Re: How to raise attendances? : Fri May 18, 2012 8:43 pm  

Leon Ashton wrote: This is whats happenening at Hudds tonight http://www.giantsrl.com/matchday/celebr ... e_this_fri I'm going cause a lad in my care is taking part in the haka, Robbie Paul has spent the last few weeks going round schools in Hudds teaching the kids, maybe they'll hit the 3000 mark this week The Hakka one is a good idea and Frank knows how to do the Hakka.

Leon Ashton wrote: This is whats happenening at Hudds tonight http://www.giantsrl.com/matchday/celebr ... e_this_fri I'm going cause a lad in my care is taking part in the haka, Robbie Paul has spent the last few weeks going round schools in Hudds teaching the kids, maybe they'll hit the 3000 mark this week The Hakka one is a good idea and Frank knows how to do the Hakka.

Re: How to raise attendances? : Fri May 18, 2012 9:31 pm  

Massive increase in community work and marketing ( starting with the 1 st 15 grand of your 2013 budget set aside in a seperate bank acc ) , Skircoat stand to be dedicated community family stand filled with freebies , but strictly controlled, find reasons for kids wanting to come via schools

Next seasons junior 6-10 ST to be 10 quid and include 1 free adult ticket to 1 st match of season, all tickets to be on sale by 1 st November, contact other clubs to discuss ways of encouraging as much away support as possible both home and away

Give a fan 100 tickets to invite his street to a game, all sat together in 1 block

Finally look to build links with other Championship Clubs to look at ways of working together to find new and increase existing income streams ( all except Leigh because they are too stupid to see the obvious when it is in front of them )

Fairly simple really, you just have to start thinking like a non fan, rather than a fan

Re: How to raise attendances? : Fri May 18, 2012 9:54 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

I would try to get Damian Ball to help organise a pre- match with two sides from Brooksbank and push it in the school. I would think with relatives and all their pals from school they should muster a few

JFFC as far as I know Damian Ball has been appointed Head Coach at the Old Rishworthians RUFC so would he be in a position to commit to other things ?

Re: How to raise attendances? : Fri May 18, 2012 11:12 pm  

I am a Fax fan, i havent been this season, i went to pretty much all the home games last season. This is mainly down to now having to work Sunday's.

The whole point of Sport is you are playing for something, there is nothing to play for in Rugby League anymore, you cant go anywhere no matter what you do during the season. potential new fans just are not going to pay £10+ every other week to watch a pointless game of Rugby League no matter how entertaining the performances are!

Re: How to raise attendances? : Fri May 18, 2012 11:41 pm  

Its tough especially not being in the league that gets all the publicity = Super League but you have to try.
The target is to get NEW fans not keep targetting existing fans, something I think the club have been guilty of.

I would suggest get into businesses like Huddersfield did when they played at The Shay they had a stand at the Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax) entrance at Trinity Road, give £10 ticket offers away for some games making it appear that people are getting a 'bargain', also try the College, what they got to lose?

Re: How to raise attendances? : Sat May 19, 2012 7:55 am  

Fax4Life wrote:

Its tough especially not being in the league that gets all the publicity = Super League but you have to try.
The target is to get NEW fans not keep targetting existing fans, something I think the club have been guilty of.

I would suggest get into businesses like Huddersfield did when they played at The Shay they had a stand at the Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax) entrance at Trinity Road, give £10 ticket offers away for some games making it appear that people are getting a 'bargain', also try the College, what they got to lose?

Your new fans are currently attending infant and junior schools in Halifax, they dont care or even understand the ' lack of something to play for ' issue , get them down in large numbers no matter how you do it

You have to use psychology when looking at this problem, do people attend singularily, or in small groups? , the answer, small groups, so the target is getting groups of people, as I said give 1 loyal fan 100 tickets to invite his whole street, that way some of those coming will already know each other and are more likely to continue ( providing you make the experiene a pleasurable one, ie their kids enjoy it )

As I said, think like a non fan, not like a fan

Re: How to raise attendances? : Sat May 19, 2012 8:03 am  

I have followed Fax since 1977, probably untill the end of last season only missing a handfull of games. After the debacle of super league lecences last year i have lost the desire to attend. I did not renew my season ticket and have struggled to get the desire to go. I have attended one game so far and i have a family match ticket in my cupboard at home that i won and still that hasnt encouraged me to get up and go. I think the only thing that will really work is sort out the people that are driving everyone away and that is the RFL board. Until that changes i think crowds will get lower not bigger. Don't know when i will be back myself but i do intend to force myself to go eventually

Re: How to raise attendances? : Sat May 19, 2012 8:32 am  

Totally agree ifcnige. I've followed fax for 25 years but I just don't feel the same about the game any more and last years debacle was the straw that broke the camels back. I know a fair few people who did go but since p & r was abolished don't go any more. At the moment there is no point to our league they say and I agree with them. Fans as well as teams need something to aim for - at the minute there is nothing. Yes the league is competitive and enjoyable to watch but that alone is not enough.

Re: How to raise attendances? : Sat May 19, 2012 9:35 am  

Ultimatly you cannot control the competition you are in, last year your application fell down quite simply because you could not provide guaranteed figures for income, there are only 2 ways you can change that, a single major backer or much larger fan base in the competition you are already in, funnily enough, if you get the second, the first will be much more likely to be attracted to the club, would Steve O Connor have considered Widnes if they had been pulling in a 1800/2000 average?

3500/4000 averages in the Championship would guarantee SL entry, it really is that simple, there is no ' logical ' reason that Championship attendances seem to top out at just over 2,000 , if you or your club just accept that ( which seems to be a common trait ) then you have no future outside the lower tier

Re: How to raise attendances? : Sat May 19, 2012 10:17 am  

I don't get this "nothing to play for" garbage. OK - yes - we'd all prefer the P&R option but anyone who was not moved by that 2010 finale is perhaps better off doing something else on Sunday anyway.

The game - the skills - the big hits and well worked tries - the nailbiting frustration that follows Fax everywhere. It's all still there for me. I will NEVER stop watching. But's that's my own personal feeling - everyone's different aren't they?

We are all agreed though - the RFL are slowly killing this great game that exists below the elitist greedy Super (is that the right word?) League. Shame on them.