"Dr Naylor said the cash came out of the university college’s existing marketing budgets "
heard it yesterday but was sceptical...but hey...I am nothing if I am not honest. Well done Quins commercial team


Off to lie down now

Good stuff



The shirts look 10x better now too. I wonder if they will go on sale?

Another £100 quid to the club then.

Looks good on the shirt. By the way, has Purdo shrunk since he got married or is Clubby overdosing on some growth drug

i went to st.mary's. i was a season ticket at quins last year. i only knew about the tie up last weekend when one of the boys i played league with at simms text me about the wakey result. my figure isn't on the pulse of either establishment as it used and i don't live in the immediate area anymore, but even so..........

ive also not read the full 16 pages of debate on this, so if i repeat something, i apologise

when i was at simms (i left in 9icon_cool.gif, there were small links growing between the college and the broncos as they were then. in the 97-98 season, i was chairman of simms rl, and we had two very good broncos academy players join the university. they got this opportunity, not solely, but in some part because of the links we had started to cultivate. St. Mary's also played at the stoop a few time. We once curtain raised against the acadamy, and beat them before the first team played HKR in the cup.

i think what im getting at is, as rugby league has developed in the twickenham area, simms have been infuential in this. not only are they the currect busa champs, they have won it on two previous occassions. they are also one of the "super 6" sides in the competition. player development, and personal development will be greatly enhanced. im sure you will see some of the wealth of london talent that is coming thru at quins now, end up at st.marys, and possibly vice versa. i know, when we were there several of us trialed and trained with the broncos. some of us even travelled out to crystal palace to do so.

the sports science department, and the new facilities the college has to offer are now truely world class. i go back yearly, and see the improvements. also, the students there are not like the snake bite guzzelling animals we were. they are all atheletes, who want to succeed, and this environment for quins or simms rl players will be ideal.

i'd encourage you to go and check out simms when they play, there may be an opportunity to see the next generation of quins players there.

i for one, am devestated im not at simms now, as i would have loved to have been part of it, and i hope that both parties will able to continue the work we made baby steps with all those years ago.

Did they not show you were the "Caps Lock" key was


Might well pop down and have a gander...thanks for the heads up.

PLease see this report below this morning! www.brandrepublic.com/BrandRepub ... wsBulletin Seems like having a sponsor in any form these days is a success! Gone are the days of companies simply pumping money to a team Im guessing the sponsor is now looking for more benfit for their cash!

PLease see this report below this morning! www.brandrepublic.com/BrandRepub ... wsBulletin Seems like having a sponsor in any form these days is a success! Gone are the days of companies simply pumping money to a team Im guessing the sponsor is now looking for more benfit for their cash!

Looks like Formula 1 is suffering.

What a crying shame that is.

I thought the Quinze brand was going to help you get in with City big wigs.

Escaped your notice has it that the city big wigs are either all in cardboard boxes or counting their pensions?

BigWigs? they could hardly even be considered mirkins these days.

SO, YOU'D RATHER BE SHOUTED AT?!

nO

You launched the Quinze brand in 2006

aitch tee aitch

Are we any closer to getting a sponsor on the shirt?

I don't know whether to read the Gus Mackay quote "We are working hard to get a further investment of half a million, either from new investors or a new sponsor." as one saying that is one of the office team goals for the year or one that they close to nailing.

Being very optimistic, but it does seem to be fairly specific. Then again is Mackay just getting it out there that half a mil is not far off Abramovich country in rugby league terms.

Are we holding out for decent money, is there anyone interested at all, how much are we after per season, are we taking advantage of our 'partnership' with Quins to tap up any of their sponsors, major or minor, official suppliers and so forth. Surely there must be an online betting company that wants a little cheap advertising. Are the RFL helping us in any way to secure a shirt sponsor. Will we gain a sponsor anytime soon, I hope so and the office team seem to be alot more interested from what we see and here, a shirt sponsor would be a great way to showcase there work and give the team a much need lift on the field.

Probably none of the above.

The Vodafone London Eels has a nice ring to it

Nickname , the ' jellies '

You've changed your tune, Rosie.

Blimey, good spot!

This club will do that to you

Lol

Sad to see that the post on the top of this page contains a quote from the Warder in 2011 and he is still around!

Commercial revenue for the club including shop takings in the 3 years of his tenure are less than 700k......he was looking for 500k alone in 2011??????
Rewarding failure ........

Surely Gus must be on a termed contract? And can't be got rid of as it'd cost us more money? If anyone performs as bad as you lot say. Is that the reason?