers.

lets put it all into context..............

well it took a full on 48 hour effort for Stoke City to play Fulham on Tuesday night and heck was it cold.....................

the whole of the site of the britannia was frozen solid and knowing the stadium manager as I do it was down to him and his team working through 2 nites and days solid to clear the roads pathways and walkways to get the game on.............

stoke made around 490k for staging the game on sky plus 160k short notice bonus (we were put on sky at 1pm on the day of the game due to blacburn v villa being off) it was well worth it

the 3 points were more than welcome too



when you think man city v man utd and nal v bolton were off too it makes the efforts doubly commendable.

to try and do all this for a friendly RL match would have been crazy..................

Been told they are looking to re-arrange this fixture for either the Tues 19th or Weds 20th Jan depending onground availablity

few weeks ago but one or two things stick in memory

we had a Christmas fixture against St Helens I think (though other events took over!)
and about 20 of us who`d been at Huddersfield New College had helped clear the snow off and cover it with straw to try and get it playable

Think the match was on a Saturday and that it was Christmas Eve cos I was in a "group" then and we were playing at Thongsbridge Drill Hall that night

Went up to ground at about 11-00 am with Mick Nasey ( Underbank RLFC) to clear off the straw but it was bitterley cold and the stand side touchline and about 15metres in hadnt had any sun on it --and the ref called it off -and rightly so

Mick said hed give me a lift into town on his BSA bantam and we turned right at Fartown bar and on Bradford Road towards town

At the junction by the Slubbers (there were no traffic lights then ) a car coming away from the cancelled match was edging out into the road but braked to let us past -but skidded on some black ice and hit us trapping my leg between front bumper and the motorbike and Mick was thrown off over the handlebars as we skidded into the wall at the top of Hillhouse Lane He was badly bruised and shaken - and I spent 4 months in the Infirmary with a broken knee (in traction) and ankle!

The other I remember was either 69 (or maybe 70) when we played Warrington away in the cup -about early Feb I think
The only way over was the A62 through Marsden -all other roads closed--and when we got to the pub at the top (Floating Light??) the blower had been through and the snow was as high as the Hanson coach
When we got to Warrington -there wasnt a spot of snow anywhere to be seen - but on the way back we drove through a blizzard and had difficulty getting back over the tops arriving back in Hudds about 9-00 pm (game finished 4-30pm)

They are two that stick in my memory though may be wrong re the exact details -Ive slept once or twice since then!

( waits for Examiner archives to correct!!)

i remeber going down once in the late 70s to clear the straw off the pitch only to find it was complteely frozen and the game was called off. I have never had much time for the game will be on we are protecting the pitch with straw line