Sorry I won't be able to make it I have just had a KNEE replacement op and still waiting for the clips to be taken out.All the best to everyone concerned

Sorry to hear that Harry. Best Wishes for a speedy recovery.

I'm sure that the main points announced / discussed will be reported on here.

All the Best Harry.

By Steve Hossack
Rugby League
DONCASTER Rugby League Club supporters will get their first opportunity to quiz the new regime in charge at a fans' forum at The Drum in Bentley tonight (6.30pm).
Joint owners Carl Hall and Steve Scholes and new chairman John Scarrow will all be in attendance, as will Ray Green.

"It will be an informal meeting and the idea is just to let the fans know what we doing and what our plans are following our takeover of the club," said Hall.

"The fans always say that they are never informed about anything so this is their chance to come along and listen to what we have to say and also ask any of us questions.

"One of the aims is to see how we can work together in future for the good of the club."

Several weeks after the successful takeover of the club by a business consortium put together by Hall, the New Zealander told The Star: "It's going along nicely. Hopefully we will start hitting things a little bit harder next month.

"I'm currently in negotiations with three or four companies regarding kit for next season.

"The preference is to try and get a supplier who makes the shirt in this country so that we don't let people down when it comes to replica shirts, as happened last season."

Hall said that the club had not yet decided on a design, but that they were looking for a more traditional rugby shirt.

if we are going for a more te raditional kit, i would go retro maybe blue home kit with the yellow V, and vise versa for the away.

Key points from tonights Fans Forum ...

The Club were represented by John Scarrow, Carl Hall and Steve Scholes. Club employees Ray Green (Heritage / Community) and Jackie Green (Administration) were also in attendance.

£250,000 per Season is required to run the Club.
It is intended that this will be made up from;
Sponsors 33%
RFL Grant 33%
Lottery 5%
Events 5%
Challenge Cup 4%
Gate receipts 20%.

The Club will budget for 350 Adults £12 per game and 100 Children £1 per game. Season Tickets will cost £100 for Adults (for 13 games).

Costs to the Club are;
Coach / Players / Doctor / Travel / Food (56%)
Management / Administration (24%)
Technical Support (8%)
Stadium inc Accommodation (12%).

The Company which runs the Rugby Club is owned as follows;
Carl Hall - 51% of shares
Steve Scholes - 49% of shares.

The Club has 10 identified Sponsors;
Centurion
Lazarus
Green Energy
Doncaster Dome
Pipers Car Sales
Furniture Factors
Warpaint
Crozier Jones & Co
Tommy Morton
The Dons Community Foundation.

Pre-Season Friendlies have been arranged as follows;
Featherstone Rovers (Away) - Saturday 26 December 2009
Castleford Tigers (Away) - Friday 22 January 2010
Hull Kingston Rovers - TBC

Regular season home matches will be played on a Sunday wherever possible.

Player recruitment is well under way with 18 players now signed up.

The Club will hold a Race Night at the Conservative Club on Thursday 10 December 2009 (players will be in attendance).

The Club has pledged to have Home and Away Replica Shirts for the 2010 Season available by the end of November 2009.

Further Fans Forums to be arranged - ideally one before the season starts.

The Club has requested to meet with the Supporters Society (Trust) Committee.

The most disappointing thing about this evening was the attendance - excluding the Club representatives and Steve Hossack (press) only 23 other people attended and 7 of those were Supporters Society (Trust) Committee members.

sounds promising, would of come, but I have been really ill

Did they identify the players that have already signed??

i like the idea of the new zealand style kit in Dons blue n yellow . also the dons could play at amuater clubs for some small friendlies then at the Keepmoat for the hull kr game.

That's the first time in years I've seen something that resembles a workeable plan. Attendance would be poor because the distribution of information routes were broken last season and I know it's something Carl is working on alongside everything else.

The Community foundation is key, and I would say from experience those attendance targets are achievable and beatable if the charity works to its potential and I'm convinced it will now.

The Supporters trust could also go a long way to beating target figures if they gave the right style of support.

Well done and Keep building bridges Carl......

Carl was asked about playing a friendly against a local amateur club but he thought it might not be wise to pit the young lads against this type of opposition for the time being.

Martin, please see PM.