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Wakefield Trinity forced to move due to pitch problem

General Stadium View during the Super League match between Wakefield Trinity and Castleford at Belle Vue

Wakefield Trinity may have a new owner, a top new coach and some amazing new signings as well as a superbly redeveloped stadium but there is still one thing they’re struggling with.

That is a training ground. Due to the hybrid pitch they put in place last year which needs special care in the winter months, the club have been forced to train away from the club and over in Hemsworth which is not ideal and something new owner Matthew Ellis wants to change.

Ellis has underlined that he wants this to change and that he is keen for the club to become a more together unit from the first team down to the scholarship side.

His first step to doing that is to find a permanent training base.

“A thing I’ve been looking at over the last few weeks is the training facilities,” he told The Yorkshire Post.

“We’re down at Hemsworth at the minute but the club is in desperate need of a new training facility.

“The club is a little bit disjointed at the minute. The academy train here, the scholars are training there and the first team are training over there.

“One of the things I’d like to do is bring it together and find a way of getting a Wakefield Trinity home, a training facility.

“I’m going to speak to the council to see what land is available around here to see whether we can do that.

“I’m going to each department and asking what their biggest problem is and they’re all saying not having a permanent home.”

Wakefield will begin their pre-season on the field against Leeds Rhinos on Boxing Day as the two West Yorkshire rivals go toe to toe in a festive friendly: The Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge.

It will be Daryl Powell’s first game in charge and could see the likes of Lachlan Walmsley and Jermaine McGillvary debut for the club.

Key man Jay Pitts won’t be featured with the second-row suffering a compound dislocation with the bone coming through the skin in a gory incident during Wakefield’s pre-season training ahead of the new year.

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