Castleford Tigers gain Grade A Super League Licence!

Castleford Tigers are pleased to announce that they have successfully secured Grade A points in the new IMG Grading review.

The Tigers team have been working tirelessly to increase the clubs rankings in each of the five category areas and have successfully secured 15.02 points, which gains them a Grade A licence and a guaranteed place in the Betfred Super League in 2025.

Significant works have taken place during the 2024 season to ensure maximum points were achieved. This includes new seating in the Princess Street stand, a big screen TV in the stadium and improvements to the tv compound and media facilities.

In addition to the stadium facilities, the team have been working hard to secure high fan engagement across digital media and packing as many fans as possible into The Jungle at each home game to keep average attendance figures high.

Martin Jepson, Castleford Tigers Owner commented on the news “I am thrilled to be announcing to Tigers fans that we will be a Grade A Super League club for the 2025 season. The whole team have worked hard on securing the grading but I would like to give a special mention to Mark Grattan who has made it his mission this season to ensure the Clubs future in Super League is assured. We are all truly grateful for his diligence and attention to detail throughout the grading process.”

Jepson continues, “This is very positive news for Castleford Tigers and I look forward to working with the team to continue improvements across all areas of the Club. I can’t wait to work with investors, sponsors, fans and all the staff, as we build towards the excitement of the Betfred Super League 2025 season”

Mark Grattan commented on the announcement "I want to give a huge thank you to the supporters for turning up in numbers, the sponsors who helped us with the works required to gain additional stadium points and a big thank you to the club staff who have worked alongside me and gone above and beyond to deliver a Grade A ranking for the club"

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IMG grading

The IMG grading is a set of criteria governed by the new strategic partner of the RFL, IMG. All clubs playing at a professional level will be graded with their rank determining which division each club plays in. The grading system has a maximum of 20 points available, with five different areas of assessment to obtain these points. These five areas are Community (12.5%),

Performance (25%), Finance (22.5%), Fandom (25%) and Stadium (15%) which are all weighted accordingly.

The clubs will be re-assessed each year and those who retain their Grade A status will stay in the top tier of Super League with the highest of the Grade B clubs making up the rest of the teams in the competition.