Wicklow GAA says Offaly company is boosting its attendances

THE Chairman of Wicklow GAA has said its partnership with an Offaly-based ticketing company means more fans can attend games.

Wicklow GAA is using a digital platform developed by Tullamore firm Future Ticketing for online ticket purchases for its matches and events.

Damien Byrne, Wicklow GAA chair said, “The continued partnership with Future Ticketing is a welcome development for Wicklow GAA. By making tickets more accessible through a safe and trusted platform, we’re ensuring more supporters can experience our national games first hand.”

Future Ticketing, which is based in Axis Business Park in Tullamore and also has an office in Manchester, says it is the premier provider of ticketing software and services.

The company said it is privileged to team up with Wicklow and is looking forward to working closely with the county and helping it gain from the company’s ongoing commitment to innovation.

Martin O’Brien, client success manager with Future Ticketing, said: “At Future Ticketing we understand that volunteers and supporters are at the heart of the GAA and that is why we work so hard to smooth the path to the adoption of digital ticketing and all the benefits it brings in terms of administrative efficiency and access to revenue.”

Mr O’Brien added: “We have seen how Wicklow has demonstrated its determination to grow Gaelic games through its Garden County Academy and we have also been impressed with its commitment to health and wellbeing in its healthy clubs programme.”

“Future Ticketing is well aware that clubs are the bedrock of the county and we are delighted to be facilitating the Wicklow GAA Club Season Membership scheme.”

Future Ticketing says it continues to grow its presence across GAA counties, as the Gaelic games community nationwide recognises the value of its user-friendly platform and the secure, GDPR-compliant storage of customer data.

The company says that by using a simple copy-and-paste function, clubs can set up events for each round of the championship in just minutes.

In addition, Future Ticketing says that each county's decision to partner with it is a vote of confidence in the company and its ability to meet the needs of the GAA into the future.

In February the company revealed that it had entered a long-term deal with Kildare GAA, a county it had first teamed up with in 2021.

At the time, Mick Mullen, Kildare GAA chair said: “Renewing our partnership with Future Ticketing is an excellent opportunity to promote our games for all our supporters in Kildare GAA and beyond. We're happy that Future Ticketing can offer our supporters a simple and reliable online ticketing service.”

Future Ticketing, which is run by Liam Holton (pictured below) is very active in horse racing and last month announced a multi-year partnership with Naas Racecourse which hosts up to 20 meeting annually.

It is also the online ticketing provider for the Jockey Club, the UK organisation which runs Cheltenham, Epsom and Aintree, and many other racecourses in Britain.

Punchestown, where the festival took place last week, is another Future Ticketing client.