24 April 2008
Leopards need sponsors to stay at Wodson
Leopards General Manager Dave Ryan has admitted that some tough decisions will have to be made as the clubs look forward to the 2008/09 season.
The Big Cats slipped to fifth in the final EBL Division One table, but it is off-court matters that concern Ryan more: “We cut our losses from the previous three seasons massively, but the fact is we still spend more than we bring in. We have cut our costs to the bone, and there’s really very little left we can do to save money. We simply have to bring in more income.”
Ryan admitted that without sponsorship from local firms, Leopards’ future at Wodson Park is in doubt: “Our crowds really dropped last season, and it’s hard to know why. The fact that some of the Americans we’ve employed have basically wrecked our community programme hasn’t helped. We’ve tried reducing admission prices and we’ve given out discount vouchers, but nothing’s really worked. It’s hard to see how we have a long-term future at Wodson without sufficient money coming in.”
The Big Cats are currently investigating other avenues to keep the club going: “We have two options available, one would see us leaving Wodson Park entirely, the other would see us still playing at least some of our games there.
“We want to take the club forward, and we have no wish to leave Wodson” said Ryan. But if neither of those two options come good, and we can’t get any sponsorship in the East Herts area, it’s hard to see how we continue.”
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