Leigh Centurions receive financial boost (From Leigh Journal)

Leigh Centurions receive financial boost

12:52pm Friday 26th June 2009

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RUGBY-MAD businessmen are to give their favourite club, Leigh Centurions, a much-needed financial boost.

Following a number of meetings with Leigh chief executive Allan Rowley, the five men are injecting capital into Centurions by setting up a corporate group which will back the club on a financial basis.

Trevor Lloyd, Simon Cooke and brothers Tony, Martin and Sean McCaul are calling for companies and individuals to get behind them and make the Leigh Corporate Club, as it will be known, a huge success.

"The rugby club is a focal point in the town and needs our support,” says Sean McCaul, who, with his brothers, have formed McCaul Homes, which will shortly be commencing residential schemes in the area.

“We are urging anyone who cares about Leigh and the club to support us.

“We can, and will, make a difference."

To become a member, supporters will be asked to pay a monthy fee, the minimum requirement being £25.

In return, they will have their own page in the club's programme and have a voice in how the club is run.

Other perks will include being a VIP guest at certain games.

Allan Rowley said that the club welcomes the corporate group and hoped it would help achieve the club's long-term goals.

"The five are passionate about the town of Leigh and the club and we hope their enthusiasm and drive will rub off and bring in more like minded people,” he said.

“It's a major boost for the club and an indication of exciting times ahead."

The McCaul name is synomonous with house building in Leigh as their late father, Joe, and his brother, Jack, originally set up in Leigh more than 50 years ago and the family still have strong connections with the town.

Trevor Lloyd's company, commercial and industrial developers, Ordford Investments Ltd, is based in Leigh, along with Simon Cooke's estate agent and letting company, Cooke & Company.

The five say members of the new group will by asked to pay by direct debit, but can end their agreement at any time.

The more money they donate the more perks they can expect.

"We feel it's a great way to show support for the club and hopefully make it a winning one again.

“And it will give supporters a strong voice," says Cooke.

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