Oldham RL hit again by thieves

Date published: 12 December 2014


THIEVES have again raided Oldham Rugby League Club’s Whitebank Stadium — as they have done several times in the past four years — to make off with a tree shredding machine worth several thousand pounds.

The raiders are thought to have used industrial cutting machinery to break into the stadium through the main gates.

They then drove a vehicle into the ground, loaded the shredder — which was on hire — and made their get-away at some point after 11.30pm on Wednesday night.

Angry club chairman Chris Hamilton said: “We had an event in the club that night and when we locked up at 11.30pm everything was okay.

“The next morning, though, the big gates were found to be wide open and the shredder had gone.

“It’s a sickener because this type of incident seems to be happening all the time at Whitebank. It’s not long since the refreshment canteen was targeted. It’s a constant worry. It’s endless.”