OSC10 – Facts and Figures

Posted by Grant Berni (OSC) on 9th October 2020
Posted in: INFO.

We don’t JUST sell badges and arrange buses (but we’re proud that we do), we do a lot more…..

Social Media

 

 

OSCAs

  • 74 player of the month or season OSCAs awarded since 2010
  • Exclusive design from the Grogg Shop – you can’t buy one from them!
  • 38 different players have the awards
  • Dan Biggar leads the way with 5 player of the month and 2 player of the season OSCAs

 

 

Riverside Bar

  • About 200 players have visited the Riverside bar (our clubhouse) to be interviewed by the OSC in the past 10 years
  • 20 plaques presented to visiting Euro teams supporters clubs (some of these might have been presented at away games with some gifts given back to us at the Riverside)
  • Many many visiting Supporters Clubs have called in to join in with a song or a beer or with some bagpipes or with a few gifts!
  • The OSC fund the live entertainment in the Riverside for some of our bigger games
  • We also support the 2003 Lounge and run a pre-match quiz there

 

Website

  • Started in November 2015
  • 52k hits
  • 102k pages read
  • Our most popular pages are latest news, travel and the OSCA honours board
  • Busiest day on 7th March 2019 when nearly 2000 users visited the site after we made WalesOnline with the headline “Ospreys Supporters Club accuse Scarlets”…(nearly) all publicity is good publicity!

 

Charities

 

Events

  • We’ve organised pre-season meet the coaches and new players at the Pavillion for the past 4 seasons – look out for how we’re going to do that for 2020/21!
  • We’ve organised quiz nights in the Pavillion for the past 3 years – again – look out for how we’re going to manage in 2020/21!
  • We’ve hosted Q&A sessions with Ospreys management
  • We’ve organised Q&A’s to support Alun Wyn Jones’ and Paul James’ testimonial years

 

Committee Members

  • More than 20 supporters have given their time to help run the OSC committee over the first 10 years – thanks to everyone who has helped out over the years
  • Our committee officers represent the Ospreys as part of the Joint Supporters Group with regular meetings with the WRU,Pro Rugby Wales and sometimes even the Pro14! 
  • We’ve only got one life president to date and that’s OSC co-founder Mike Phippen!

 

 

Transport

  • We’ve run buses to home games from Neath since our inception and from Port Talbot for 8 years (this bus is now run by the enthusiastic bus regulars)
  • We’ve run 20 bus trips to European games
  • We’ve run bus trips to our derby games in Llanelli, Cardiff and Newport – the annual trip to Parc y Scarlets has definitely seen its ups and downs

 

 

OSC Badges

  • We’ve produced a new OSC badge each year since formation
  • When we have OSCA sponsorship, all profits go to charity

 

 

 

Funding

  • We’ve done all of this without receiving any funding from the Ospreys
  • OSCA sponsorship from South Wales Wood Recycling, Recycle Direct, Gower Brewery and PB Garage Services has allowed us to put on additional events and entertainment in the past – thank you all
  • If you’re interested in sponsoring the OSCAs, please contact us by clicking here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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