Representing your country is a big deal and playing for your country is one of the highest accolades any sportsperson can achieve. The Great Britain Men's senior team that represents the United Kingdom in the IIHF Inline World Championships event is independent. We receive no funding from the UK domestic leagues and finance ourselves through player and staff contributions. This means that a player who wants to play for their country has to pay toward the privilege. That simply isn't how we want it to be.
We have great raw talent among the ranks of the young people who play our game in the UK and we want to help keep them interested in our sport and involved in a fantastic team environment by giving them that clear goal: giving them the opportunity to represent their country at the highest level and excel in their game.
The GB Team is that opportunity.
We can give these young players an opportunity to play and compete for the equivalent of their World Cup, their Ashes, their Six Nations, their Gold Medal.
We provide a professional approach to team operation both on and off the rink in order to make competing for GB the ultimate privilege and the fitting reward for their efforts in becoming an elite sportsman.
That we compete in a minority sport does not make it any less important to the thousands of young players who aspire to achieve within it. Any help, however small, can make a big difference.
I thank you for your time and hope to hear from you in the near future.
David Hawkins
Team Manager
Team Great Britain Inline Hockey
M: +44 (0)7881 923093
gbhockey@tiscali.co.uk
DEVELOPMENT
Our ambitions to progress as a team see us helping to develop the young players of today who will be the seniors of tomorrow. We presently have to charge players to feature in our junior development camps. By supporting the GB team we can reduce the cost of these camps, provide more of them and help develop tomorrow's talent today.
VISABLE SUPPORT We want to place the GB programme in a position that sees people follow its progress. We pride ourselves on our professional approach and throughout the year we distribute news releases that are featured in the hockey media raising awareness of the team. We know player awareness of our programme could be better and our new website, soon to go online at www.gbhockey.net is designed be a first port of call for players young and old to find out what's happening with the national team. We want to promote this site, and this sport, and your support will help us to do that.
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE
We aim to reward our sponsors with the knowledge that they are making a big difference in the lives of the young people who aspire to achieve in our sport. After tens of hours a week working hard on the rink, the cost of playing hockey both physically and mentally is draining. Having a well funded GB team that can provide the highest level of support and competition to its players is key to keeping that player in the game. By contributing to the national team you will help us make the trip to the World Championships as inexpensive as possible.
Four Levels of sponsorship have been designed for the GB Team:
- Gold Level Sponsorship Cost: £501+
- Silver Level Sponsorship Cost: £251-£500
- Bronze Level Sponsorship Cost: £100 - £250
Also available:
- Helmet Sponsorship £250
- Junior Player Sponsorship £350
- Individual Player Sponsorship £300
- Short Sponsorship (Long pants) £300
- Wheel Sponsorship £negotiable
- Stick Sponsorship £negotiable
- Glove Sponsorship £negotiable
- Junior Camp Sponsorship £negotiable
GOLD SPONSOR
GOLD Level sponsorship is a contribution between £501 and above.
Terms
- Sponsorship lasts one year
- A proportion of the sponsorship will be used to fund the additional accommodation costs of bringing an under 18 player to the World Championship tournament to aid their youth development
- the sponsor will be mentioned as GOLD Sponsor on all team press releases and publicity material for year's tournament and trials
- These will be circulated to the hockey media and local news outlets - local news outlet details to be forwarded by the main sponsor
- A separate press release will be released outlining the details of the sponsorship including thanks from the team for the assistance in supporting youth development in the sport
In return the sponsor will receive the following:
- Sponsor logo on Team jersey for that year's tournament (Sponsor to provide high resolution jpeg image)
- GOLD sponsor presence on GBhockey.net website.
- A complimentary team jersey and photo
SILVER SPONSORS
SILVER Level sponsorship is a contribution between £250 and £500.
- Sponsorship lasts one year
- The funds will be used to reduce player cost at the World Championships
- the sponsor will be mentioned as Silver Sponsor on all team press releases and publicity material for the World Championship tournament and trials.
- These will be circulated to the hockey media and local news outlets - local news outlet details to be forwarded by the main sponsor.
In return the sponsor will receive the following:
- SILVER sponsor presence on GBhockey.net website.
- A complimentary team jersey and photo
BRONZE SPONSORS
BRONZE Level sponsorship is a contribution between £100 and £249.
- The duration of the Bronze sponsorship will be one year.
- The funds will be used to reduce player cost at the IIHF World Championships
- the sponsor will be mentioned as Bronze Sponsor on all team press releases and publicity material for the World Championship tournament and trials.
- These will be circulated to the hockey media and local news outlets - local news outlet details to be forwarded by the main sponsor.
In return the sponsor will receive the following:
- Bronze sponsor presence on GBhockey.net website with link
- A complimentary team photo
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