I attended a volunteers evening last night along with all the other volunteers and I've got to say that I'm very excited for the future of our club.

The board and Rob have done a great job in the few months they've been in charge and I can say with hand on heart that our club is in very safe hands.

Well done guys, I think you're doing a great job.

Good to hear that mish, well done to all concerned.

The best (and most important) news of the night for me was the fact that we will be debt free before the end of the year.

Oh and I think I've fallen in love with Mike Norris.

Does Pete know about that mish.



Good to hear about the club being debt free before the end of the year.

Great news about becoming debt free by the end of the year! thanks to everyone for their help either money wise or volunteering ,what a great bunch of people you are and I thank you all .

I wasn't invited



On the plus side, to be debt free would be awesome!

I did notice you weren't there Michael and I personally told another person who also hadn't been invited. I can only imagine that they don't have a complete list of all the volunteers but I'm sure this will be rectified ASAP.

Apologies to anyone who may have been missed off the invite list last night.

I'm not sure who put the invite list together but I know Stefan Sale was missed off only by chance I exchanged emails with him yesterday. As it turned out he couldn't make it.

On to the positives since we took over we have worked hard to reduce the debt right down and the club is in the best position its been for a very long time with a small overdraught and Directors loans no longer.

The money we have put in as Directors and have pledged to put in over a three year period lays a platform for the business but as you heard from the horses mouth our very own Finance Director the Handsome Mr Norris we now need the people of Leigh to come out and prove they want a SL team and get behind this club.

We have a strong BOD all investing professional time and cash, we've appointed a great Chairman who speaks well and portrays the right image for the business, a hungry young coach who's making a name for himself as a head coach whos retained his current crop of stars and has been given the budget to go out and match the best in this league next season and the finest volunteers and staff any club could ask for.

Add to this we have a very loyal fan base and great spectators we just need to get MORE people in that stadium next season by whatever means possible because if we generate the revenue SL is a very real prospect trust me and not far away either.

I've posted with confidence on here for a few months because I've known what we are building behind the scenes for 2014 and beyond and if we get that final ingredient (bums on seats) we will live the dream.

Once again on behalf of the BOM thanks to all our volunteers and staff paid or unpaid.

Andy Mazey

Noggin is a very handsome man especially at Twelve Apostles my dad told me, he says the plastic surgery worked wonders

Forget the looks, it's all about the brain. I like a man that can add up and do sums I do.

Very true Andy , not everyone received invites , but that's life , we must get our priorities right , as for the Big Future , I totally agree about that .

Evening Keith,

Just to clarify the situation if I may, we are indeed "The Board" the "Board of Management" was i think devised by former Chairman Keith Freer prior to us guys taking over control of the buisness and subsequently restructuring it.

In the early days it was Keiths intention to have a Supervisory Board and also a BOM that basically ran the club on a day to day basis however we now only have a Chairman and "Board of Directors" which is us guys the Original BOM and the name has stuck.

We as a Board voted and appointed John Roddy as new our Chairman after he took on the roll initially on a interim basis when Keith left the club and he's a great choice and he is a great figurehead for our very strong BOD.

We are each investing thousands of pounds per year into the club and have agreed to do so on a long term basis, so not to jepodise the club in future no cash is going in as a Director loans and is going in as investment/ donations for shares.

Anyone who knows our FD knows we have one of the best numbers men in the buisness governing the finances and he gives confidence to us all that the budgets are set correctly and we only spend what can afford to.

The buisness is now Operating with no Directors Loans to past Directors and with a vastly reduced overdraft and will be debt free in the next week or so which is massive in the current climate and very rare in RL period.

A combination of mine and fellow directors investments and increased commercial revenue will fund full time coaching staff next year and the strongest squad Leigh Centurions have had for a number of years and we believe in our coaching staff and the team Paul is building and are backing them to deliver for us in 2014.

On a commercial front Our 2014 shirt sponser for example will be a record equalling sponsorship deal not seen at Leigh since maybe SL days if ever and is a serious high profile sponser which our commercial manager Rob Parker has worked overtime to land and will be announced very soon.

Ticket offers and other deals have been put together to attract families and children and we will have event days and a completely revamped match day experience at LSV next season to rival any team in SL.

With the above it's clear we're we want to be and indeed were we intend to be and I we hope people are encouraged by the fact we are doing it in a sustainable manner which wont ever endanger the clubs existence and hope the community really buys in to what we want to deliver for them.

PS I need to get the signed balls to you for mickys boxing night, will catch up with you ASAP.

Cheers

Andy