Summer Bash Saturday Proves Big Draw

The Kingstone Press Summer Bash attracted a record attendance of 16,444 for the third year running at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool last weekend as Championship and League 1 fans were treated to two days of RL action at one of the UK’s favourite holiday towns. The record attendances weren’t evenly spread with 11,557 attracted to Saturday’s fixtures, including the two best-supported sides in the division - Bradford Bulls and Hull KR – playing each other on the bill as well as the League One Cup Final between Barrow and North Wales Crusaders. A smaller crowd of 4,887 accumulated over the Sunday in …