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Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: DOK
Date: October 28, 2019, 2:24 pm
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I know winning it is a forlorn hope, but can anyone remember
when the club opens the ticket ballot for the six nations?
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Monte
Date: October 30, 2019, 3:08 am
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Normally December
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Jus-Quin-Time
Date: October 30, 2019, 5:13 am
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DOK you are quite correct describing it as a forlorn hope.
I would also describe it as an opaque and secretive. There is
no transparency to the process: how many applicants are in the
ballot; how many tickets are available; how is the ballot
conducted - who does it, who witnesses it for fairness; why are
the full results of the allocation never published; does the
full ticket allocation go into the ballot (are tickets hived off
and allocated outside of the ballot).
I am sure the whole thing is conducted in a full and proper way.
However the 'ballot' is mentioned as a benefit of being a
member in the season ticket pamphlet. As a benefit, that has
been promoted by the club and paid for in the increased
subscription, I expect a much higher standard of disclosure.
I have 4 x Season Tickets and have applied to the ballot every
year since 2007. I have never been successful.
I can be confident that this year will be no different ....
however I will give it a go.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: October 30, 2019, 5:32 am
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A while back when Jon Salinger was still the Customer Manager,
he told us that the club gets about 200 tickets for each game.
Assuming that some will be allocated to the club staff, the
remainder will then go into the ballot. Assuming maybe half the
Members apply for tickets, a reasonable guess would be that
there's 150-180 tickets to go between 5,000 members. Add in that
each winner in the ballot can claim 2 tickets, then you can see
why the odds of actually getting any tickets is low.
As for why they don't publish the results of the ballot, they
can't as it would be a breach of Data regulations, revealing
members names to others.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: DOK
Date: October 30, 2019, 6:04 am
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For £30, become a member of England's First XV (used to be
England Rugby Supporters Club) I've had a number of
international tickets through them.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: October 30, 2019, 6:17 am
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> For £30, become a member of England's First XV (used to be
England Rugby Supporters Club) I've had a number of
international tickets through them.
>
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I definitely recommend this as an alternative/secondary route.
I've been a member of it for a few years & it was through that I
was able to get my 2015 RWC tickets, as well as most of my
England game tickets. I've only managed to get England tickets
through the Quins ballot twice over the last 12 years.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: harlequins
Date: October 30, 2019, 6:58 am
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--- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
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> As for why they don't publish the results of the ballot, they
can't as it would be a breach of Data regulations, revealing
members names to others.
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I do not think we need names but how many did the club get, how
many tickets went into the ballot and how many names were in the
ballot. This could greatly help members understand the chance of
getting a ticket is very low - or the club puts very few tickets
into the ballot anyway.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Admin
Date: October 30, 2019, 12:00 pm
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This is how the RFU carves up their tickets
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So assume half a stadium is 40,000 tickets.
Even just 100 clubs, schools and colleges means each will get
400, and I bet it's more than that. Of course not every club can
offload their full allocation.
Cookie was saying
HTML https://comeallwithin.createaforum.com/general-discussion/local-rugby-offering-3-pre-game-pints/<br
/>his rugby club does well for international ticket
applications,
might be worth a punt.
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Chipstead Quin
Date: October 30, 2019, 12:43 pm
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No idea how many tickets a Prem Club gets , but I know that for
2020 6N a typical Surrey 1 Club gets about 40 tickets per home
game , plus 4 per away game .
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Re: Harlequins 6N Ballot
DIR By: Monte
Date: October 30, 2019, 5:10 pm
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--- Quote from: Chipstead Quin link ---
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> No idea how many tickets a Prem Club gets , but I know that
for 2020 6N a typical Surrey 1 Club gets about 40 tickets per
home game , plus 4 per away game .
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Yes many of the best tickets go to sponsors these days. Have
had tickets from Dorking. Also had two from Quins for Calcutta
Cup about 10 years ago!
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