geoffcooke 136 Report post Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) One of the things to come out of the recent fans forums at the Vestacare was a determination to promote youth involvement with the club as, clearly, youngsters are the future followers if Oldham is to flourish. To this end the club are launching 'Roary's Pride' as a junior supporters club centred around our ever popular mascot. There will also be a dedicated 'Lion's Den in the clubhouse. Rugby Oldham Supporters Trust are pleased to announce they will help this initiative by providing a 4 figure sum in sponsorship to fund 'goody bags' of baseball caps, t-shirts etc. for those signing up to the new Junior Supporters Club. Our congatulations to all involved in getting this initiative off the ground. Edited March 11, 2019 by geoffcooke Lost content 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FailsworthYed 263 Report post Posted March 11, 2019 Really good idea. Surely a no brainer 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moorside roughyed 3,038 Report post Posted March 11, 2019 Good idea,kids are the future of everything. It's one of the biggest issues at the club. The fans are getting older and there's no new blood. If this venture can succeed it would be most welcome by us all. Well done to Rugby Oldham for backing this venture. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roughyed34 2,106 Report post Posted March 11, 2019 Excellent news Geoff! Brilliant that the trust are behind this initiative. Really pleased that this junior section has been born from the meetings. Congratulations to all involved and let's hope that the future generations of Oldham fans will embrace this new concept and sign up in droves. Truly great news, as they say in the song "I believe the children are our future", this is a huge step in securing a new generation of Roughyeds. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clifford 999 Report post Posted March 11, 2019 The junior supporters club has been a long time coming, it was suggested at the meeting in 2015 and then in Dec. I remember playing sevens at sheddings for Oldham rlfc junior team, against local terms every Saturday morning. It was run and organised by Joe Collins, I think, I don't like the idea I love it 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitworth Yed 190 Report post Posted March 12, 2019 Hopefully they might consider a draw when we have home games of all members with the chance to be the match mascot. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FailsworthYed 263 Report post Posted March 12, 2019 Hands up all those that were junior roughyeds, got a pink card with my photo in and got in for 50p if I remember rightly 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roughyedspud 2,117 Report post Posted March 13, 2019 Yep hopefully with RO involvement everyone will see sense and RO will eventually become the clubs official supporters trust... Quote OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SINGE 158 Report post Posted March 13, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 4:53 PM, geoffcooke said: One of the things to come out of the recent fans forums at the Vestacare was a determination to promote youth involvement with the club as, clearly, youngsters are the future followers if Oldham is to flourish. To this end the club are launching 'Roary's Pride' as a junior supporters club centred around our ever popular mascot. There will also be a dedicated 'Lion's Den in the clubhouse. Rugby Oldham Supporters Trust are pleased to announce they will help this initiative by providing a 4 figure sum in sponsorship to fund 'goody bags' of baseball caps, t-shirts etc. for those signing up to the new Junior Supporters Club. Our congatulations to all involved in getting this initiative off the ground. Nice branding and logo by the way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Naylor 2,168 Report post Posted March 18, 2019 Rugby Oldham to sponsor 'Roary's Pride' RUGBY Oldham Supporters' Trust has put up a four-figure fee to sponsor 'Roary's Pride', the Roughyeds' new club for under-16s which will be built around their popular lion mascot. Read full article Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WellWisher 99 Report post Posted March 22, 2019 Good luck to all concerned for a great junior supporters club launch day. As has already been said, it's a no-brainer in the endeavour to bring in younger supporters. Well done to the Supporters Trust for the sponsoring it. The goody bag looks great and I hope Roary's Pride will become a roaring success 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheddingswasus 234 Report post Posted April 28, 2019 The grandkids are really looking forward to the first club meeting next Saturday. Lets hope there is a great turnout to maintain the momentum of this great initiative ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moorside roughyed 3,038 Report post Posted April 28, 2019 3 hours ago, sheddingswasus said: The grandkids are really looking forward to the first club meeting next Saturday. Lets hope there is a great turnout to maintain the momentum of this great initiative ! I too hope it's a great turnout. This initiative has been one of the most positive things at the club in recent times. Hope it's a good first meeting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLD YED 178 Report post Posted April 30, 2019 Great idea, hopefully get some young uns to the matches. Good luck its a good idea ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WellWisher 99 Report post Posted May 5, 2019 On 28/04/2019 at 18:13, sheddingswasus said: The grandkids are really looking forward to the first club meeting next Saturday. Lets hope there is a great turnout to maintain the momentum of this great initiative ! How did it go? I hope it was a good turnout and all the kids enjoyed it so they'll be looking forward to the next one and recommending it to their friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheddingswasus 234 Report post Posted May 5, 2019 Oops I got the date wrong. It is in two weeks 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WellWisher 99 Report post Posted May 5, 2019 9 hours ago, sheddingswasus said: Oops I got the date wrong. It is in two weeks Ah, that explains why everyone had been so quiet about it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
