The votes are in and we don’t think we’ve ever had such a close one!  👀  Just one vote separating the top two. 😍

So we can now reveal that the September/October OSC Player of the Month is…🥁
Jac Morgan! 💪🏼🔥🖤
Llongyfarchiadau Jac. Looking forward to seeing you in the Riverside to present your OSCA. 🤩

For a full list of winners, click on our Honours Board below
OSC Honours Board

Due to the low number of matches in September, we’ve combined the September and October Player of the Month vote.  Matches included are:

Scarlets 23-23 Ospreys
Ospreys 27-28 Lions
Ospreys 32-17 Glasgow Warriors
Ulster 47-17 Ospreys
Ospreys 16-16 Stormers
Dragons 32-25 Ospreys
Ospreys 19-22 Connacht

There have been some standout individual performances and we’ve narrowed the shortlist down to a magnificent seven.

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Voting closes 24th November.

For a full list of OSCA winners, click on the Honours Board below

OSC Honours Board

 
🚍 OSC Bus travel for our New Year’s Day Derby in Cardiff is now on sale!
Price £17 return, pick ups in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend.
A group of Ospreys supporters have bought match tickets in SS4 rows J and K, if anyone wants buy their tickets to sit nearby. 🖤
To book your seat on the bus, go to the OSC online shop 👇
🚍 Remember to book the bus from your preferred pick up point. 🚍
 
 
 

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Croeso cynnes iawn / a very warm welcome to the OSC Annual General Meeting. To begin with, it was great to return to watching live rugby last season and it is fair to say that the end of the season, did not disappoint for Ospreys supporters.

As always, my sincerest thanks go to my fellow officers and committee members. Without your continuous hard work and conscientious application of the fundamental principles which OSC is built, none of the successes that we have achieved, would be possible!

Again, diolch yn fawr am bopeth!

Speaking of those core principle, our activities have once again ranged from supporting related charities to arranging transport to home and away games and selling merchandise and travel tickets, in our new online shop. Match days have continued to be great success, with the Riverside going from strength to strength. Again, many thanks to you all for making pre and post match activities so successful!

As I am sure you are all aware, being a member of the OSC committee is a demanding position! It is incumbent on all members of the committee to endeavour to play an active role in committee activities and our members have not shied away from this principle, even though at times, it can be, quite simply hard work.

In conclusion, here’s to a great season ahead.

Keith Collins


CHAIR’S REPORT

Last season saw moderate success on the pitch with us winning the Welsh Shield and with it the right to play in the European Champions Cup again. Off the pitch, the OSC has continued to expand our services with the addition of a proper online shop as well as moving from matchday raffles to Toby’s Tombola – which has been very popular with supporters.

Working relationships with the Ospreys are strong, who regularly attend our committee meetings, as well as CEO Nick Garcia visiting the Riverside bar on matchday to directly address supporters concerns. We’ve also had support from the Ospreys in providing live music at some matchdays – this all goes to help supporters’ matchday experience & is very much appreciated.

Work continues with Joint Supporters Group Cymru despite a wall of silence from the WRU & we met with heads of the four Welsh pro teams in July.

I’d like to thank the committee members for their hard work throughout the season and in particular, say thanks to those who’ve have left the committee Ian and Ann Taylor and Dai Phillips (who’s Xmas cracker quality jokes will be sorely missed at committee meetings) – and not forgetting to thank Katherine Hewlett for coming on board during the season.

We have plans to further improve what we do on the committee to make us more effective in delivering our objectives:

  1. To be the best supporters club around
  2. To improve supporters’ match day experience
  3. To promote and support Ospreys Rugby

Thanks again the committee members, the Ospreys and most of all our membership – here’s to the new season.

Grant Berni


TREASURER’S REPORT

Year ending 30/06/22

We opened the 2021 /22 season with a carried forward balance of £2,360 and at the 30 th of June, we reported a closing balance of £2,214. Overall, the reported balance was down just £146 post running costs for the season.

Within that I would just like to take some time to highlight some figures of note:

We received £1,000 in sponsorship money from Sportsbreak. We would like to note our thanks to Sportsbreak for their continued support, enabling us to fund our Player of the Month and Player of the Season awards.

Raffle and Tombola money totalled £1,100 – thanks for this must go to the loyal supporter base and Riverside regulars for their ongoing support. It is with this support that we are able to continue our charitable donations and also, our ongoing efforts to create a positive match day experience for supporters.

The sale of AWJ’s kit brought in an outstanding £1,735.

In total last season, we were able to support donations to charities and good causes for an amount in excess of £5,000.

  • Our chosen charity last season was Ospreys in the Community and we were delighted to present them with a cheque for £3,027.
  •  also worked with supporters in the Riverside to collect money in support of our own Ifan Phillips, raising in excess of £1500 to help Ifan with his rehabilitation.
  • James Hook ‘s testimonial charities – Mind & Wales Air Ambulance shared £250. This came from previous seasons’ fund raising, but this was the first opportunity post COVID to make the presentation and donation.
  • £100 was donated to the Brain Injury Unit at Morriston Hospital
  • £150 was donated to the Duke of Edinburgh Award as a way of acknowledging the contribution to our fundraising efforts from AWJ’s kit sales. We also intend to donate £150 to the Golau cancer charity from the monies raised.
  • All of the above has been raised through badge, raffle and tombola sales, plus the selling of AWJ’s donated kit and an auction of signed Ospreys shirts. A remarkable total and testament to the incredible generosity of our supporter base.

In terms of expenditure, we spent £775 on Groggs / our Player of the Month and Season awards. As previously noted, this outgoing is covered by the sponsorship received from Sportsbreak.

Badge sales covered the initial outlay of £426, with any profit then being added to our fundraising for OitC.

We lost £178 on buses ran last season – this was for away games to Hartpury and the Dragons, as well as the Neath bus to home games. This loss was absorbed by the OSC within our running costs for the season.

£100 was spent on live music entertainment, to help build the supporter match day experience in the Riverside. We would like to note our thanks to the Ospreys for their contribution to this on other select match days.

That concludes the report in terms of the figures, but I just wanted to reference some other developments that have a financial link. In order to provide supporter’s with more convenient methods of payment, we have continued to develop our online shop and made our away day travel available to purchase online. We have also invested in SUMUP payment technology, so we are able to accept card payments on match day in the Riverside. All of this requires input and time investment from other members of the committee, which is greatly appreciated by myself and the committee as a whole.

Louse Collins

Unfortunately, our planned meet up with | Clapas’cistes – Montpellier Supporters Club can’t take place – aaargh!  Keep an eye out on our social media for new meet up plans throughout the weekend.

If you’re interested in meeting up, feel free to contact our Chair (grant@ospreyssupportersclub.com) who will be travelling to Montpellier so we can get together on Friday as well as on matchday!


HOTEL LOCATIONS NEAR THE STADIUM


HOTELS NEAR THE AIRPORT


TRAM MAP FOR MONTPELLIER STATION TO STADIUM


BUS AND TRAM TICKETS

Price : 1,60 €

The 1-trip ticket is valid for 10 one-hour trips with free transfers throughout the network (last validation
within the hour and no return trips).
Your ticket must be validated on each trip, as soon as you get on the vehicle, and at each connection.

 

Price : 10 €

The 10-trip ticket is valid for 10 one-hour trips with free transfers throughout the network (last validation
within the hour and no return trips).
Your ticket must be validated on each trip, as soon as you get on the vehicle, and at each connection.

 

Price : 4,30 €

1-day pass
The 1-day pass is valid on the entire network for 24 hours from the first validation.

Price : 6,50 €

Family and group pass
The family and group pass is valid on the entire network for 24 hours from the first validation for a group of
maximum 5 people traveling together.

 

 

Montpellier Airport shuttle, line 620
– Tickets on sale on board the shuttle
– Single ticket for the Shuttle : 1,60 € (free for children under 5 years old).
– Unit ticket Shuttle + Tramway : 2,60 €

City Card Montpellier (get discounts on many sites)
City Card 24H : 15 €
City Card 48H : 22 €
City Card 72H : 28€
FREE ADMISSION:
– Public transport in Montpellier ands its suburbs
– One free visit among the current program (on the deatil of the guided tour you see if the City Card is
available. The Historical Centre, the discovery of hidden treasures, unusual experiences, medieval strolls,
you will be seduced by Montpellier with a guided tour!
Compulsory reservation in advance at the Tourist Office or by phone +33 4 67 60 60 60. Cancellation rights
reserved (minimum 8 people).
– Audioguide (€70 deposit required).
– Musée Fabre Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole including Hôtel Sabatier d'Espeyran: permanent
collections, temporary exhibitions and individual guided tours.
– MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain
– Musée d'Art Brut/Montpellier
– Odysseum Shopping Center (Gift card 10 € for 2 City Cards purchased (within the limits of available
stocks), valid in partner restaurants and shops, to be collected at the reception of the shopping center. For
each additional city card, 5 € of more added to the card For the purchase of a single City Card:
ODYSSEUM goodies, depending on available stocks.
– and: Jardins du château de Flaugergues.
DISCOUNTS: from 10 to 40% in many places:
– Mister Aventure treasure hunt: -3 € on the box on sale at the Montpellier Tourist Office only
– PlanetOcean Montpellier: €-3/adult (on normal rate)
– Goolfy : -€1 for adult or child
– Petit train touristique: -€2/adult, -€1/child
– Mad Monkey -€5 for everybody for Monkey Pack
– Oculture, discovery trip on the area: -10%
– Amandeous: -10%
– Le Panier d'Aimé: -10% + a free tasting
– Tourist Office Shop: -10% (on a wide selection of products including gourmet products (except wines)) /
Discount of 2 € on the MMM and Comedy mug
– Sushi Boat: -5%
– Chocolats Thierry Papereux: -10%
– ACCRO'Parc and EXPLOR'Parc: -20%
– The Centuries Gate -15% for a complete session
– Vignes of Cocagne: -2 € / adult on the product visit + tasting duration 1h30
– Hippocketwifi: special rate €4 instead of €8
– Réseau des musées d'archéologie et d'histoire: from -15 to -40 %
You will receive your Montpellier City Card when you present your reservation confirmation upon arrival at
the Montpellier Tourist Office – 30, allée Jean de Lattre de Tassigny – 34000 Montpellier. Opening hours: on
our website.
The Montpellier City Card may not be exchanged or reimbursed. List of discounts and free admissions
subject to change in 2022.
The present Montpellier City Card is valid for the duration, and from the day of your stay. The purchase of
this City Card gives free or discounted access to the sites and services detailed in this document. A valid
Montpellier City Card must be presented in order to obtain the free or discounted entry or service. The
Montpellier City Card is nominative and valid for one person. The price of the City Card depends on the
time formula chosen: 24, 48 or 72 hours, and the age of the holder. Child rates only apply to children from 3
to 18 years old. The Montpellier City Card may not be used in combination with other reductions. The
Montpellier City Card is valid for one access only for each site. The Montpellier City Card may not be
exchanged or reimbursed. List of discounts and free admissions subject to change in 2022.


Montpellier Tramways
Map Montpellier Tramways


Airport Shuttle
Shuttle-airport-montpellier


Discount Card
CityCard-Montpellier+Méditerranée-2022

Our new 2022-23 OSC badges are now available!

To purchase a badge, visit us in the Riverside Bar on matchday or check out our online shop – click here to visit the shop

All profits from badge sales this year are going to support Ospreys in the Community’s Sporting Memories project


Sporting Memories

Sporting memories last a lifetime. The idea of the project is to get older people together to talk about sport. It could be a game they once played in, a great match they witnessed, or meeting a famous sports star from the past.

Through the project, Ospreys in the Community work closely with local rugby clubs to provide a friendly welcoming club environment for individuals. They can come for a chat, a cup of tea, a chance to meet new people, and increase their physical activity by participating in some of the activities on offer.

Helen John
“OUR AIM IS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR LOCAL RUGBY OR COMMUNITY CLUB.  CREATING A SAFE AND FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN ENCOURAGE CONVERSATIONS AND REMINISCE ABOUT SPORT. THE PROGRAMME AIMS TO TACKLE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS.”

The Sporting Memories Foundation is the World’s first charity dedicated to Sports Reminiscence and Physical Activities. 

The Sporting Memories project supports older people living with dementia, depression and loneliness by engaging them in social activities and helping them to recall memories of watching or playing sport. By sharing memories, such as recalling #MyFirstGame and tapping into a passion for sport the project helps people to connect with others and with their past, reawakening positive thoughts and feelings that otherwise remain hidden away.