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According to fox sports the members tally for the new season are as follows:
Queensland Reds 26,140
NSW Waratahs 11,900
ACT Brumbies 8,500
Western Force 5,700
Melbourne Rebels 5,000
Quite bit down for every side....
Oh dear :-((( I guess we're not doing toooo badly on a per capita basis, but it's still very low :-((
Very disappointing. But maybe once we start winning a few more some of those fair weather supporters will appear.
May the FORCE be with you!
People love sides that win unfortunately and we don't do enough of it.
Still 3 weeks till the season starts so hopefully we will get to the 10,000 mark at least and hopefully the other Aussie sides will see a pre-season spike in that time as well.
Get the news out there to anyone and everyone! We have some very cute eligible gorgeous (for those who appreciate that sort of thing !,!) young men in our team! I can think of lots of worst ways to spend a couple hours than watching a game of rugby!
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....Shallow you say? No worse than "cheerleaders!".
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Any update on the number of Western Force members for 2014?
In 2011, there were about 14,000 season ticket holders and in 2012, a similar number, although the revenue from memberships was down in 2012 because of things like Tri-Force etc. The Rugby WA report for 2013 hasn't been published as yet, so there's no official report on the number of members in 2013, but I sort of recollect seeing a number around 12,500 - does that ring a bell with anyone?
Memberships made up about 17% of Rugby WA revenue in 2011 ($2.96 million out of a total of $17.7 million) and about 15% in 2012 ($2.58 million out of a total of $17.5 million) - if I have read the annual reports correctly.
So while memberships make up less than 20% of Rugby WA's annual revenue, a halving of member numbers (and/or season tickets) in 2014 would hurt the bottom line, when coupled with the loss of the major name-brand sponsor.
Time for a whip-around?
I concur that a whip needs to be taken around.
A cat o' nine tails.
I can conform the figures in the first post are accurate for the Force.
They (HQ) expect (as in past years) a fair few members to renew in next three weeks leading up to first home game and as mentioned the Tri Members etc some don't join until the first game they attend which may not be until Round 5.
If we get over 10,000 I would be surprised.
I would like to find out how Inaugural Members still remain. I'm guessing around the 3,500.
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When I was organising my seats I asked about membership numbers. Was told that we are running slightly ahead of 2013 numbers and that they were looking at approx 10,700 instead of 10,500 for last year. I don't know if this is full membership rather than Tri-Force or even whether the info is accurate. Passed on for what it's worth.
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