From the Editor:

Someone asked me this month, "Do we really need a website?" My answer was "No, Not really." That's possibly a harsh answer as the website is a celebration of our members and maybe combines us as a club. It contains all sorts of information that most of our members probably don't look at but new members and other people may. . Such as the coaching videos for new members, what's been on, what's coming up etc. It also gives information to locals wanting to host a corporate booking which possibly wouldn't happen without the website. It gives information to casuals wanting to come and play. It's  an information tool for people entering the area and wanting to join, thus a new member drive tool.

I copied the following from the web: I thought it was a good way of thinking but doesn't necessarily require a website or emails.

"When examining the athletes social needs athletes need a sense of love and belonging with their teammates, coaches and other parties like friends and significant others. This feeling with encourage athletes to perform at their highest level and if in a team sport for the team member to work effectively together improving each athletes strengths.

Esteem: As an athlete, a major contribution to motivation and success is their need for respect, admiration and recognition. This means that within their team and audience they must feel as if they are respected and admired to improve motivation. Athletes also need to be rewarded for their accomplishments sometimes with something as simple as a “thank you” or “good job”.

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Some statistics:

This last 365 days we had 1865 unique visitors.  A unique visitor is someone who only gets counted once although may visit the website many times.  After the home page the highest number of visitors were on the bookings page at 259 up from 162. After that is the Casuals page and Contact us page. 

Cheers Barb

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