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4 July 2005 (PR2/05)
WELSH HOCKEY UNION BANKS £15000 SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Welsh Hockey Union Officials are banking on a significant upturn
in junior hockey provision thanks to HSBC Bank PLC and the
Sports Council for Wales.
The Welsh Hockey Union has secured a three year sponsorship deal
(£5000 per annum) with HSBC Bank PLC, which has been matched in
its first year by the Sports Council for Wales’s Sportsmatch
Cymru scheme, resulting in a cash influx worth over £7800 in
year one.
The deal provides the Welsh Hockey Union with the financial
resources to develop a Skills Award project for delivery in its
120 affiliated clubs and 200+ affiliated secondary schools. The
HSBC Bronze, Silver and Gold Award resources will be available
to all qualified Coaches and Teachers through a password
protected section of Welsh Hockey’s website.
Mike Bull, Chief Executive of the Welsh Hockey Union, said: “We
are delighted to have secured a partnership with HSBC and
Sportsmatch that will enable our qualified teachers and coaches
to have access to a resource that will enable them to make the
game more appealing and exciting to children, whilst enhancing
skills and the quality of play.
We anticipate that the HSBC Bronze Skills Award will be launched
in September 2005 and the Silver and Gold awards soon after”.
Sportsmatch Cymru is an Assembly-funded, £ for £ business
incentive scheme, aimed at commercial sponsorship into grass
roots sport.
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For information regarding the Welsh Hockey Union, please contact
Mike Bull or Chris Brewer on 02920 573940.
Notes for Editors:
The Sports Council for Wales’s Sportsmatch Cymru scheme has
ploughed over £2.6m into hundreds of grass roots sports projects
across Wales. The scheme is funded by the National Assembly for
Wales and managed by the Sports Council for Wales. It aims to
encourage businesses to invest in sport by offering the
incentive of £ for £ match funding.
For more information regarding the Sportsmatch Cymru scheme,
please contact the Sportsmatch Cymru Office at the Sports
Council for Wales on 029 20300500.
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