Prices for our Boxing Day bus are confirmed: OSC members (season tickets holders) £8 & £10 for non members.
Interested? Come & see us pre match in the 2003 Club or, pre & post match in the Riverside. Alternatively you can email Ann@ospreyssupportersclub.com
We will post updates as we get closer to the date on both social media and this post here on the website.
Following the very recent upgrade to the official Ospreys Rugby website at ospreysrugby.com , we understand that the fans forum has been dropped. At our last committee meeting in October, a member of the Ospreys management team informed us of the pending website update and of the intention to drop the fans forum.
The OSC agreed with the Ospreys that vehicles for interaction with fellow supporters and the Ospreys have progressed since forums were first introduced and that Social Media platforms are currently the way forward. At its peak, the forum was a great place to hang out and was used by a lot of supporters (OK, users, not all of them were ospreys supporters!) but over time the place became a lot quieter as people moved onto newer platforms.
We have no plans to host a forum on this website at present as we feel that the way forward in terms of talking to fellow supporters, Ospreys management and players(!), that facebook and twitter offer great solutions. If you don’t have a twitter or facebook account, then its no different to creating a fans forum account – you can remain anonymous if you like (as do a lot of twitter users in general). Also, the OSC is run by volunteers and we cannot offer the level of moderation required to guarantee that a forum hosted on this website would be a safe and welcoming environment for all users in the same way that the former ospreys forum was moderated. This was done by one great individual who is probably known to most Ospreys Supporters whether they used the forum or not!
Some forum stats:
| Total posts | 215,172 |
| Total topics | 10,112 |
| Total members | 11,871 |
Most users ever online 326 on Monday 21st May 2012 during the week building up to our last Pro12 title
In terms of links to social media accounts run by the Ospreys or the OSC, click on the links below, or if you want to contact the OSC committee and don’t want to use social media, please use the Contact Form on this website.
The forums are dead, long live social media! (until facebook and twitter get overtaken by something else!)
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For those who still like a good old fashioned forum, a keen supporter has set up their own unofficial fans forum. This is not run, endorsed, moderated or sponsored by the OSC, but if you want to give it a go, click here
We’ve talked about the forum(s) with Paul Whapham, Ospreys Business General Manager (15th November) and will be meeting with the Ospreys next week. Paul has asked us to share the following statement with supporters to help explain recent events.
The Ospreys understand that we should have notified supporters on the forum that it would be closing down within a sufficient time. However, since the end of June there were changes made by the company who developed the Forum leaving the Ospreys with no way of accessing any information. The Ospreys were unable to post, moderate or add new users to the forum, rendering it unusable from our end
Due to a lack in bookings we are sorry to announce that the day trip to Saracens is cancelled.
We will however be taking bookings in the Riverside and via email for the Xmas derbies- details to follow.
The Ospreys are running an exclusive Q&A event for season ticker holders (i.e. full OSC members).
Supporters will get the opportunity to take a rate behind the scenes peek at Ospreys Rugby, find out how the Ospreys intend to take on challenges this season and field questions to panel members:
• Allen Clarke (Head Coach)
• Carl Hogg (Forwards Coach)
• Shaun Venter (Scrumhalf)
• Andrew Millward (Managing Director)
• Paul Whapham (Business General Manager)
The event starts at 6:30pm and is exclusively open to all Season Members and Premier Club Members only.
Please let the Ospreys know if you can attend by completing the form by clicking on the “ATTEND FAN FORUM” link on the email the Ospreys sent out to season ticket holders titled “Clarkie calls on you for your support tomorrow” send on Friday 11th October. This is the first Q&A for ST holders held by the Ospreys (and not by the OSC) so if you’ve not received an email with his link, let the Ospreys know directly (via social media or call the Ospreys directly) – we will also help out to make sure you can let them know you are attending – use our “Contact Us” link on this website.
Join us at the Pavilion Llandarcy for a chance to meet new signing Gareth Evans, Gheorghe Gajion, Guido Volpi & Will Griffiths.
Paul Whapham (General Business Manger) and Josh Nicholson (Communications Manager) will also be in attendance to field your questions. Those two don’t get a nice picture though.
To reserve your place email lynnej@ospreyssupportersclub.com
Entry is only £1. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start.
The Ospreys Supporters Cub’s Annual General Meeting will take place at 18:30, Monday 16th September at the Liberty Stadium.
All OSC members (season ticket holders) are invited to attend and to stand for election to the committee should they wish to do so (providing conditions laid out in the constitution are met – see the link below). If you have the energy, committment and the skills to contribute to the OSC, please email grant@ospreyssupportersclub.com to find out more or to submit an application to join the committee.
Further details about the AGM and committee can be found here in the OSC constitution
As a friend and sponsor of the OSC, Peter Benjamin is offering a fantastic deal to supporters.
Ospreys Reward Card
In Association with P B SERVICES
Garage Equipment Company and Swansea Tyre Clutch and MOT Centre
We are offering a unique opportunity exclusive to the Ospreys Staff,Family, Friends, Commercial Partners and Supporters for massive reductions in repair costs for their vehicles, we are offering:-
MOT’S at £19.00
20% discount on labour costs effectively making them Trade rates
20% discount on a 3D laser wheel alignment machine
Courtesy car if vehicle left for work to be carried out
Competitive rates for fuel and engine treatments
Reduced rates for wrong fuel call outs
Massive reductions on service costs
We carried out our first work on this scheme on Friday the customers bill normally for the repair would have been £554.00 under this scheme it was £335.00
This scheme is unique and is open to all Osprey staff, family members, friends commercial partners and supporters just by ringing the garage booking the vehicle in and quoting OSP1, this offer is now live
We are an AA and RAC approved garage
Peter Benjamin
General Manager
Get in Touch
Telephone: 01792 477 555Email: service@swanseatyres.co.uk
Website: https://www.swanseatyres.co.uk/
Postal Address: Unit C, SA1 Business Park, Swansea, SA1 8QY
**USE POSTCODE SA1 8LD in SAT NAV**
In support of Paul James Testimonial year, the Ospreys Supporters Club are delighted to announce that we will be holding a Q&A with Paul in Ten21 (Paul’s bistro bar in Neath).
A Wales (66 caps), Ospreys (232 caps), Bath(56+ caps), Barbarians, Neath (23 caps), Skewen and Seven Sisters legend, Paul has given years of fantastic service to the game.
The Q&A will start at 8pm, with Paul & some of his rugby friends in attendance, however we would encourage supporters who want to attend, to book a table in Ten21 directly and sample the fantastic food on offer (Ten21 is ours from 6:30pm until late so book a table and enjoy an entire evening of good food, good drink and good debates about scrummaging – last food orders are 7:45pm but you don’t really want to be eating when Paul is talking do you? – get there nice and early!). We could recommend a whole long list from the menu, but its safe to say, you won’t be disappointed if you haven’t eaten there before…and the drinks selection is top notch.
If you want to attend the Q&A, please email lynne.jones101@btinternet.com as spaces are limited, as well as reserving tables if you are planning on eating directly with Ten21 on 01639631630.
If you’re really lucky, there may be some live acoustic music before and after the Q&A from our Riverside regular band D-Fibs.
There will be a donation on the door and also raffle tickets for sale on the night for some pretty special prizes. All proceeds from the night will be added to the funds already raised this season from the sale of OSC pin badges and this will all go towards Paul’s chosen charity.
Paul has decided to support the Mind Charity as part of his Testimonial activities as mental health is something that is of great importance to him. Although there has been an increase in media exposure of the topic of late, he still feels that the level of public support and understanding of mental health has a long way to go.
Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They can campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
For more information on Mind, please click on the picture below:
For further details about Assey’s Testimonial, click on the picture below:
Congratulations to Owen Watkin on winning the April OSCA – his third award (including the player of the season award for 2017/18)!
The OSC would like to thank Peter Benjamin of PB Garage Services for his continues support in sponsoring the awards.
For a full list of previous winners, click here
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