Wakefield Trinity’s Round 14 clash with Leigh Leopards will be proudly sponsored by Team Clarkey Boy in aid of Candlelighters.
A cause extremely close to everyone here at Trinity as Clarke who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at the beginning of 2025 is the grandson of Daryl Powell.
The diagnosis came just three days before Clarke’s first birthday and after suffering a seizure, what was supposed to be a day of celebration on his birthday turned into a night in intensive care with his family by his side.
Since then, Clarke has been almost exclusively in hospital receiving chemotherapy, as well as blood and platelet transfusions with more treatment still to come.
Despite everything that has been happening, the whole Powell & Richardson family are incredibly proud of how Clarke has faced everything with a strength that is hard to put into words and how he continues to battle and fight.
Throughout the entire process, one constant has been the support of Candlelighters to the Powell & Richardson family.
The Candlelighters Trust (Candlelighters) are Yorkshire’s pre eminent children’s cancer charity, providing practical, emotional and financial support to children living with cancer in Yorkshire and their families.
They provided accommodation close to the hospital so that Clarke had his family nearby as well as supporting the family with therapy and emotional support.
Team Clarkey Boy has been set up to help raise money for the work that Candlelighters do and to aid them in helping other families.
The game against Leigh will help to raise money for Candlelighters and we as fans to donate where they can, either online via the justgiving page linked or on Sunday 15th June via the bucket collection which will take place.
Team Clarkey Boy’s logo will adorn the front of our playing jerseys for the game and will see our Trinity stars live on BBC TWO supporting the cause. These jerseys will be auctioned off at a later date as well to raise money for Candlelighters.