Reds ladies to rebrand

Yes this isn't good news or a good look for the football club. It's disappointing Town have allowed this too in my opinion.
What does a Rugby League club gain from this?
Having junior teams, female teams etc can open funding from the FA. It also creates that community link which can see better attendance at the men's games.
The question has to be asked why the women's team feel they don't want to be a part of Workington AFC?

What will happen to the junior girls teams now? I know a lot of work goes into them and they play against some of the best academies in the north(man city,Sunderland etc). Are reds to continue to develop these girls and then have nowhere for them to go? Or will Workington AFC look to start a new side?

Very disappointed in all 3 parties involved in this and should never have been allowed to get this far.
Reds are obviously tied as the current pitch isnt strong enough to take the extra load a full season would need, town however seem to have seen an opportunity to increase their community involvement (ironically they have only just set up a women's team and have no youth rugby teams at any age group)
The worry for me is how this will affect the trust between the clubs as we approach the prospect of the new shared stadium.

Although it's very disappointing to hear about the split, after reading the reds response maybe long term maybe it is better for the club. I don't have a great knowledge of the women's team or women's game but the fact that they can just rebrand and disassociate would indicate that they never truly were part of Workington AFC but Rather a team that simply wore the kit.

Got to disagree with that ,same with the reserves to keep a decent surface on that field you cant play too many games, town haven't played since September so it doesn't get the traffic, they also had a brand new pitch installed in the run up to the world cup stadium bid so it will wear better. The ladies are obviously better off running out of derwent park at the minute but long term i think naming themselves after a rugby club with no development teams or reserves at their own sport could turn out to be short sighted, should have concentrated on fighting their corner from within

Put your dummy back in we all know you have walked away from being a Reds supporter.

Im sorry to keep on at this but something doesn't sit right about this whole thing,the reds statement seems very encouraging long term and appears as if things are already moving, Facebook seems to have people accusing the reds of abandoning the womens teams but again no facts,my concern is with the town involvement it appears that the rugby league funding and future restructuring involves community involvement are they using this team with an ulterior motive and will the fa support their involvement. Hopefully this will not affect relations on the new stadium as their are already far too many on both sides who would be happy to see the project abandoned