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

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As August draws to a damp close and September begins, we enter another season of Pro 12 14 Rugby. Some are full of hope, some are still lamenting lost heroes. Some are unhappy with the summer signings, some aren’t. Some love the new away shirt but aren’t that keen on the home effort. How do we know this? Well from the USRC Facebook group of course!

URSC Facebook Group

Stand Up comes out every 3-4 months. A lot can happen between issues but you don’t need to miss anything if you follow the URSC on social media. The 10,000 Facebook Group posts across the close season underline this! We currently have a vibrant and popular group with about 6,600 members. This is growing all the time. 5 out of 6 members are active in the group.

The group attracts posts all week, but during close season we’ve seen Friday evenings from 8pm the most popular posting times (Ravenhill withdrawal symptoms or post-work ale, I’ll let you decide)!

As you can tell, Facebook have just introduced a statistical tracking option for Group Admins. We do love a good statistic here in URSC HQ so we thought we’d share with you. We can also track the most prolific posters in any given period. We might just start having a “Poster of the Month” award. You never know. If you are already a member of the group then please keep visiting us. If you aren’t yet a member it couldn’t be easier to join. Just log into Facebook, search for Ulster Rugby Supporters Club, and click apply to join. If we like the look of you one, of the Admins will approve your application next time they log in. (In case you are interested, the Admins are all members of the URSC Committee). The group is open for anyone to ask to join, but there is always a lot of posting about URSC-member specifics, such as away travel, member offers and any upcoming events. We are a generally friendly bunch, and there is some decent banter. All we ask is you read the pinned conduct post when you join so that we all can participate in a friendly, constructive manner. If you need anything from the URSC, the fastest way to get a response is to generally post something on the Facebook group. If all else fails then send a Facebook personal message to one of the team:- Lynn Wilson, Yvonne Bell, Colin Wild, Niki Wild, Stephen Johnston or myself, Stew McDowall. We don’t bite and will usually respond pretty quickly. Just don’t try to ask Jonathan Bill or Ken Arthur, who are a pair of Luddites and don’t know what Facebook is. Someone asked them about a Face Book a couple of weeks ago and they were last seen down at the public library trying to borrow it. Look forward to seeing you in the group!

Members are from the usual hotspots around Belfast, but the 12 members in Fiji stand out (and Stand Up)!

There’s a 3 to 1 ratio of male vs female in the posts we get, with the posters being generally 20-50 years of age.

#SUFTUM

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