For the second year running, Hunslet RLFC will donate a shirt to the winner of a special competition at The Great Middleton Park Show which takes place on 14 September 2025.
Year 4 children, aged 8 to 9 years, invited from local schools, are competing to win the Handwriting Competition. In its inaugural year, Beeston Primary and Middleton St Mary’s were enthusiastic entrants, with each Year 4 class having a winner, whose work was then put forward for a champion of champions, overall winner. Last year, that accolade went to a pupil from Beeston Primary, and the prize was presented by the then Lord Mayor at the Show in September.
This year, competition will be stiffer, with 6 schools already joining in. Hunslet will again be giving special vouchers to the schools which will give a discount to an adult accompanying an entrant to a home match. As ever, all under 16s are FREE at home matches, meaning children can bring along their friends and siblings at no extra cost to the adult accompanying them.
This year’s show takes place in Middleton Park on the afternoon of Sunday 14 September with free entry. All the Handwriting Competition entries will be on display in the large craft and produce marquee.
This post was written by Pat Benatmane
Photo: Last year’s winner receives his prize from the Lord Mayor, Councillor Abigail Marshall-Katung, including a Hunslet RLFC shirt. Also shown, on the left , is Frances Jones of The Friends of Middleton Park, who organise the show. On the right is Yvonne Ugarte, local writer, who donated her latest children’s book as a prize.
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