Another great night at the ‘Players Association’ annual dinner
The annual ‘Players Association’ dinner was held at St Herbert’s Parish room in Chadderton on Friday November 1st when approximately 200 people sat down for an enjoyable meal and entertainment from comedian Lee Roberts and guest speaker Dr. Kevin Jones with popular MC Pete Emmett.
The evening began with John Chadwick reading a list of ex-players who had died during the last twelve months with a toast to “absent friends”.
Heritage Certificates were handed out on the night to: Tony Wainwright, Bob Marsden, Richard Russell and Leo Casey. There was also a certificate presentation to the son of the late John Fairbank and also the son-in-law of Jack Keith (John Walker) who brought with him Jack’s impressive collection of medals including his Championship winners medal from 1956-57 and the three Lancashire Cup winners medals from 1956-57-58.
