Welcome aboard the HMS QuinsRL......it's like the titanic, but without the captain or ANY lifeboats


Let's not take the gloss of what was a great day. YES things could have been done better, but all in all, it was a 100% complete success.
Next up, the goons. I can't make the game as I am off to the west country, but I am sure we will get 6k for the game...and more importantly 2 points!!

Good work, just the trick.

I can't believe Aussies of all people are chelping about the distance. Granted they wouldn't have got the best impression what with the engineering works mucking up the trains but, from West London where the majority of aussies live, it is an easy journey. I live in Southampton FFS, they have no right to complain!

Gutterfax... Not trying to take the gloss off a great day at all. I must say I am aware that it sounds like the clubs front office is quite under-resourced in terms of staff and budgets so I wont be too critical as I can relate to this scenario. I am sure that the guys/girls in the front office probably work their asses off and go above and beyond what is required of them.

However, yesterday I am sure was about raising the profile of RL in London, opening Quins RL up to a new market and putting more £'s into the club. It looks like this was acheived, however we cannot sit back and wait for them to return as without the clubs help they wont be back. An aspiring club like Quins needs to make it as simple as possible for a fan to get a ticket and I feel yesterday there wasnt enough done to promote this to the fans.

........and I understand that Alison may well be data entering these records this week.....just a shame the club have to rely on people like her and the rest of the volunteers to get things done.
The club do need to sort this out. There are a hard core of people who have given far too much to the club for very little appreciation or credit, yet they keep on coming back. These people are in some cases, the reason we even have a club, yet what they do (and they do not look for this) is totally overlooked.
For example, google data entry jobs and you will see that it's a £7 to £9 an hour job.......but we rely on volunteers

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If Alison and the volunteers don't get something other than a fleece for their efforts this year, I will be disgusted


Mini-Rant over

Double or Quits mate

GF thanks for your support, you are right I am in the office this week for a meeting with the office management and entering the data from the sheets. Hundreds of them. I will then follow the data entry up with phone calls to try and get people interested, I will hit as many as possible before the weekend. The volunteers did a great job yesterday with the data entry and the collections. A number of the volunteers who came along to sell season tickets and push sales were upset at the low profile of the Wigan information and season ticket sales, this upset includes me and I will take this up with the club. I will discuss fans feelings about this.

I don't mind helping the club out and won't be looking for a fleece or anything but I will be expecting them to listento me.

You never know chuck, they may offer you a poster off the wall at the end of the season, if yer lucky



ps great work as ever well done all.

Naff orf, we don't want your type dahn 'ere

never underestimate the power of the fleece



Seriously though, it has taken a lot of nagging to get to this stage and the first "event" would appear at first glance to have been a success....the trick is, to keep it going.
If you have Mobile telephone numbers, I would imagine the best way to connect with these people would be by SMS. I am more than happy to donate my mobile phone BILL to the cause if you want to connect that way.
Happy typing

100's of records eh. I think I'd manage about 1 every 5 minutes

Of course not. The sensible course of action for the Quinze management was to sit there with their feet up having been handed an excellent opportunity to boost the appeal of the club in the capital.

Deary me

The question was genuine, was the fault with Quins, the coach company or Manly? Just who was responsible for the transport arrangements?

Sounds like a coach company blunder to me...