Wow that is so NOT good enough
As well as Ballarat and Maryborough you can add Stawell, Ararat, Hamilton, Yarra Valley, ...... (probably every club)
On top of that it was not just any night it was Thursday - the start of the Easter break
If the club could not promote/back themselves in to fill up their dining room without bookings then they were not trying and missed a big opportunity. Compared to some of these other clubs they have the whole of Geelong on their doorstep, we're talking about 250k compared to some of these other clubs with not even a tenth of that