Quote: gutterfax "But the Amateur Clubs and players are a pretty important network if you want to spread the word for little expenditure.
I've filled a few arenas in the last couple of years by getting the local schools and clubs to sell tickets and keep half the take. All but 1 game is already fully booked for this season.
Amazing what you can achieve if you engage these clubs/schools in a positive way. I have some businesses actually sponsoring groups of kids by paying for busses to get them to and from the games....locals want to get involved whereas 2 or 3 years ago, nobody cared.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying is would work for RL in London, but I'd hazard a guess that if you gave the Hammersmith Hoists 1,000 Hive tickets to sell at a score each and told them that they could keep 10k if they shifted them all, you'd get very few back "unsold" and the Hoists would have enough funds to cover their yearly overseas trip.......what are the chances Hemel, Oxford or even the Skolars wouldn't mind a piece of that sort of funding either?
It's all about vision, communication and hard work...lots and lots of hard work.'"
Hoists? Spawn of the Devil!!!