RfE wrote:

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:

I Schools have proved a particularly tough nut to crack as teachers don't want to work weekends acting as responsible adults.

Especially not after they've already worked anything up to a 60-65 hour week teaching kids, marking work, lesson planning, doing after school clubs, dealing with fractious parents who 'know their rights', doing pointless meetings with management etc...........

And do not forget. teachers will not be around for six weeks in the summer , due to their holidays

Victor wrote:

And do not forget. teachers will not be around for six weeks in the summer , due to their holidays

Neither will (some) of the kids!
And remember we're going to be on the road for 5 consecutive games ( i think) when the Dons season finishes but before the schools break up!

Victor wrote:

And do not forget. teachers will not be around for six weeks in the summer , due to their holidays

That's OK, we can't play home games then.

RfE wrote:

Especially not after they've already worked anything up to a 60-65 hour week teaching kids, marking work, lesson planning, doing after school clubs, dealing with fractious parents who 'know their rights', doing pointless meetings with management etc...........

I'm well aware. My mum was a teacher and worked well over the hours you cite most weeks - she was senior management as well. My comment was a factual statement and in no way a criticism of the teachers concerned. I wouldn't work at weekends for free so I don't expect them to.

It's just flagging a factor lots of clubs fail to take into account, they assume free tickets to schools will be snapped up as everyone wants to watch their club as much as they do. Back in the real world ...

Re the six week point, the same protection laws apply to youth clubs etc. My personal experience is the take up from them is usually a bit better than from schools but again a fair chunk will say no.

orangeman wrote:

...but the holidays they get

I'm glad you put those laughing faces there.

Those hols are well -earned , considering teachers ( I'm not one but my wife is) only get paid for approx 27-32 hours work per week - ie only for the time they spend in front of a class of kids. Nothing for the rest of the hours put in.
As Michael Caine probably didn't say, 'Not a lot of people know that'.

jbuzza wrote:

That's OK, we can't play home games then.

That's the problem - the teachers will be around when we can't play at PL but won't be from late July til early Sept.
Double whammy.

The Plan is sounding better by the minute!

RfE wrote:

I'm glad you put those laughing faces there.

Those hols are well -earned , considering teachers ( I'm not one but my wife is) only get paid for approx 27-32 hours work per week - ie only for the time they spend in front of a class of kids. Nothing for the rest of the hours put in.
As Michael Caine probably didn't say, 'Not a lot of people know that'.

I .well aware of the effort and toil of teachers. It's a vocation, not an occupation....and they're mainly unpaid for about 33% of the stuff they do.

Looking at buying a 'membership' for the first time since we left the Stoop seeing as Wimbledon is only an hour away, but I'm a bit confused about the kids pricing. According to the website 'membership explained' there is a 'Junior Broncos up to and including age 12', which on the order form is called Under 12 membership, and a 'Junior Broncos 12 - 16' which on the order form is called a 12-16 membership. As I have a 12 year old daughter, I'm trying to work out whether she should be 'up to and including 12' or '12 - 16'?
https://londonbroncosrl.com/tickets/
I'm guessing nobody proof read the membership info page to make sure it was clear? I did try asking for help on the twitter feed but whoever runs that was unable to help because they don't sell 'season tickets' they sell 'memberships', which is obviously the gold standard in corporate communications. Maybe the same person wrote the membership info page?

I did try to work it out using the order form process, but that didn't get too far as it won't accept my email address for the kids tickets because it's the same address I'm using for my ticket. Seriously, would kill the Commercial team to spend an hour on user experience testing their processes?

Has anybody ordered a ticket for a 12 years old, if so, what ticket did they order?

Looking at buying a 'membership' for the first time since we left the Stoop seeing as Wimbledon is only an hour away, but I'm a bit confused about the kids pricing. According to the website 'membership explained' there is a 'Junior Broncos up to and including age 12', which on the order form is called Under 12 membership, and a 'Junior Broncos 12 - 16' which on the order form is called a 12-16 membership. As I have a 12 year old daughter, I'm trying to work out whether she should be 'up to and including 12' or '12 - 16'?
https://londonbroncosrl.com/tickets/
I'm guessing nobody proof read the membership info page to make sure it was clear? I did try asking for help on the twitter feed but whoever runs that was unable to help because they don't sell 'season tickets' they sell 'memberships', which is obviously the gold standard in corporate communications. Maybe the same person wrote the membership info page?

I did try to work it out using the order form process, but that didn't get too far as it won't accept my email address for the kids tickets because it's the same address I'm using for my ticket. Seriously, would kill the Commercial team to spend an hour on user experience testing their processes?

Has anybody ordered a ticket for a 12 years old, if so, what ticket did they order?