In 2011, we established an "Ask the Raiders" thread... so as to enable questions from the members of The Greenhouse to be put to the club HQ. The thread aims for some good communication between the fans and the club, to clarify any misinformation that is out there, and maybe help fix people's problems or issues as well.
Ben Pollack at the Raiders helps us with these question, but of course, there are no guarantees that he or others at the club will be able to answer every question that we send in.
When we have a reasonable body of questions to send in, we'll do so. The Administrators will decide which questions we forward on to the club... and we won't be sending a lot of questions like... "Why do the Raiders keep selecting "player X", he's hopeless!". We'll be sending the sensible, well thought through questions, where the members of the site have a real desire to find out what's happening and why.
Here's the first instalment, for questions put so far over the off season. Thanks to Ben for his answers!
1. When will tickets go on sale for the trial at Griffith between the Raiders and the Storm? Who will be selling them?
Should be very soon. They were supposed to be set up before Christmas but there's been a hold up by the event organisers. As soon as we have information we'll communicate it to members and supporters. It will be through Pro Ticket.
2. Will there be any internet live video streaming of the trials, as there was last year from the Melbourne trial?
No there won't be. There's various reasons for this which I won't go into, but unfortunately there will be no streaming of either trial. We are in conversation with both ABC and 2CC to do radio calls of the Knights trial in Queanbeyan.
3. Will there be a members day prior to the season kick off?
Yes. The date for this is also being finalised as there is a very hectic schedule leading into the season (Nines, All-Stars, Trial matches). Most likely it will be the Saturday before the first home game. This will be confirmed in the next week.
4. Are the tickets for the Seiffert trial general admission and will there be any access to the grandstand?
All tickets are general admission. There will be a limited amount of seats available in the grandstand, but they will be available on a first come, first serve basis.
5. When will the Auckland Nines squad be announced?
At this stage we will be looking to do it sometime in the next two weeks. Once we confirm it with the NRL we will provide details of when it will be announced.
6. Just wanted to say thank you for all the updates. Haven't had a lot of time recently, but absolutely loving all things the club is doing with regards to the new players and pre season training. The magazine, photos, updates about the top 3 in each category, interviews etc. are all going down a treat. Thanks very much to all involved.
No problem. We're really making a concerted effort to make raiders.com.au a better source of information!
7. Is there an updated membership count for season 2015?
I don't have a specific number. I know we were ahead of where we were at the corresponding time last year. It's around 4000.
