#SouthWestSportsNews
is 15 years old today!
yes friends, team, mates we've been punching well above our weight since April 1, 2008 🥊
and after the worst year of my life delighted to be able to celebrate something am truly proud of...
#SWSN15
please understand we've taken over 10 years to build up what we've got - wizard webmaster, Mighty Mikey, sunny Jim and wee me - and therefore will give priority to followers over non-followers...
in 2019 we will continue to support those who support us 👏😉
we run a small crew. but have built up a dedicated following of sports nuts in 14 years. so now we have a team of 15k. and so it’s up to you reading this to send us your event, game, training, information or requests for players, coaches, manager etc and we will freely pass it on
CLARITY
1) SWSN is a family-run, friendly, small business
2) here to freely support amazing regional community sports clubs in any small way we can
3) It's always our choice
4) we are a community sports hub with a website and social media platforms
5) we like pasties and puns 👍
wrapping up early
totally frustrating after years of trying to engage with clubs who just don't get: all about
#engagement
and to be honest after working all hours/7 days a week to freely promote these teams?
for nil return
better things to be doing with precious family time
heartening and uplifting to see so many
#sports
people putting
#voluntary
time into sprucing up clubhouses, pitches and helping
#community
over past four months... 👏👏👏👏 nothing but respect for you...
don't get me wrong love the odd cheeky request as much as the next person...
but more frequently taken aback by clubs/leagues who
don't follow us but expect us to freely
#promote
them...
ahead of our amazing 12 thousand
#supporters
/followers/community
#team
? 🤔
pre-April 1, 2008
"no-one will be interested in a regional sports website... "
"how will you cover the region?"
"how will you make money?
Wednesday October 16, 2019
64,000+ impressions
Negatives 3 Positives 64,399
#SouthWestSportsNews
#TeamSWSN
#SWSN
we all love sport
we are lucky to live in a beautiful part of the country
we don't want lockdown so everyone please be extra vigilant when playing or attending sport this - and every - gameday...
#staysafe
#ruleofsix
advance notice: the goodship SWSN unlikely to be manned next weekend as have
#familymatters
to attend down 'ome
plan to post fixtures on website as normal but your timelines can have some
#peace
more than half of you won't read this so some won't be much wiser next weekend 😂
really is tiresome when a club account follows and then unfollows us... and then expects us to retweet their news!🤓
#support
is a two-way street in our book
we might not follow you but we freely
#promote
your club to hundreds - nay thousands - of others
unity in
#commUNITY
because twitter - bless 'em - don't realise today is South West Sports News' 12th birthday we imported our own balloons...
*ignore the Happy New Year banner although tomorrow we kick off year 13 so...
FAST APPROACHING 16.2k followers all a bit mind-blowing for wee me...
what started out as a favour for
#sports
mad
#mates
has turned into, er, my
#sportinglife
cost/lost more than anyone needs to know
still inspired/fired by people's enthusiasm/encouragement &
#engagement
🔥
TO ALL CLUBS
as well as imparting information twitter is about communication & engagement
come rain or shine we are here to freely promote your sports/clubs/event
our success is reaching supporters and informing them whether your team win lose draw, games on or off
#helpushelpyou
going to have to write article on key role regional media has to play in promoting sport to women/girls as it's so frustrating to see national media concentrating on top end of sport and only then acknowledging grassroots has some part to play Without local clubs sport is nothing
THANK YOU to everyone for birthday wishes... surprised people remember when i get to my age 😂
updating this evening until about eight as out tomorrow to celebrate 😉👍 and , ok, later may have some...
can we send a clear message to
#coaches
/teams etc who follow us get a mention then unfollow us?
The SWSN team (any team) only as strong as its supporters/players/
#teambehindtheteam
Thank you for understanding.
To our loyal, long suffering followers? You are THE BEST TEAM. EVER
please people remember we are a family-orientated twitter feed and also encourage
#respect
for/in our
#community
make a valid point but please try and do it courteously
Thank you
Our message remains the same
Congratulations to
@swpleague
secretary Phil Hiscox on his election to
@FA
Focus group which looks at steps 5 & 6
#nonleague
football nationally
Great to have a regional representative "voice" on national "team"
#SWfootball
ok. ok. slow down.
this is all getting a bit crazy.
92,560 impressions yesterday.
Ninety two thousand five hundred a sixty...
on a
Wednesday
utter joy
🐶🏚️
CLARITY 1/2
To clarify to ALL regional grassroots community sports clubs:
At South West Sports News we are supported by some truly amazing people/sports nuts
enabling us to freely promote your team(s) and what you do
who you play, team building, or search for vital volunteers...
from now on will only be retweeting clubs who follow us
disappointed it's come to this but FREE PROMOTION to 14k+ sports nuts
and "thanks" we get is clubs unfollowing us but still tagging us in to everything
#gamechanger
#NONLEAGUE
#SWfootball
preview 13 for realfootballfans & 🦘
Early kick off this week as talk about tonight’s three games ⚽️ as well as tomorrow’s 78 and a shout-out for Sunday’s
#WomensFACup
⚽️🏆
TO THE TEAM
as this week set to be fairly hectic for most (if not all) pinning this up here now so as many of you as possible get our message
Please pass on to team-mates & clubs in your league if able
Wishing all a
#safe
peaceful & restful
#Christmas
from
@swsportsnews
🐶🏚️🎄🎅
Have we helped/freely promoted you/your team or made you smile?
❤️ what we do?
tell your team-mates
more people who follow us
more people get to read about YOUR TEAM 👍
SWSN
punching above our weight since 2008 🦘
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
South West Sports News had it's end of season do last night
be gentle with me...
and forgiving if didn't pass on your tweet any time from sevenish last night
if it was really important, or your awake, resend today as will be a day (or two) of playing catch-up
Suicide biggest killer of men under 50
Men aged 20-59 face biggest risk
Sadly we now know our sisters commit suicide as well
Here at SWSN we try and celebrate life - every beautiful day - so if the world is getting too much for you please call 116 123 and talk... to
@samaritans
if you've got a game today - really?! - then let us snow
am popping in and out of
@swsportsnews
throughout day while updating website with sprigs of holly🎄
may i take this peaceful time to wish all of you
#MerryChristmas
and thank you for 10 years of amazing support
- ross 🕺🎅
POLITE REMINDER
to all
1) we are family-run so
#familyfriendly
please respect that when sending us tweets and remember you are role models for future sports men and women (who may be in their teens now)
2) we don’t retweet mobile numbers or personal email addresses
3) be kind
no apologies if we're not looking back at last decade
Been. Gone.
We are looking forward to kicking off next decade and all the exciting possibilities in 2020 and beyond...
with you on our side we can achieve anything
#onwards
#forwardthinking
#goals
🤸♀️🤸🦸♀️🦸♂️⚽️🏉🏐🏑🏏⛳️🌈🥇
more & more people "liking" tweets (not just ours, club's trying to publicise games/events etc) really helps to spin matchday/event information on by retweeting... think: free publicity, free promotion. try and help each other because we've got the best sports twitter team in 🌍
people cheesed off if games off and now people moaning because games are on...
during a pandemic!
🤷♂️
like we keep tweeting
selfless
over
selfish
#biggerpicture
NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER
sobering but needs to be said:
before any of us start wishing for any sport to be given green light
#remember
hundreds of people a day in UK still dying of coronavirus
and thousands of families suffering as i type this and you read it
#staysafe
#longgame
Regulars will realise haven't tweeted or retweeted (posted or reposted) for 10 hours. Will try to catch-up in next couple of hours but in meantime you will also know good reasons why have been "offline" and how much i always appreciate your patience and understanding. Thank you.