: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:51 pm  

retirethename wrote:

I am sorry but for years the game was played at London Welsh, and before that Headingly. It has always been promoted by the RFL / Students RL. Quins RL have only recently got more involved by the fact the game has been moved to the Stoop - I suppose to promote more awareness (just like Australia v NZ in October, or Quins v Manly). If it where still at London Welsh would you expect the club to say Season tickets in free, denying the Stundent RL some funds?


Sorry but a free ticket would not make a difference to me. I either want to go to the game or I don't. If I do go I expect to pay and contribute hard cash to grassroots development.

I really feel this forum is just picking on aspects of the clubs marketing for the sake of it. Everyone agrees the marketing could be better, we all have our great ideas to solve it - but I suspect the club has to look at it's budgets and say £20K for adds this month or players wages. Which will win everytime?

Bottom line we need a sugar daddy and quick. A sugar daddy who made millions from sports marketing would be the ultimate.


Suffice Quins RL marketing or not , a free ticket or not I won't be going to the Varsity game even though I could get there in time. I have however already booked for October and paid. I needed no incentive from Quins RL marketing for being a Season Ticket holder to go see the Aussie and Kiwi's (the Stoop beats QPR's ground by a country mile).

Quins RL are promoting this game, just like they did last year, that's why they've been distributing flyers at games etc. They had a chance to make something more of it, but they can't be arsed, that's the bottom line. I'm asuming that as this is being promoted as a RL fixture it will be the RL club who takes a cut of the bars etc, if that's not the case why are they even bothering to promote it (even if it is only half-arsed), the RU club aren't bothered?

As it happens I will go to the game and pay to get in, but that's because I'm one of those people who will turn up year in year out without having to be encouraged, but relying on people like me isn't enough. Besides the promotion of the Varsity game isn't so much about grass roots development as about trying to build a connection with a certain audience by creating a showpiece

Some sort of deal would have been nice, half-price with a season ticket, or a match stub from the Wigoon or Manly games. Maybe even give free tickets to people who purchased tickets for Manly etc. Even if nobody uses them it's a sign of goodwill, and if people do use them then they may get some money over the bar.

You talk about £20k for advertising yet miss the fact that the Varsity match is a cheap option for building a bit of goodwill or loyalty but they're just not arsed about taking it. We got a decent bit of movement forward at the Manly game, but I can't see much momentum off the back of it at the moment, maybe we'll see a push on the Warrington game, I hope so.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:07 pm  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote: maybe we'll see a push on the Warrington game, I hope so. may well be...you just might not see it

Kelvin's Ferret wrote: maybe we'll see a push on the Warrington game, I hope so. may well be...you just might not see it

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:33 pm  

Ian L was most interested as he had already funded some support for Oxford RL students it was then the Stoop was offered. Suspect he is still agreeing the fixture but not in daily contact with the club to ask about promotion and not shelling out for free tickets to ST holders.

But ... still great value for a tenner I'll be there.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:46 pm  

TaRL PaRL wrote:

Ian L was most interested as he had already funded some support for Oxford RL students it was then the Stoop was offered. Suspect he is still agreeing the fixture but not in daily contact with the club to ask about promotion and not shelling out for free tickets to ST holders.

But ... still great value for a tenner I'll be there.

I doubt anyone was shelling out for the free tickets tickets last year, it was probably just part of the deal for using the ground. Even opening just the East stand there are likely to be a couple of thousand empty seats.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:11 pm  

Looks like my whining has paid off, we will get in for free with a season ticket.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:30 pm  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

Looks like my whining has paid off, we will get in for free with a season ticket.

good for you.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:44 pm  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

Looks like my whining has paid off, we will get in for free with a season ticket.

I don't thik it is your whining that has paid off, but feel free to take the credit .

Though I have to say the club have hardly made a song and dance about free entry. The flyer last week at the Manly game certainly did not mention free entry to ST holders as best I can recall.

The devil is in the detail, or in this case the very small print on the website.

I might change my mind and come along, but I doubt I will be able to drag the wife and rug rat.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:04 pm  

retirethename wrote:

I might change my mind and come along, but I doubt I will be able to drag the wife and rug rat.

good oH! Boys night out then is it As it's not a quins game I don't care for the attendance, just some decent rugby and a couple of beers

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:42 pm  

retirethename wrote:

I don't thik it is your whining that has paid off, but feel free to take the credit .

Me neither. But that's not really the point, they should have been shouting about this a lot sooner than this week.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:01 pm  

Carisma HFC wrote:

Usual advice required please.

Have the option of either catching the train at Chelmsford, onto Stratford then Waterloo to Twickenham or

Tube from Elm Park to Richmond and then get the bus.

My normal route is from Chelmsford.

What would you guys suggest???

Many thanks as always.

I travel from brentwood on the trains and I find when its open the Waterloo & City Line is a godsend for getting to the stoop.

Train into Liverpool St, 1 Stop on Central line to Bank, 1 Stop on W & C Line to Waterloo and then get on your train to Twickenham, this is definitely the quickest way from where we come from to Twickenham. Jubilee Line from stratfor takes much longer as it stops so many times

The way home may be a little harder as the Waterloo & City Line won't be running, then from Waterloo the Number 26 Bus* that goes to Liverpool Street is easiest, or if you don't like the buses, northern line to Tottenham Court Road, then Central Line to Liverpool Street, etc


*I catch this from bus stop P on Waterloo Bridge when I use it.


HTH