York City Knights v Castleford Tigers - Sun 16th Jan, 3pm KO : Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:59 pm
The Tigers travel to York this Sunday to take on the York City Knights in the Paul Higgins memorial matcH, 3pm kick off at the Huntington Stadium. Paul was a former player with Castleford and coached the York City Knights Reserve Grade for three years as well as heading up the North Yorkshire Service Area. He sadly passed away in 2008 and each year since the two clubs have played a memorial fixture. Many of Castlefords exciting young players, who featured in last weeks win over York, will have further opportunities to impress Terry Matterson and we hope that the Tigers fans will as always turn up in numbers to support their team.
Steve Gill, Head of Youth Development at the Tigers, has fond memories of Paul,
"I was fortunate to see Paul (or unfortunate in age terms) play in 1973 for Castleford's very successful A team and then go on to make his 1st team debut (I used to do the old scoreboard for all games then for 25p). Paul's height made him stand out from the rest of the guys,and interestingly enough we met up again working on the tigers Scholarship where Paul was coaching the Under 14s. Paul was very flattered when I told him I could remember him playing, and replied he could remember me also, which made me feel proud, until he said 'yeah youre the one that couldn't add up'. We missed Paul when he went to his home town club of York to work with their Academy and Service Area, and I know Rugby League in general miss the big man, with a big heart and a wicked sense of humour, and I feel it is vitally important to honour Paul's name and memory with this ongoing fixture, now in its 3rd year, and how proud we are at the Castleford Tigers to Participate in the Paul Higgins memorial Trophy".
The Knights will donate 20% of the proceeds from the match to Higgos 13 A Side Rugby Foundartion which was set up to support junior Rugby League in York and North Yorkshire. Admission to the match is £13 Adults, £10 Concessions (Over 65's & Students with a valid Student Card) and £5 for U16's plus a £2 transfer to seating. Higgo's 13 A Side Rugby Foundation will also be doing a bucket collection and raffle to raise further funds for the Foundation.
