We Need to talk about Worcester

[die_mole]

Worcester Warriors to avoid £8m in payouts by rebranding as ‘Sixways Rugby’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

Worcester Warriors’ new owners are facing furious resistance to plans to kill off the club by rebranding as “Sixways Rugby” and avoiding paying up to £8 million owed to former employees. Atlas, the consortium that bought Sixways Stadium and Worcester — who were thrown out of the Gallagher...

apple.news

Apparently they will be saving a lot of money with this

 

[McTallshort]

Worcester Warriors to avoid £8m in payouts by rebranding as ‘Sixways Rugby’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

Worcester Warriors’ new owners are facing furious resistance to plans to kill off the club by rebranding as “Sixways Rugby” and avoiding paying up to £8 million owed to former employees. Atlas, the consortium that bought Sixways Stadium and Worcester — who were thrown out of the Gallagher...

apple.news

Apparently they will be saving a lot of money with this

And leaving lots of people out of pocket

 

[TRF_Olyy]

One way to ingratiate yourself with the locals...

 

[will311293]

Leaves a question... will Wuss fans go support Sixways rugby (whose owners Atlas refused to pay rugby creditors £8m) or Wasps who will be in their stadium but aren't their club

 

[EdBirch]

I personally will step away from it all. No Worcs team in a Worcs stadium, makes zero rugby supporter sense to me. I wish them well but to me it doesn't sit right.

 

[will311293]

Yeah its a hard one and extremely sad that its come to this. There's no perfect world here at all.

 

[Which Tyler]

Worcester RFC

worcesterrfc.rfu.club

 

[Crash Hamster]

Duckworth family 'devastated' by Worcester rebrand

The family of ex-Worcester Warriors chairman Cecil Duckworth say owners Atlas are "trying to destroy his legacy".

www.bbc.co.uk

The Duckworths are unimpressed.

Actually, everyone is unimpressed.

 

[Crash Hamster]

Worcester Warriors could retain name - Sandford

New Worcester Warriors owners Atlas Group say the club could abandon plans to rebrand as Sixways Rugby.

www.bbc.co.uk

I am completely full of confidence that Atlas know what they're doing. To think, I was hopeful at first...

 

[will311293]

It's decision day... both Wasps and Wuss on the line.... lots of noise around Wuss, very little around Wasps... hopefully everything goes to plan for both clubs. @Jimbo @EdBirch , its gonna be a rollercoaster day.

 

[Which Tyler]

Good luck to both clubs, all their "staff" and all their fans.

Just hope no-one gets screwed over too badly in all of this.

 

[EdBirch]

It's decision day... both Wasps and Wuss on the line.... lots of noise around Wuss, very little around Wasps... hopefully everything goes to plan for both clubs. @Jimbo @EdBirch , its gonna be a rollercoaster day.

I have more optimism for Wasps than Worcs at the moment

 

[will311293]

I have more optimism for Wasps than Worcs at the moment

At the moment I am very worried about both... 5pm deadline so roughly 3.5 hrs? cutting it close for sure.

 

[Crash Hamster]

Update from SRFC Committee

Ref: Atlas Group Discussions

www.stourbridgerugby.com

"The priority for Atlas currently is to ensure their due diligence on finalising the purchase of Sixways" is interesting. Maybe not such a done deal after all...

 

[EdBirch]

I'm not sure how many nails are in the Worcs coffin but i know it's a lot

 

[Al Bangor]

I'm not sure how many nails are in the Worcs coffin but i know it's a lot

Sorry to hear that. When teams go under it can be tough on a city, loss of jobs and fans feeling abandoned. I really hope they can find a way to work it out.

 

[EdBirch]

I think that hope is rapidly running out with no news, no plan and what looks like no money

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Worcester complete sale to Atlas Group and assure a future for Warriors

The sale of Worcester Warriors to the Atlas Group, headed by Jim O’Toole, has been completed

www.theguardian.com

 

[EdBirch]

It's taken a day to absorb information. I think it looks like to me that Wasps will move in "temporarily" which will become permanent. The Stourbridge move will fall through. The Worcester Warriors mens team will fade into the history books.

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

From quins forum

A debenture has been registered at Companies House against Atlas Worcester Warriors Rugby Club Limited:

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14324369/filing-history

The debenture is to secure a loan from Loxwood Holdings Limited

The owner of Loxwood is Christopher Holland:

https://find-and-update.company-inf...any/06251469/persons-with-significant-control

Mr Holland owns Wasps:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/64004475