rossie wrote: i see that the price of tickets for the interpros has risen by 5 euro for upcoming season. while it makes the season ticket better value(if in a position to attend) it could have a negative effect on overall attendances for these fixtures. Imo it was unneccessary and may yet prove to be unwise.

They are also going to charge under 12s 5 euro for interpros and 10 for hec which is rediculous. These are the fans of the future.

They charged under 12s for the HEC last year. I have U12s I'll be bringing to a few matches and I've no problems with this. 3 hours in the Sportsground still costs less than the same time in a playbarn

i see that the price of tickets for the interpros has risen by 5 euro for upcoming season. while it makes the season ticket better value(if in a position to attend) it could have a negative effect on overall attendances for these fixtures. Imo it was unneccessary and may yet prove to be unwise.

They are also going to charge under 12s 5 euro for interpros and 10 for hec which is rediculous. These are the fans of the future.

Cheers, I'll give the branch a shout. Would not be cool to miss out on terrace second time around!!

micktreacy wrote: Hi all, just a quick question for any former STH's. I recently purchased one of the re-released Clan Terrace tickets, have to say I was delighted to get the chance as I was a bit strapped before they first "sold out". Anyho the question is can anyone tell me if the payment is taken immediately by ticketmaster or is it taken by the branch at the time of issue? The reason I ask is that I completed the transaction and recieved a confirmation email telling me it was successful but the payment has yet to be taken from my card!

Also how does the membership of this wonderful site continue on as part of the ST is there a link or a code perhaps?

Cheers guys and here's to the best season yet

I know that the money was taken straight from my account, when I ordered the ticket, but I rang the office to pay for mine, rather than do it through Ticketmaster.

Hi all, just a quick question for any former STH's. I recently purchased one of the re-released Clan Terrace tickets, have to say I was delighted to get the chance as I was a bit strapped before they first "sold out". Anyho the question is can anyone tell me if the payment is taken immediately by ticketmaster or is it taken by the branch at the time of issue? The reason I ask is that I completed the transaction and recieved a confirmation email telling me it was successful but the payment has yet to be taken from my card!

Also how does the membership of this wonderful site continue on as part of the ST is there a link or a code perhaps?

Cheers guys and here's to the best season yet

Fantastic stuff, just after seeing this on the Connacht website, a great drive which I hope turnes out to be a successful one.

Last night Johnny O’Connor, John Muldoon, Gavin Duffy, Brett Wilkinson, Mike McCarthy, Michael Swift, Frank Murphy and Adrian Flavin, along with members of the Connacht Clan, picked up the phones to speak with some of last years’ season ticket holders.

The players, staff and clan members were calling to offer their thanks to fans for their support last year and inviting them to avail of the remaining tickets in the Clan Stand and Main Stand.

The initiative proved extremely popular with fans taking the opportunity to gain a bit of insight into pre-season training and have a chat with senior squad members. Over 500 supporters were contacted with many renewing their tickets on the evening, whilst those that weren’t in a position to do so pledged their on-going support from further afield. Speaking about the Phonathon Head of Marketing Alex Saul said:

“We wanted to reconnect with those supporters who had yet to renew their season tickets. It was a really insightful evening for everyone and the players really enjoyed the experience of chatting with the fans. We had one or two surprised people who weren’t sure if it was a prank! The main thing is that everyone had fun and there wasn’t one person who didn’t appreciate the call even if they weren’t in a position to renew. Everyone at the club appreciates how important our supporters are to us and we want to retain and recruit the best of fans, the same as we do with players.”

With the weight of the Connacht Rugby Supporters Club behind them the players made short work contacting the supporters and, with some very reasonable packages still on offer, the 2012/13 season tickets proved very popular, so popular in fact that certain sections of the ground have already sold out.

John Muldoon had a particularly successful evening, he added:

“It was great to speak with supporters and get their view. A lot of them didn’t realise that we had some extra Clan Terrace tickets for sale so they were delighted to hear that. It’s easy for us to promote the season tickets, because as players we certainly appreciate the difference a packed home stadium can make on the pitch. I managed to ring a few buddies too and they were all keen to sign up. Last year the crowds were exceptional and this year’s season ticket sales are higher again so that’s really exciting for the players to know our fan base is growing.”

Gavin Duffy paid particular attention to the support of the Clan members on the evening:

“Tonight was important for the club and it’s great that we have members of the Clan taking the time out of their schedules to help us with the drive. We’re very lucky in that regard. Pre-season is going really well and the whole squad is looking forward to getting stuck into the first game of the campaign.”

Supporters are urged to purchase their tickets early to avoid disappointment. Connacht Rugby season tickets can be bought from www.connachtrugby.ie or by calling the ticket hotline on 091 561568

Season ticket sales in general are high, and from what I heard before the Clan had been sold out so Rogue might be on the money about it being a sponsorship that fell through or something like that.

Either way Connacht are doing another phone drive to get the sales up further. Nice to see the pro-active attitude to this.

swift4prez wrote:

The terrace, which has been a huge hit with Connacht supporters, was one of the first areas of the Sportsground to sell out and this great opportunity has presented itself with the finalisation of tournament partners ticketing needs.

This may be their way to cover their tracks to boost the main stand sales, but we could take them at their word and they just over allocated how many tickets were needed by the HEC and/or RaboDirect folks or the bad news is some sponsor deals fell through.

I would suspect if the Season tickets haven't been sent out that if you are a Main Stand dweller and would prefer to be in the Clan Terrace, calling the Branch and asking to switch would be amenable to them......

swift they got a reply "you can call the office on 091-561568 for more information about clan terrace tickets"

i think your right there funk it about holding them back to sell the main stand.

i dont think thats fair to the people weeks ago who wanted to buy clan ticket but then bought main stand after being told wrong information. plenty of people on the facebook page asking can they swap over now. there not getting any reply.

my guess would be they would keep back 200 or so, sell some on the main stand and now they are trying to pull in other people who were 50/50 about getting one.

we have a small support base. dont mess around with the ones we have. could come back to bite us.

The IMF wrote: So is this bad news in terms of overall season ticket sales? Would this 'release' be returned tickets?

Is there any way that it might not be returned tickets as such, but tickets they were hoping to get renewed?

If they were holding back a bunch of Clan tickets to get the rest going then fair play to them as well

So is this bad news in terms of overall season ticket sales? Would this 'release' be returned tickets?

It ensures the best view of the only seats in the house!

swift4prez wrote:

Connacht open their 2012/13 season with a home game against the Cardiff Blues and this is a rare opportunity to buy a season ticket in one of the most coveted areas of the ground, ensuring the best seats in the house for all 11 of Connacht’s RaboDirect PRO12 games and every home pool game in the Heineken Cup and the British & Irish Cup.

Strange choice of words for a piece about a terrace!