Since they're climbing up the ladder? or will they still get 2000 turning up.

You got a link to show crowds of 2000?

I visit the Engage SL website alot and check up on the crowds and all ,and there crowds arn't the best if you know what i mean .

lowest crowd this year has been 2,539 against Catalans
highest 3,883 against Wigan

[urlhttp://www.superleague.co.uk/results.php?team=Harlequins+RL&days=&c=88&s=2009&id=&submit.x=6&submit.y=5[/url

But you don't have (because they don't exist) links to back up your initial claim.

The Club have stated that 2009 is being treated as year 1 in a 3 year campaign to get more people to games. Our older brothers in the Union office are supposedly going to help out once the Union season is over and we now have a new General Manager who is tasked with sorting out the attendance figures. I know of 3 schemes that will be up and running soon that are designed to attract new fans.
That said, in the 7 years I have followed the club, I have banged on about the need to speculate to accumelate.......and the times that money has been spent on marketing we have seen bigger crowds...but the club do not have the funds in place for big time marketing.
The Media (and let's face it, they are all London Lovies educated at Oxbridge) have no interest in covering League. The BBC didn't mention MM on their Saturday morning bulletin, but found time to cover Chess Boxing ([url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7701980.stmit is a real sport[/url). The evening papers down here are slaves to Wendyball and the SL Show is still sown down here at 4am.......
Next week, the BBC will get 1,000,000 viewers + for the CC games, but by giving the commentary mike to a flat cap sounding and his little welsh mate they simply underline the perception of League as a northern game.
In short, the answer to your question is no....we will not see bigger crowds in TW2 this year, but I believe we will be near the 5,000 average by 2011.
Lastly, we don't average 2,000...it's actually 3,342 so far this season which is still p1ss poor and needs sorting out.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz

Not clever

Not original

Not interesting

Ok 2,539 then lol,same not much diff then 2000.

you sound surprised

Harlequins have in the past attracted decent crowds, and I'm sure they will again with the correct promotion and encouragement in and around the London area.

After near on thirty years of spreading the word in the south, I think the club deserves some recognition rather than much of the ridicule they receive from some. The spin off of Harlequins, Bronco's, Crusaders, Fulham has been an introduction of RL into the schools across the region and a decent amature set up along with London Skolars, another team that doesn't get half the recognition it deserves.

Or are they just unrealistic & pointless figures/facts to convince people to to keep 'Quins in SL?

I'm sure they will have focused on attracting support since 1996, but it hasn't happened.

I don't think it ever will.

The Club have an issue with marketing and promotion........in that these things cost Money and we are not rolling in it at present. 5,000 is a target figure that I believe we will achieve by 2011 but it will involve a giant leap of faith when it comes to funding. Too many times the club have wasted cash that even a 5yr old would have used better and therefore, the people who hold the purse strings are reluctant to spend money on anything other than development and the community. This is all well and good, but we are not seeing the youngsters who play the game coming to the Stoop.
We got 8,000 to the Wigan Game last year.......and not even half that this year....the reason why? we have stopped giving tickets away. The 8,000 crowd was made up of 2,000 Wiganners, 3,000 Quins fans and 3,000 community freebies..........