Ulster Rugby vs Zebre

BIG BALLOT This year’s Big Ballot will close on December 3rd, which means that this week’s match against Zebre will be the last opportunity to hand in ballot stubs and payment at our information point at Kingspan. After that it will still be possible to return tickets by posting to URSC or handing it at Kingspan but to be sure of being in with a chance of winning one of these terrific prizes, please get your returns in as soon as possible. Tickets are still available (£1 each) at the URSC Info Point. The Bursary (currently worth £2,500) is awarded annually to an up-and-coming player in the Ulster Rugby Academy. This year’s Big Ballot will be drawn on or after 7th December 2016 and once again we have some terrific prizes, courtesy of our fantastic and generous donors. The URSC would like to thank our donors and encourages our members to support these businesses whenever possible. Among the Big Ballot prizes this year are: > Use of Heineken Box (up to 12) at Giants match of choice; C/O Heineken > Overnight stay with breakfast at the Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast. Taxi to & from Kingspan & 2 Grandstand tickets for Ulster v Bordeaux Begles; C/O Bank of Ireland > Family Cinema package for 3 months Odyssey Cinemas; C/O Odyssey Cinemas > Darren Cave Ulster Rugby Kitbag; C/O Darren Cave > Darren Cave IRFU Kitbag; C/O Darren Cave > Signed Rory McIlroy Cap > Signed Justin Rose Cap > Signed Andrew Trimble Hanna print; C/O Paul and Maria Hanna of Hanna Fine Art > Horatio Group Gift Voucher; C/O Molly Brown’s Kitchen & Bar (Horatio Group) > Voucher for Ryan’s Bar & Restaurant > Superman T-Shirt signed by Carl Frampton > 12x 1 to 1 sessions and 1 Nutrition and Diet Session; C/O Jennie Hales @ BodyGen > Love Images NI “Last Stand @ Ravenhill” Framed print; C/O Stevie Love/LoveImages NI > Silhouette Boutique voucher; C/O Silhouette Boutique > £50 voucher for Bureau by the Lough; C/O of Bureau by the Lough > 4-Ball round of golf at Galgorm Castle Golf Club; C/O Galgorm Castle Golf Club > Signed Charles Piutau painting by local artist Lyn Steele; C/O Lyn Steele > Ulster Rugby Shirt signed by the 2016-17 squad; C/O Podium 4 Sport

URSC MEMBERSHIP 2016/17

1000 HAVE JOINED URSC THIS SEASON... DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND! URSC Membership for the 2016-17 season is NOW OPEN through the URSC shop by PayPal. To renew or join up for the first time and thus maximise your benefits for the season, go to membership.ursc.co Please note , we have rebuilt the membership form and are using a completely new IT system, which we urge members to register as new records than renewing. Your previous data captured with us has not been shared. For all problems or questions, please contact membership@ursc.co.uk

SUPPORTERS CLUB NEWS

NEW YEAR’S EVE BUS TO LEINSTER

URSC will be running a bus to Leinster for the Saturday New Year’s Eve match at the RDS (kick off 3pm). Cost will be £20 members, £25 for non members and £10 for juniors. Timings of the bus will be publicised later. Match tickets should be purchased direct from Leinster through Ticketmaster.

All those buying discounted tickets through URSC for the recent Barbarians v Fiji match were entered in a draw to win a Barbarians polo shirt signed by Ulster BaaBaas Ruan Pienaar, Tommy Bowe and Dan Tuohy... and the winner was Alan Haire! Congratulations to Alan. BARBARIANS COMPETITION

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