26th August 2006

The Hockey Sport’ers Club benefits package, available to all members of Welsh Hockey on http://www.yourbenefit.co.uk/whu, is a product that can also be used to obtain investment into your club from firms across Wales.

Your members and their families are in the main employed by Welsh based firms, these firms can also create their own fully branded Sport’ers Club website. The website provides savings of up to 60% on items such as DVDs, electrical goods, bikes, gifts, sports goods, tourist attractions and holidays, which enable firms to…

Reward employees – recruit and retain the best people by providing an unrivalled package of benefits that saves employees time and money – with no administration on their part. Over 80% of UK based employers provide additional benefits to their staff.

Reward customers - provide their most important customers with great savings on top brand named products and increase their desire to keep doing business with them. It is the opportunity for local retailers to provide greater rewards than even Tesco and their Club card scheme.

Market their company - generate sales by providing their own consumer or business-to-business offers on the Wales and UK wide Sport'ers Club platform. This will see them promoting their business not just to your members, but also currently over 40,000 other Welsh sportspeople and 650 businesses and rising who are using the Sport’ers Club as a membership and business benefit package.

Using the Sport’ers Club as part of a sponsorship package will greatly enhance what you can currently offer local firms.

The Welsh Sports Association Commercial Unit is on hand to provide the materials required to encourage your members firms to support your club.

There are no upfront costs involved you simply buy a CD-ROM from the WSA, when you have sold one to a local firm. The CD-ROMS cost Welsh Hockey Clubs just £95+17.5% VAT for firms rewarding less than 100 customers and staff rising to £195+ 17.5% VAT for firms rewarding more than 100 customers and staff. The recommended selling prices are £199 and £499 respectively but you are free to charge whatever you see fit.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact David Cotton on 02920 649 862 or email: [email protected]

In the meantime, as you start to gather for the start of the 2006 and 2007 season please remember to promote the Welsh Hockey Membership Benefits package as your club’s membership package. To that end please feel free to download the Membership Poster contained within the download section.