London Irish
All Together at the London Double-Header
By Griff
June 12 2008
First game of the season is, now traditionally, the big beano at Twickenham where the four GP clubs with a loose connection with London play in a Double Header. There are a variety of entertainments laid-on and it's usually a reasonable opener to the season. London Irish play London Wasps (how much more "London" could you get ?) on Saturday 6th September 2008 at 1430.
The problem with Twickenham in general, and the London Double-Header in particular is that core support tends to get spread-out and a bit of the usual matchday atmosphere is lost. In a bid to counter this we attempt to try and get as large a group of London Irish supporters sat together. This has other benefits too; non-season ticket holders can get cheaper tickets (they access the ST holders' 20% discount) and you're more likely to get a seat away from groups of people who will turn up or leave half way through the game while you're trying to watch.
It has fallen to me to collect people's forms and cheques in and batch them together. I've been in contact with the club and got a little more detail about our allocation.
The RFU, bless them, have renumbered the blocks at Twickenham so here's a map:
We are allocated, initially, L3, L7 (this block will also be used for seasonal hospitality seating), L19, L21, L27, L28, L30, L33 M29 and M32. The word is that initial applications will fill the most central blocks - these are in the East stand (not the West as originally stated by the club).
I've simplified the ticketing but effectively:-
The order of the blocks is my assumption of the order they'll be allocated.
| Price | Blocks |
|---|---|
| £20 | L33 |
| £30 | L28, L21, L3, L19, L30, M29 |
| £40 | L27, L7, M32 |
Don't worry, if the club sell all these they'll be allocated more.
Season Ticket Holders
Season Ticket Holders have already been sent their forms (both in electronic and paper-form), they need to fill them in as instructed on the form and then send them with the cheque (payable to London Irish) to me at the address below. Don't forget to fill-in the address and daytime phone number and, most importantly, your customer number.
Non-Season Ticket Holders
Non season-ticket holders can join in the fun by sending a note to the same address with the following details:
- Name
- Address
- Contact Phone
- Ticket price required (£20/£30)
- Number of tickets
Add a cheque to cover the amount - remember to take off the 20% (£30 tickets are £24, £20 tickets are £16).
It would be very useful, if you want the tickets posting to you, for you to include a Stamped Addressed Envelope.
Send forms and cheques to:
- G. Griffiths
- 154, Chilcombe Way,
- Lower Earley,
- Reading
- RG6 3DD
According to the club the drummers will be situated in M29, if you are a drummer can you mark "DRUMMER" on your form (I know all the drummers, please don't mark it unless you are one so we get the seating plan right). If you'd like to sit with the drummers please mark your forms "Sit WITH drums". Some people really don't want to sit with the drums, these people should mark their forms/notes "Sit AWAY from drums". I cannot guarantee that if you do this you won't get a seat in M29 but I will make every effort to do so.
I will batch these together, add all the non-ST holders onto my form and send it into Sunbury. Once we've got the allocation I'll split the tickets up and send them out. With a bit of luck we'll have a huge group or a couple of huge groups of green-clad supporters singing and shouting their support.
I think we should probably get a move-on with this so I'm putting a cut-off date of Thursday 10th July 2008 on it by which I need to have your form. Get posting!
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:06:16:14:52:16 by Carlovian.
I'm just passing payment onto the club and, as the form doesn't mention them my guess is that they're not allowed. Sorry.
Many thanks, my form and that of my sibling are winging their way to you as we speak (sorry about the scribbling out, people keep changing their minds!!)
Austin
ps Do you need SAE?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:06:16:19:22:41 by Austin1.
Quote:...Add a cheque to cover the amount - remember to take off the 20% (£30 tickets are £24, £20 tickets are £16).
Austin - if you want to put one in that'd be very useful. I'll add that to the article, thanks.
Don't worry if you've already sent yours without a SAE I'll cover it
Fantastic idea and long overdue!!
Do you want me to put TRUMPETER on the form or are you happy with just DRUMMER?!!!
Thanks mate,
Simon
Any cheques sent will get a partial rebate. So no need to send a new one in.
For those who doubt me!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:06:19:16:52:47 by DrV'sHairyCraic.
Will drop them off if you are at Touch tomorrow??
According to the initial post where he states ...
"I think we should probably get a move-on with this so I'm putting a cut-off date of Wednesday 10th July 2008 on it by which I need to have your form."
there obviously a week left for you to get the forms to him.
I've come back to a fair crop of new forms - I'll start pulling them all together this week. Deadline is Thursday - if you're planning to join-in get 'em to me NOW. If you think it might not get to me by Wed drop me a line electronically and I'll do my best to get to in.
We've very few non-ST holders so if you're considering buying a ticket and want to join the throng give me a shout.
MaggieH - I'll actually be at touch this week so bring 'em along.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:07:07:12:04:24 by Griff.
AMS & I are coming, but haven't yet got her STH form.
Will we still be able to join in with the LI throng or will we be too late? We need to be in the lower tier because there's a Munchkin involved.
See you Wednesday,,
Cheers
Foggy
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
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Our tickets have been allocated but, because of the problems some people have had with the post we've decided not to post so many to me. I'm collecting them on Friday (22nd) after which I will spilt them up and start posting them out. You should have your tickets by, say, Wednseday next week. I'll update you again once I've posted them out.
Will you be at the Three Guineas over the weekend? I heard rumours of a Fairies get-together for a drink or two...
If yes, could we collect 'em in person and save you the postage and us the worry?
Cheers
Quote:AMS
Griff, thanks for that.
Will you be at the Three Guineas over the weekend? I heard rumours of a Fairies get-together for a drink or two...
If yes, could we collect 'em in person and save you the postage and us the worry?
Cheers
Griff-
I could collect at Touch next week if you're playing...
Cheers
Foggy
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
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