sponsors this year’s annual Huddersfield

Food and Drink Festival

JOHN SMITH’S STADIUM

VOLUME 2

Gareth Davies, Managing Director at Kirklees Stadium Development Ltd (KSDL) commented:

“We are delighted to partner with the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival. The event is a celebration of regional flavours, with the very best tastes of Yorkshire on display from local chefs, brewers and producers. The Stadium has been part of Huddersfield’s community for almost 20 years and we want to show support for the festival. Events like the Festival help to put Huddersfield firmly on the map as a key destination in Yorkshire.”

The four day event features more than 70 food and drink stallholders, an hourly programme of free cookery demonstrations by local chefs and producers, free children’s workshopsand entertainment as well as late night music events and a vintage fair in the Byram Arcade.

To celebrate the start of the festival, the Stadium is hosting a dinner where guests will experience the culinary delights of the Caribbean, Asia, Mexico and Great Britain, prepared by Chef Barrington Douglas & The John Smith’s Stadium Resident Chef - Martin Russell, whilst enjoying music from around the world.

Now one of the largest free food festivals in the North, Huddersfield’s Food and Drink Festival runs from the 8th to 11th of August and attracts over 150,000 visitors.

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STADIUMPARTNERS

RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP FEVER HITS HUDDERSFIELDAs the Rugby League World Cup approaches we have been delighted with the volume of ticket sales for the England v Ireland game on 2nd November. Tickets are reasonably priced with group offers/incentives also available.

World Cup Trophy Visits Kirklees

As part of its tour around the country,

Rugby League fans and supporters

in the Kirklees area were given the

opportunity to see the prestigious

World Cup Trophy at St George’s

Square in Huddersfield earlier on in

the year. Hundreds of fans came

down on the day to view the trophy,

and it was a great way to build

excitement ahead of the tournament.

BBC &Premier Sports

The Rugby League World Cup 2013

has announced that the BBC and

Premier Sports have secured rights to

broadcast the tournament. The BBC

will bring live coverage of all England

games to television and radio,

starting with the Opening Ceremony

in Cardiff on 26th October.

HospitalityPackages

Packages are also selling fast with our

Fanzone area already a complete

sell out! To avoid disappointment

book today!

For more information on remaining

Hospitality Packages contact

Jaine Binns on: 01484 484124

or Email: Jaine@ksdl.org.uk

AS OUR CORPORATECHARITY PARTNERS, WEARE DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF FORGET ME NOT’S ‘99ER’ MEMBERSHIP SCHEME.

For more information, and how to join the scheme, please contact Jason Costello:

T: 01484 411040 M: 07887747549 E: jason.costello@forgetmenotchild.co.uk

Aimed at businesses, the scheme

asks companies to commit to

donating just 99p a day to the

hospice to help it achieve its annual

fundraising target of £2.5 million.

It also brings together business‘s

for informal networking and offers

companies the chance to showcase

their own business by hosting these

events at their premises.

The Forget Me Not children’s hospice

supports children with life limiting

conditions and their families in the

West Yorkshire area. It focuses on

making children happy and fulfilled

whilst they visit, however long or short

that may be.

• £10 will give a complimentary therapy session for Mum or Dad

• £20 will give medical supplies for a day

• £30 will give a family day trip with a carer

• £50 will cover the running costs of the hydrotherapy pool for a day

• £100 will give day care for a child at Russell House

• £450 will give 10 Hospice at Home care visits, caring for a child in their own home

What it costs to run the hospice:

STADIUM PARTNERS

For General Ticket Enquiries call 0844 847 2013

We hosted a full house of racing enthusiasts at our No Nonsense Virtual Cheltenham Racing Day. Guests enjoyed onsite betting and our indoor beer garden for this twist on the traditional Cheltenham event. Everyone really got into the spirit of things and we look forward to hosting many more events like these!

VIRTUAL CHELTENHAM RACING DAY

Our Wedding Fair spectacular saw hundreds of brides to be and their families visit the Stadium. They were treated to an impressive display of wedding ideas from dresses and table dressings to photographers, favours and transport options. The highlight of the day was our catwalk show which saw an amazing array of beautiful wedding dresses and outfits on show.

NO NONSENSE WEDDING FAIR

For our annual Partners Forum in association with Revell Ward we were delighted to welcome England National Rugby League Team Head Coach, Steve McNamara as our guest speaker. A former international player, Steve provided a mesmerising account of his professional playing career and his role as Coach to the England Squad. He then participated in a question and answer session and met guests over lunch.

STADIUM PARTNERS FORUM WITH STEVEN MCNAMARA

The annual event honoured people in our town who have made a difference to the place we live by going above and beyond. We always knew Huddersfield was a wonderful place to live and work and is well renowned for its kindness and friendliness. The Awards never cease to inspire us. The lengths people will go to, in support of charities, carrying out vital community work, and show immense kindness to others, is truly inspirational.

Congratulations to everyone who successfully completed this year’s Kirkwood Hospice Midnight Memory Walk. The walkers raised vital funds for the hospice which provides specialist care, free of charge to adults in Kirklees with advanced, progressive illnesses at any time from diagnosis to the end of life. Since its launch, The Midnight Memory Walk has raised in excess of £430,000.

Earlier in the year we held the first Niko fight night at the stadium. The night was a great success with the main event: Paul Birkhead Vs Peter Brooke attracting a strong crowd. We are now looking forward to hosting the second Niko fight night in October.

EXAMINER COMMUNITY AWARDS 2013

MIDNIGHT MEMORY WALK SUCCESS

FIGHT NIGHT AT THE STADIUM

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