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30,000 Hawks and Counting; Memberships going sky high!
Topic Started: Dec 23 2008, 03:13 AM (123 Views)
galahs	Dec 23 2008, 03:13 AM Post #1
Four of a Kind Posts: 36,457 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: 27 September 2005	Hawthorn has busted the 30,000 members barrier before Christmas for the first time. The Hawks claims they are the first Victorian AFL club to do so. Hawthorn has signed up 30,087 members already, an increase of 57 per cent on the same time last year. The Hawks say 22 per cent of those people are new members as the club enjoys a new-found popularity after winning its first flag in 20 years. The club is now eyeing last season's record membership of 41,686. "The team has shown over the last few seasons that there are exciting times ahead for the club and it is encouraging that so many supporters have backed the club as financial members," president Jeff Kennett said. He said the Hawks were committed to becoming the first Victorian club to have a membership base of over 50,000. Mr Kennett said the club is still on the rise in Tasmania. "Tasmanians continue to get behind the club with 3,753 members already signed up for the 2009 season, of which 29 per cent are new members to the Hawks," he said.



Waratah.	Dec 23 2008, 01:01 PM Post #2
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	meanwhile there players still think they can do what they want and the afl turns a blind eye...............................



jihg	Dec 23 2008, 02:14 PM Post #3
____________________ Posts: 10,106 Group: Full Member Member #146 Joined: 4 February 2006	What do you mean?



Waratah.	Dec 23 2008, 11:30 PM Post #4
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	look buddy you know as well as i, if you keep asking me these nonsical questions i might come to your house and start jumping on your cars. my point was with whats known about west coast and whats known about hawthorn why has only 1 been shown the naughty stick?



jihg	Dec 24 2008, 02:08 AM Post #5
____________________ Posts: 10,106 Group: Full Member Member #146 Joined: 4 February 2006	Why should the AFL intervene in the Renouf issue? The AFL didn't intervene in the Johncock carry on. They finally acted after many many incidents involving Eagles players and most of time the same players and it now is history that they caused a player to be sacked who was not charged or found guilty of anything.



Waratah.	Dec 24 2008, 02:48 AM Post #6
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	jihg Dec 24 2008, 02:08 AM Why should the AFL intervene in the Renouf issue? The AFL didn't intervene in the Johncock carry on. They finally acted after many many incidents involving Eagles players and most of time the same players and it now is history that they caused a player to be sacked who was not charged or found guilty of anything. what if it was a long line of substance abuse related behavior???



jihg	Dec 24 2008, 03:25 AM Post #7
____________________ Posts: 10,106 Group: Full Member Member #146 Joined: 4 February 2006	Axel Foley Dec 24 2008, 02:48 AM jihg Dec 24 2008, 02:08 AM Why should the AFL intervene in the Renouf issue? The AFL didn't intervene in the Johncock carry on. They finally acted after many many incidents involving Eagles players and most of time the same players and it now is history that they caused a player to be sacked who was not charged or found guilty of anything. what if it was a long line of substance abuse related behavior??? The only way to prove that is a player has to test positive three times and that allegedly hasn't occurred yet.



Waratah.	Dec 24 2008, 05:59 AM Post #8
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	how many positive tests have west coast had and in particular ben cousins?



jihg	Dec 24 2008, 04:01 PM Post #9
____________________ Posts: 10,106 Group: Full Member Member #146 Joined: 4 February 2006	Cousins allegedly has never tested positive. Gardiner tested positive twice both while he was at the Eagles other than that we don't know.



Waratah.	Dec 24 2008, 11:04 PM Post #10
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	jihg Dec 24 2008, 04:01 PM Cousins allegedly has never tested positive. Gardiner tested positive twice both while he was at the Eagles other than that we don't know. to be fair gardiner got in a touch of trouble pranging cars drunk, kerr thought he was jean claude van damme, however if i recall correctly some other clubs have a similar if not worse record if we take out the issue of drug tests which dont exist until 3 positive tests. Edited by Waratah., Dec 24 2008, 11:04 PM.



Dynamic	Dec 26 2008, 08:55 PM Post #11
That time of the month, eh? Posts: 4,378 Group: Global Moderator Member #45 Joined: 17 October 2005	galahs Dec 23 2008, 03:13 AM Hawthorn has busted the 30,000 members barrier before Christmas for the first time. The Hawks claims they are the first Victorian AFL club to do so. Hawthorn has signed up 30,087 members already, an increase of 57 per cent on the same time last year. The Hawks say 22 per cent of those people are new members as the club enjoys a new-found popularity after winning its first flag in 20 years. The club is now eyeing last season's record membership of 41,686. "The team has shown over the last few seasons that there are exciting times ahead for the club and it is encouraging that so many supporters have backed the club as financial members," president Jeff Kennett said. He said the Hawks were committed to becoming the first Victorian club to have a membership base of over 50,000. Mr Kennett said the club is still on the rise in Tasmania. "Tasmanians continue to get behind the club with 3,753 members already signed up for the 2009 season, of which 29 per cent are new members to the Hawks," he said. Can't help but wonder how many 4-legged Members have signed, in the "true" Hawthorn tradition. (cue Gibbke!)



Gibbke	Dec 26 2008, 09:21 PM Post #12
Straight Posts: 4,413 Group: Full Member Member #162 Joined: 18 February 2006	[/quote]Can't help but wonder how many 4-legged Members have signed, in the "true" Hawthorn tradition. (cue Gibbke!)[/quote] My outdoor pond saw two of the fish give birth, which has increased the number from 14 to around 60 (they move too fast to count properly)...this might account for 50-odd of the Hawks increased tally this year, and I love the big pile of gift shop vouchers and lanyards I've suddenly got by being such a willing participant of the "Member-Get-Member" scheme, but I reckon a fair few of those other 30 000 members would be actual people... Edited by Gibbke, Dec 26 2008, 09:23 PM.



LionKing	Jan 5 2009, 11:07 AM Post #13
Full House Posts: 10,482 Group: Full Member Member #366 Joined: 28 June 2006	30,000 members?. Hawthorn are affiliated with tasmania so would this be a head count or body count?



Gibbke	Jan 5 2009, 12:14 PM Post #14
Straight Posts: 4,413 Group: Full Member Member #162 Joined: 18 February 2006	It's a penis count, hence the word "member"...but yeah, in NSW this is often confused with a head count...



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