Stand Up Magazine - Issue 38 - Ulster Rugby Supporters' Club

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Kingspiel

Big Ballot Once again URSC will be offering some terrific prizes for our big Ballot in support of the Jack Kyle Academy Bursary. One book of tickets has been included in your membership pack. If you would like more, please come along to our info point on match days, or you can purchase online at our website shop. If you do not want to buy the tickets you have been sent, we would be glad to receive these back so that we can sell to other would-be buyers. Ticket sales will close on 17th December, so please return stubs and ticket money by this date to ensure you are in the draw. The draw will be on 20th December. For details of prizes, please check the website regularly for updates, as we add to the list through the season. Competition winner Congratulations to Shaun Fleck who won our end of (last) season competition to win a framed, autographed shirt from the Barbarians match at Kingspan last opponents that night and was lucky enough to have his name drawn from all correct entries by Les Kiss at the URSC AGM in June. Travel The first away interpro of the season will be against Connacht on Saturday 23rd December . URSC will organise a coach trip to this fixture if there is sufficient demand to do so. If you are interested in this day trip to the Sports Ground in Galway, watch out for details on our website and Face Book nearer the time and let us know if you are wanting to travel with us to help us gauge demand. For any queries, email travel@ursc.co.uk November. In a competition with one of our highest number of entries yet, Shaun correctly identified Fiji as the Baa-Baas

Membership Numbers URSC membership for the season opened on 28 July and at the time of going to print, was close to 600, with numbers continuing to grow daily. Thanks to all of you who have joined up so far, whether renewing or having joined for the first time. Ulster Rugby Family Fun Day Membership launch coincided with the Ulster Rugby Family Fun Day and as incentive to join early, we had a draw from those who joined up on the first day. Rob Lyttle drew the winners and congratulations go to Wright Holland (who won a tee shirt signed by Andrew Trimble), Terry Whiteside (cap signed by Andrew Trimble), Peter Thompson (cap signed by Chris Henry), Mark Hunter and Michael Gray (both, Ireland sweat bands)

Info Point. Don’t be a stranger now – come along and bring the kids – they’ll love it.

International Tickets Once again this season, URSC has availed of International Tickets for the Autumn Internationals and Six nations. The draw for the Autumn matches will be made in early October from all who joined by 30 September and opted for inclusion in the right-to-buy ballot. Once again, the first name out of the draw for each match will win a pair of FREE tickets for that match. Keep an eye on your inbox after the draw has been made if you are hoping to attend Ireland v South Africa, Fiji and Argentina. Bar Passes This season, URSC has again received 6 bar passes for the Spirit of 99 Bar for each home match at Kingspan. These are available FREE to URSC members on a match by match basis upon application. To apply for use of these, please email your request to info@ursc.co.uk stating the match you wish to receive for and the names of users and number of passes you would like. Please note, passes are to be used one per person and are not available to under-18s. The committee will endeavour to distribute these equitably among those who apply, and availability will not necessarily be on a first-come first served basis. Repeat applications by the same people are welcome, and if no other applications are made for the desired match(es) will be met, but preference may be given to those who have not availed of this benefit of membership before. Abuse of the bar passes will disqualify for future matches.

Match Night The URSC Information Point will again be at Kingspan on match nights. Situated directly opposite the door of the Kukri shop at the rear of the Memorial Stand, the info point can be used to renew your membership, find out about upcoming events, sign up for travel or even to get a selfie and/or an autograph from one of the Ulster players that regularly visit the

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