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Post by bicesterox on Feb 17, 2015 14:46:19 GMT
I'd be interested to know, off the record, if LW regret moving into Oxfordshire and away from their home turf. I can't recall but chappers might be able to confirm, if a reasonable amount of Welsh's fans continue to support the 'stiffs' and the youth system and sides at Old Deer Park. The problem is, relegation or not, they can't keep moving from one home to another. As a result, I think they will be here next season in the Championship. They have done some great work in the community with schools and rugby clubs mind. My 12 year old is on a 2 day coachclass with them at the moment He is enjoying it and learning so I'll agree with that
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 19:19:23 GMT
I can't recall but chappers might be able to confirm, if a reasonable amount of Welsh's fans continue to support the 'stiffs' and the youth system and sides at Old Deer Park. The problem is, relegation or not, they can't keep moving from one home to another. As a result, I think they will be here next season in the Championship. They have done some great work in the community with schools and rugby clubs mind. My 12 year old is on a 2 day coachclass with them at the moment He is enjoying it and learning so I'll agree with that Does the cock crow three times before they start each session? ;-)
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Post by chappers on Feb 18, 2015 0:28:11 GMT
I'd be interested to know, off the record, if LW regret moving into Oxfordshire and away from their home turf. I can't recall but chappers might be able to confirm, if a reasonable amount of Welsh's fans continue to support the 'stiffs' and the youth system and sides at Old Deer Park. The problem is, relegation or not, they can't keep moving from one home to another. As a result, I think they will be here next season in the Championship. They have done some great work in the community with schools and rugby clubs mind. The amateurs have a fairly decent support, and there is a thriving junior/youth set-up at ODP, but you have to realise that it is amateur sport so match attendances are fairly low, the amateur club as a whole is well supported though with a few hundred playing members and a couple of hundred social members, which of course include a few who refused to make the move to Oxford to follow the 1st XV. I don't think there's any regret with regards to the move, crowd numbers are greatly improved on the old attendances at ODP, but of course playing at a higher level, incurs a much larger outlay. the ambition of the club and it's owners is to play at the highest level possible and I'm not hearing that there is any change of heart, with regards to that, in fact quite the opposite. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes with regards to marketing and a clear strategy is in place, but obviously results on the pitch aren't helping that. We are contracted to stay at the Kassam, and there won't be any rent reduction as far as I know. A deal was struck that was somewhere below our first years rent but above what we paid in the championship, to be maintained for the whole of the 3 year deal, regardless of division. I don't think anyone wants to give up on the work done in the community and in fact the club are in the process of recruiting a 3rd community officer. The community guys are in the local schools virtually every day of the week as well as carrying out coaching and offering the coaches of the local clubs training opportunities, along with school holiday rugby camps. As to how long it may continue is another matter, the fate of most rugby clubs , even the pro sides , usually rests in the hands of one or two individuals within those clubs and their own whims and foibles, and all but a small few rely on the input from these benefactors.
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Post by Si Bradbury on Feb 18, 2015 9:03:22 GMT
Remind me chappers of who Kelvin Byron is again? I saw him in a photo on your website at a recent match. I think the amount of work LW have done in the community is deserving of huge praise. It doesn't impact greatly on football and pinching kids (unless they turn them into big rugger fans) with the coaching but they've done so much in such a short space of time. I hope our newly created Community Director can emulate some of that work which you've done in less than 3 years.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Feb 18, 2015 14:08:28 GMT
LW have done good work in the community. I won't doubt it. In reality, the on pitch stuff is a money pit that has largely been a dud. It's not like the top table is awash with money.
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Post by chappers on Feb 19, 2015 0:37:23 GMT
Kelvin is LW's owner and main benefactor, probably to the tune of close to £2m again this year, and has been for the last 20 years.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Feb 19, 2015 13:56:44 GMT
The whole LW sucktitude is now on the BBC website. Interesting comments about going to amateur or going for the top.
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Post by seanreck12 on Feb 19, 2015 13:58:11 GMT
'And so chairman Bleddyn Phillips says the club - who play home matches at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium - now face a huge decision about the way forward. "Do we play at Old Deer Park as a social club that finds its own level, maybe at semi-pro or amateur standard, or are we a club with aspirations to play in the top tier of English rugby?" said Phillips, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live.'
Interesting, taken from BBC report today.
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Post by chappers on Feb 19, 2015 18:53:59 GMT
'And so chairman Bleddyn Phillips says the club - who play home matches at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium - now face a huge decision about the way forward. "Do we play at Old Deer Park as a social club that finds its own level, maybe at semi-pro or amateur standard, or are we a club with aspirations to play in the top tier of English rugby?" said Phillips, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live.' Interesting, taken from BBC report today. I'd be interested to know the context of those comments, because I spoke with Bleddyn on Sunday and he was very much saying that top flight rugby was the club's aim
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Post by seanreck12 on Feb 19, 2015 19:15:45 GMT
'And so chairman Bleddyn Phillips says the club - who play home matches at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium - now face a huge decision about the way forward. "Do we play at Old Deer Park as a social club that finds its own level, maybe at semi-pro or amateur standard, or are we a club with aspirations to play in the top tier of English rugby?" said Phillips, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live.' Interesting, taken from BBC report today. I'd be interested to know the context of those comments, because I spoke with Bleddyn on Sunday and he was very much saying that top flight rugby was the club's aim I thought it was odd as all that I've heard in the news that is the aim of being as high as possible. The article mainly talks about this season and those comments were from 5live. He is probably talking about going semi pro are amateur to reiterate the gap in what the Premiership pays clubs. I don't know about rugby does it go how much you get compared to where you finish in the season.
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Post by chappers on Feb 20, 2015 18:24:46 GMT
No there is no prize money, the central funding works on a share system, which was initially set up to help fund the teams that first set up the premiership, so they could adjust to the professional game.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Feb 21, 2015 21:50:45 GMT
Lost badly again today. 25 in a row
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Post by arkn1ght on Feb 25, 2015 17:05:28 GMT
Lost badly again today. 25 in a row That should tell LW something... they are a joke! One point all season?! ... and they are lucky to get that! It is only a BONUS point! I think they should go back from whence they came, and stay there! They are the laughing stock and whipping boys of the Rugby Aviva Premier League. MINUS 507 points ?!! That's embarrassing!!! THREE more matches should see them safely relegated - joy!
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Post by bicesterox on Feb 28, 2015 19:40:01 GMT
I thought they had their best chance of a win today.............luckily the Irish gave them their usual stuffing 12-50☺️☺️
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Post by bazzer9461 on Feb 28, 2015 21:24:46 GMT
Surely they must be really embarrassed.
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Post by nottsyellow on Mar 2, 2015 18:13:47 GMT
London Welsh v London Irish played in Oxford - Is that considered a local derby? Only 2,200 turned up!
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Post by MJB on Mar 2, 2015 18:40:17 GMT
London Welsh v London Irish played in Oxford - Is that considered a local derby? Only 2,200 turned up! When are Wales playing Ireland in the 6 Nations? We could offer to play that game at the Kassam as another local classic for the people of Oxfordshire.
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Post by auntsally on Mar 2, 2015 19:08:47 GMT
London Welsh v London Irish played in Oxford - Is that considered a local derby? Only 2,200 turned up! I think you'll find it was 3,500.
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Post by arkn1ght on Mar 2, 2015 21:27:31 GMT
The LW season just gets better every week!
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Post by Gary Baldi on Mar 7, 2015 17:34:14 GMT
Something for LW after their loss today
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Post by ox18 on Mar 7, 2015 19:02:34 GMT
London Welsh will be relegated from the Aviva Premiership on Sunday if Newcastle beat Leicester at Kingston Park. Should Newcastle lose all six of their remaining fixtures, London Welsh would need to win all five of their own and earn a bonus point in at least three of them, in order to avoid the drop.
Very Nice
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Post by MJB on Mar 7, 2015 19:32:47 GMT
Such a good thing to have a Premiership rugby side in the county, competing at the highest level.
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Post by grumpygit on Mar 7, 2015 20:10:48 GMT
Loving it. Now pack up and return to London, Wales or anywhere else.
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Post by Colin B on Mar 7, 2015 21:30:42 GMT
Loving it. Now pack up and return to London, Wales or anywhere else. ........and this time don't come back.
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Post by Lone Gunman on Mar 7, 2015 21:32:00 GMT
Loving it. Now pack up and return to London, Wales or anywhere else. We wish. I just don't think its going to be that easy. They'll come back up next year because they have too much money to stay in the league below, but not enough to stay in the prem. The funny thing is that I believe I would be right in saying that LW would probably have stayed up (and maybe established themselves) the first time around, but they cheated and the resulting deduction sent them down. What's that my Granddad used to say, 'taffy's a liar taffy's a thief...'
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Post by bicesterox on Mar 7, 2015 21:44:26 GMT
Was a bit concerned when they were winning early on, but thankfully normal service was soon resumed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 0:29:26 GMT
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Post by MJB on Mar 8, 2015 9:06:02 GMT
Interesting that lots of the comments talk about moving back to ODP in London and moving to Oxford not having worked.
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Post by sideshowrob on Mar 8, 2015 18:41:49 GMT
ODP = Oh dear, park.
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Post by Colin B on Mar 8, 2015 19:40:16 GMT
ODP = Depart Oxford Please The dyslexic version (with apologies to oufcyellows) ;-))
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