1st July 2024
Dear Members and Non-Members,
We would like to invite you to attend
Featherstone Lions ARLFC on Sunday 7th July from 12pm in
commemoration of the legendary rugby league player Rob Burrow.
As you will be aware the cortege route
passes Featherstone Lions and will slow down at the Lions entrance. We are very
honoured to have this opportunity to pay our respects to one of our former
junior players.
We invite all our junior players to
attend and line the roadside wearing their team kits (parents to supervise and
stand behind their children for safety reasons).
All other guests to please stand on the
opposite side of the road or further down if possible.
There will be parking available to the club. Once the cortege has passed you are
welcome to join us back in the club house where we still have our book of
condolence that you are welcome to sign.
The Burrow family have announced that
in lieu of flowers, members of the public could donate to the Leeds Hospitals
Charity appeal to build the Rob Burrow Centre for MND.
We will have a
collection bucket on the bar should you wish to make a donation and we will
make arrangements for the money to be donated via the family or directly to the
Hospital charity.
We hope you will be able to join us.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Bell and Vicky Lunt
On behalf of the Featherstone Lions
ARLFC Committee
Below are details of the cortege route
for your information: (information taken from BBC News website)
The cortege route will travel along the
A656 (Park Road) passing the Xscape leisure complex as it travels towards the
M62 junction. The cars will continue along the A639 towards Pontefract, passing
the racecourse, before turning onto Park Lane (B6134) near Pontefract Tanshelf
Station.
The procession will continue along
Ackton Lane into Ackton, before turning left onto Sewerbridge Lane and Common
Side Lane (B6133) heading towards Featherstone.
At the War Horse sculpture, the cars
will turn left, slowing for a moment at Featherstone Lions ARLFC’s ground on
Wakefield Road (A645).
The cortege will slow again as it
passes through Featherstone and near to where Rob played junior rugby. The cars
will then continue along Pontefract Lane towards the crematorium. At that point
members of the public are asked to “leave this part of the journey so the
Burrow family can have a few moments to themselves before arriving at the
crematorium.”