Frank and Henry have already agreed to serve the booze, I suppose they might take their shirts off if you ask nicely, personally I'd rather they kept them on

Harold as I said it depends on what the Barmaid looks like

if she looked like Tessie O Shea , or Hattie Jacques ,it wouldn't make me attend .

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Sorry I now have to withdraw my attendance at the event. I am almost sure I will have chess club on that day

Any message to any fan potential or old has to be got out anyway we can so if we are only moving 200yds then why? same fans same message different venue why should we stick with the 'Little Leigh' mentality aim high you COULD hit the moon aim high and you shoot yourself in the foot.
But then what do I know only I came from one of the towns Leigh RFC NEVER bothered with and thats why a great number of them go to other clubs as Leigh RFC never cared about them so why should they care about Leigh RFC

There are people here that like sports, they live a stones throw away, surely they have to be the people to target first, my parents were just in that generation when Leigh were in the top flght, when Leigh were doing well, when Leigh were attracting decent crowds, that must've been half the reason we used to follow our parents to games, that's all gone now though, we havent done anything, honours wise, notable in my life, at the moment we are 'Little Leigh' and it needs building from the floor up again, the people in charge are here for a few years, if they do it right, their plan might just work, I honestly think it will.

Fred it isnt the idea of getting ' out ' into the ' Regions ' that is the point, its the idea of a fans forum as being the best vehicle to carry the message, by its very nature, it is for ' fans ' rather than non fans

Can't see the point of a fans forum unless there is something specific eg in the smelly stuff as Starbug put it, especially with monthly lisa meetings. Would like a more roadshow element to them at the sports clubs previously listed

I am with Fred on this one, if you are having a fans' forum to preach to the faithful then there is no point moving to anywhere near the LSV, the same people will attend.
If you want to attract new blood then hold it out of Leigh.

I think we could do both. I don't see any harm in doing a travelling fans forum and I'm sure other local clubs would welcome the chance to hold an event like this.

More importantly I think we should consider a 'Centurions Roadshow' which we could take to Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley etc. In my opinion, this would be a lot more light hearted than a traditional Fans Forum and would include players, coach and a couple of Board Members to talk about the club. We could possibly have a quiz or similar and it would simply be a way of engaging with those further afield who perhaps (as Fred Said earlier) have been all but ignored by the Club in previous years.

Again I have to question the value of an event that is only going to attract existing fans, I dont really see how any question and answer,quiz,meet the coach/players/board roadshow will entice anybody that doesn't already attend matches

LISA has held similar events and they have in general been poorly supported even by existing fans

Similarily the fans forums only seem to attract numbers when a crisis is on the horizon

The mind set you need to use when planning events is as a non fan

Mish thats the sort of thing I meant - emphasis on a fun event sponsored by the club rather than all about centurions, just use a section of it to promote Centurions news & events or give away some family tickets or summat.

We can't expect people turn up 'just because' - but as pointed out above, I think we could attract people if we make it a fun event.

Any ideas what we could do that might not cost a fortune?

Here's my suggestion: Sponsor the fair when it's in the area.

Does the fair go to places like Tyldesley and Atherton? I ask with genuine ignorance.