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Amazing Blackpool offers for Rugby League fans
2nd July 2009
The RFL have teamed up with Visit Blackpool to provide Rugby League fans heading to the seaside resort for the Northern Rail Cup Final and 9s weekend on July 11-12 with an array of amazing offers for leading tourist attractions in the town.
Supporters can download the vouchers for attractions including Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the Sealife Centre and Blackpool Zoo as well as deals for a number of bars and restaurants in the town by visiting www.visitblackpool.com/rugby.
To help fans source accommodation in the town over the weekend Visit Blackpool have also set up a website portal specifically for the Northern Rail Cup and Northern Rail 9s which can be accessed via the same website.
Barrow Raiders and Widnes Vikings will contest the Northern Rail Cup Final on Sunday July 12 at Bloomfield Road which promises to be a cracking finale to what has been a hugely competitive tournament.
Meanwhile every other English based Co-operative Championship and Championship 1 club will be competing in the Northern Rail 9s competition which takes place over the Saturday and Sunday at Fylde RUFC in Blackpool.
Each team will be entering full strength squads of 15 players into the 9 a side competition divided into three groups of four teams, and two groups of three for the group stages of the Northern Rail 9s.
The first day of the competition will see all 18 clubs playing in group stages, with the top eight sides going forward to a straight knockout competition on the Sunday for the Northern Rail 9's trophy. The 10 remaining sides will also compete on the Sunday in a competition to win the Northern Rail 9's plate.
The finals of both the 9's trophy and plate competitions will be played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road on July 12.
Tickets for the Northern Rail Cup Final which takes place on 12 July at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool are now available from £12 or £5 from the two finalists.
The Widnes Vikings ticket hotline is 0844 249 5113
The Barrow Raiders ticket hotline is 01229 824454
Weekend tickets for the Northern Rail 9s event which runs on 11 and 12 July at Fylde RUFC are only available from Co-operative Championship clubs and are priced at £9 for adults and £5 for concessions.
Should supporters wish to upgrade to a Northern Rail Cup Final ticket prior to the event they should contact the RFL ticket office where there will be an additional £5 (Adults) and £2 (Concessions) charge.
To download the vouchers please click on www.visitblackpool.com/rugby
