Who would you Support??

Raiders are not a national team and so should not be on this list. Neither are the Brumbies. PLEASE DELETE THEM FROM THE SURVEY RESULTS NOW! Unless you can show they are truely national.

I’d like to see a cricket Test or some One Day/Night games played at Manuka Oval (yes, I know they would need lights). This year they had the 2 traveling playing, but I’d like to see the Aussies play at least one match outside of the normal PM’s XI.

On other, I meant a Gridiron team, preferably the Firebirds (who I played juniors for), I’d even take the Astros (I played juniors for a split team between them and the firebirds). Sure, the sport isn’t that fun to watch and you wear pads and all (although The hits can get pretty damn hard), but it’s hell fun to play.

> Goddamn ARU.

Indeed. I still can’t believe how short sighted (& gutless) they were with that decision.

I’d also support another Rugby team in a national comp… the Australian rugby championship perhaps? Goddamn ARU.

Kramer said :

It’s not really a team sport* but I’d pay to see national level mountain bike racing. For the last two years we’ve been lucky to have it for free at Stromlo.

*except for the XC teams relay event

Bloody single issue commenters – the Riot overlords should band ’em! 😉

It’s not really a team sport* but I’d pay to see national level mountain bike racing. For the last two years we’ve been lucky to have it for free at Stromlo.

*except for the XC teams relay event

if there was a decent afl team who based a portion of their home games in canberra i would definitely go to them but north melbourne and the swans??? pffffft. go the mighty blues.

To be fair, to the best of my knowledge there has never been a genuine attempt at relocating an AFL team in Canberra, at least, not one with the full backing of both the ACT government and the AFL.

The Kangaroos were only ever here to cash up.

On the crowd thing, that tends to indicate that Canberrans are quite fickle and prefer to get behind winning teams. They’re probably not alone there, but when you consider a packed Canberra Stadium would constitute around 7-8% of the city’s entire population, it leaves Canberra clubs vulnerable if a few fans start to drop off in line with performances.

I voted AFL, A-league and Cricket. It is unlikely that I would become a member of an AFL team based here, and I would never stop supporting my current club, but I’d probably take the opportunity to go along to a few games in Canberra if it were an option.

> Also, something seems up with the voting percentages…adds up to well over 100 per cent

You can vote for 3 items remember.

& glad to see the Knights doing well. My son & I used to go along to games a few years back & it was always quite entertaining. May have to get along to a few games again.

The Canberra Knights are in the national ice hockey league, think they’re going alright this year too. Also, something seems up with the voting percentages…adds up to well over 100 per cent

Hardly a team sport though is it? 😉

It wasn’t me who chose “other”, but judging by the pedants around here, I’d vote for a Spelling Bee.

I fooled around with this one – the first try out of a poll that you can vote for more than one result (but you can still only vote once per username). If you are having problems selecting your choices and/or the vote button doesn’t work for you it may be to do with where you are accessing from or your server/browser. If not send the admins a line – they MAY be about to sort you out (but probably not this year 😉

How do you vote in these RiotACT polls?

I would definitely support a Canberra based A-League team.

I used to have season tickets (for many years) with the Raiders but don’t follow them anymore. I’ve been to the Brumbies a few times and it nearly sends me to sleep. Can’t stand cricket or basketball and I don’t rate women sport.

interesting that over a third of people are keen to follow teams that don’t yet exist (a-league and afl teams). buckley and demitriou, are you listening??

what could we pay to make the raiders go away?

for some reason i don’t seem to be able to vote… but i choose the capitals! i have bought season tickets every year for about 7 years now.

Ok, someone voted “other”.

Come on let us know what that other is!

All I can think of is American sports: Softball, Baseball, Gridiron, Ice Hockey.

Oh crap! I left Hockey off the poll! (is there a Canberra Hockey team in the National Comp?)

Or is the “other” something weirder? Footsol (sp?)? European Handball? Waterpolo? etc…