A local businessman has joined a Cumbrian rugby league team’s board of directors.
Tony Pearce, who has become a part of Whitehaven Rugby League in this behind-the-scenes role, is father to one of the club’s back-rowers - Ben.
The recruitment came after a post from CEO Lee Butterworth appealing for staff in the managerial department of the club.
Butterworth said: "A while ago, we put a post out looking for more directors to join the board with no financial commitment, but a willingness and want to push the club along and keep helping us to progress.
“I was really pleased when Tony contacted me as he is the exact type of person we need.
“Already he’s been hands on putting in the graft and we are really pleased to have him on board."
Whitehaven are currently 13th in the RFL Championship, the professional league second only to the Super League.
Rugby league has been played for over 100 years in Cumbria, with the town’s original side - Whitehaven Recreation - playing in the Challenge Cup in the first decade of the 20th century.
Whitehaven RLFC was formed at a meeting held in the Miners' Welfare Club at Kells in 1948.
They play at the Ortus REC, known to most as The Recreation Ground or The 'Recre', which has a capacity of over 8,000.
An adult ticket for the next home game is £17, and a standing season ticket is £192 for the season.
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