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Old 28-Aug-2009, 21:49
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The price of a peek!!

With all the references to the large crowd at CC (must confess it felt a bit weird to see that many peeps!), it got me thinking as to why there were more at that meet.

I guess that most of it is down to the fact that it is the only bike race meeting that they get there, so naturally the two wheeled Tifosi will be more prevalent (hey, that's a good word..what does it mean?)

However, what can we do to get more spectators at the other circuits?

If you ask me, I think that £12 to watch a club meet is a joke. If Jonathan Palmer (who I think is awesome) were to reduce the cost of entry to £5 per person for just one year, I think that they'd destroy the previous years takings, despite the reduction in cost. If you were bored on a Sunday, you'd definitely take the bike for a ride and shell out a fiver for a good days racing. £12 might make you ride up the bypass for a kebab and back instead!!!

Add to this the fact that you might introduce more sponsors to the sport, or even make it more attractive for sponsors to advertise to the larger crowds, and maybe there's an argument for making gate entry something of a loss leader?

Discuss...or don't.

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Old 28-Aug-2009, 22:06
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Leave it!!!! ...................... good point though
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Old 28-Aug-2009, 22:15
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can't you find smaller pics, Tim ?

That last Magners one made me scroll abot 4 feet across the laptop to read whatever it was that was goin on.

In fact, YOU can buy me a Magners at the next meting for strangling my thread before it even got going! LOL!
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Old 28-Aug-2009, 22:23
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All being well there will be a noisy crowd at Cadwell for the season Finale

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Old 28-Aug-2009, 22:32
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My opinion for what its worth, is exactly like Tims. 500 peeps at a fiver brings in more shillings than 50 peeps at £12.
Also a fiver the organiser gets, is much better than £12 he doesn't.

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Old 28-Aug-2009, 23:01
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Seems to me most racers bring the minimum of helpers ('cept Shep of course) yet the riders are the people any spectators would be interested in.
What about giving 5 or 6 '50% OFF' vouchers to the racers to boost the crowd figures. Maybe sponsors might turn up if they could bring their families to a weekend event rather than the single ticket allocated by new era.

Bigger crowds do give a buzz though. Assen was always ace for that. Coming round those last lefts to the chicane and seeing the Grandstands with a good size audience was quite uplifting. So it was with the Marshals waving their flags with such gusto at the end of the race.

Thats what we need, bigger and better flags!
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Old 28-Aug-2009, 23:31
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can't you find smaller pics, Tim ?

That last Magners one made me scroll abot 4 feet across the laptop to read whatever it was that was goin on.

In fact, YOU can buy me a Magners at the next meting for strangling my thread before it even got going! LOL!

That's the point - he needed a big drink and you could be stirring it up big time!!!

Its not just thrown together you know!!

and get a bigger screen ya tite get!!
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Old 29-Aug-2009, 00:19
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Tsssk, Timmy.

I get the jokes mate...honestly!

I'm just scraping the barrel for a retort. Do I have to post a small pic of a bloke scraping a barrell///how do you spell that anyway?
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