Quinssa Achievements So Far
Quinssa runs and organises a wide variety of things from providing bursaries for up and coming youngsters in the Harlequins Academy, to running supporters' coaches to away games, to raising money for charity. Here are just a selection of the things we have done since we were set up:
2007/8
April 2008 - Visit to Twickenham Stadium and the Museum of Rugby for the Harlequins Exhibition
March 2008 - Video Analysis Evening with Ed Spokes, Andy Friend and Tony Diprose
December 2007 - Christmas Appeal for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice
November 2007 - Meet Andy Friend, John Kingston, De Wet Barry, Chris Malone & James Percival
October 2007 - Organised a Fans' Forum with the club to discuss merchandising
October 2007 - Meet the Management Evening in association with Harlequins, with Dean Richards, Mark Evans and Collin Osbourne. The raffle raised £236 for our Academy Fund.
October 2007 - Organised charity collectors for the Wooden Spoon at The Stoop, raising £2,584.68
August 2007 - Travel Advice for Paris given
2006/7
July 2007 - Second Quinssa Boat Trip
June 2007 - Quinssa AGM with cheese & wine and a Q&A with Mark Evans
May 2007 - Organised tables for the End of Season Dinner
May 2007 - Arranged charity collectors for the Friends United Network (FUN)
April/May 2007 - Report on Members' Season Ticket Feedback (pdf)
January 2007 - Video Analysis Evening
January 2007 - A trip to Montpellier organised
December 2006 - Quinssa Toy Appeal
December 2006 - Open Committee Meeting at The Stoop
November 2006 - Quinssa Meet The Academy Evening (including another year's sponsorship of the Natal/Quins Academy Link)
November 2006 - Charity Shirt Auction in aid of the British Heart Foundation
October 2006 - Quinssa Meet The Players Evening
October 2006 - Travel Advice for Connacht given
September 2006 - Twickenham Brewery Visit
August 2006 - Travel Advice for pre-season games in Issoire given
2005/6
July 2006 - Academy players join Natal Sharks Academy
July 2006 - Quinssa Boat Trip on The Thames with live band
June 2006 - Trip to see 'Breakfast with jonny Wilkinson' including drinks with the caste afterwards
June 2006 - Quinssa AGM with a talk from Mark Evans
March 2006 - Quinssa Meet the Referee Evening
January 2006 - Quinssa Announce two more Bursaries awarded to Academy players
January 2006 - Quinssa Announce two fundraising initives to help support the Academy
January 2006 - Quinssa Announce the sponsorship of the Academy link with the Natal Sharks
January 2006 - Quinssa Meet The Academy Evening
November 2006 - Toy Collection for the Plymouth Hospital Children's Ward
November 2006 - Hospitality Box Auction
November 2005 - Meet the Coaches Evening with Andy Friend and John Kingston
October 2005 - Member Vena Arnold successfully completes the Richard Langhorn Trust Survival Challenge
October 2005 - Meet The Management Evening with Mark Evans & Dean Richards
October 2005 - Membership sent questionnaire re coach travel
October 2005 - Coach, Meal & Ticket Deals started
September 2005 - New range of Merchandise available
September 2005 - Loyalty Discount Scheme started for coach travel
July 2005 - RB on the Radio
2004/5
June 2005 - Quinssa AGM & Social
With talks from Tony Copsey and Collin Osborne
June 2005 - HOPA/Quinssa 'The Singing Lions'
Launch of a DVD & CD of the 1950 Lions trip to New Zealand
May 2005 - Organised Five Quinssa Tables for the Harlequins End Of Season Awards Dinner
Quinssa presented the award for Supporters' Player of the Year
March 2005 - Third and Fourth Quinssa Bursaries awarded to Mark Odejobi and Jordan Turner-Hall
March 2005 - Quinssa Thunderstix produced
February 2005 - Meet The Old Players Evening in association with HOPA
Panelists included: Ian Cooper, Paul Anderson, Grahame Murray, Bob Hiller, Neil Edwards, Billy Davison, Steve White-Cooper and Simon Miall attended by 140 people.
January 2005 - Travel suggestions made for Castres
December 2004 - BPA Auction of Promises idea
December 2004 - The Quinssa 2005 Calendar produced
November 2004 - Second Quinssa Bursary given to Darren Clayton
October 2004 - Quinssa Quiz night at The Stoop
in association with the Harlequin Ladies FC & London Wasps
September 2004 - Quinssa Brunch at The Scrummery
September 2004 - Travel suggestions made for Limerick
September 2004 - First Quinssa Bursary given to Tosh Masson
August 2004 - Travel suggestions made for Belfast pre-seasons
August 2004 - Quinssa Picnic on the back pitch at The Stoop
August 2004 - Quinssa Visit to the Imperial War Museum
2003/4
June 2004 - Quinssa AGM
May 2004 - Organised Six Quinssa Tables for the Harlequins End Of Season Awards Dinner
Quinssa presented the award for Supporters' Player of the Year
April 2004 - Offered Travel Advice for Connacht
April 2004 - Two Runners in the London Marathon
Quinssa member Steve Scott offers two London Marathon places and Steve Burnhope and Matt Wasley run for Quinssa raising nearly £3000 between them
March 2004 - Organised Two Quinssa Tables for the LAFF Annual Charity Ball
January 2004 - An Evening with Tony Spreadbury
December 2003 - Helped promothe the Harlequins Supporters' Party
December 2003 - Trip organised to Valladolid, Spain
October 2003 - The first Quinssa Calendar was produced
October 2003 - Meet The Academy Evening
Tony Russ, Collin Osbourne, Tom Allen and Ben Thompson answered questions about the Quins Academy
October 2003 - Quinssa Balloon Race
Held to raise money for the BPA
September 2003 - Charity Treasure Hunt held in Twickenham
August 2003 - Travel suggestions made for Beziers and Milau pre-seasons
2002/3
May 2003 - Quinssa Membership reaches 150
May 2003 - First General Meeting
Attended by more than 60 members
March 2003 - Quinssa Founded
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