Support our Sponsors, without whom the success that is Merville United could not happen.

Mooneys Bar, Maugheraboy, John Houze Transport, John Kent Sport Castle Street, Jako Team Sport

Barton Smith Sport Stephen Street, Gurries Laundry, High Street

Merville United Partners Include: Sligo Rovers AFC, Sligo Borough Council, Cllr. Jim McGarry, RAPID and

Merville Community Centre.

if you are a Business that wants to be part of our team, contact Team Player for a Publicity Package tailored to your needs. 

As a club with over 200 active playing members, Merville United is always in need of support from the Local Business Community.  However, we realise that there must be a cost benefit in terms of publicity to those who become our partner supporters in the field of Sponsorship.  Gone is the day (Although one off No publicity support is always welcome!) that the fact that someone is in Business means that an open chequebook is available.  Merville United Seek to offer various packages to local sponsors, all of which will provide direct benefit to our players and the community at large.

 Although each package is tailored to the need of the client, some of the opportunities that can be discussed as follows:

• Kit Sponsorship:  With 7 Active teams in the local boys leagues, and support for the girls teams which include full sharing of kit and equipment, renewal of playing kit is always to the fore.  Over 150 games take place annually involving Merville Teams, and our kits are also available to the Maugheraboy Community Games Squads, and local representative teams that play at Merville also avail our kits from time to time.  Each kit has a useful shelf life of three years, and Product exposure, in terms of logo placement on the jerseys is enhanced by regular media coverage.  Typical investment per kit comprising 18 sets, including prominent display of your product or service is €850 inclusive of VAT (May 2006).

• Equipment Sponsorship: The wide and varied range of equipment used by Soccer Squads in ongoing participation is ever growing.  Although our members make regular contributions, renewal of such materials is essential in maintaining our success.  As an example, under the rules of the Local Leagues, a Match Quality Ball is a requirement for a team to play.  Match balls are notorious for wear and tear, considering the number of locations involving pitch side roads, hedges, walls and stones, all liable to render them unsuitable or unusable at any time.  Annually Merville United spends €300 on match balls alone, with a further €300 on training balls, which are of a lesser quality, and have a higher turnover.  Add to the simple need of footballs, essential items such as legally mandatory medical kits (€100 each plus constant restocking), water bottles, pitch lining paint (€15 per game typically),  mowing the playing surface (€50 per cut, 35 cuts annually) and it becomes clear that cash support is essential to keep the club at the high level of achievement of the past 25 years.  In return for such support, the club can agree packages that can include inclusion in our regular newsletters, local media photo opportunities, and pitch side billboards in full view at each game over an agreed period.  Merville United also offers prominent display of supporter logos on our website, which is viewed over 2000 times a month, not only by our own members and supporters, but by people all over the North West, as it is displays up to date information on the local leagues.

• High Profile Garment Sponsorship:  In 2004, Merville United embarked on an ambitious plan to provide our members with tracksuits as part of our drive to make the identity of being a player for the club part of our ethos.  Since then provision of wet training jackets for our members, has further cemented the concept that being a Merville United player also has its responsibilities, when being identified as a player in our community.  As 2007 is our 25^th anniversary, the profile of the club will be enhanced by support of the supply of Jackets, polo shirts, and tracksuits to our mentors and members.  Our Club deals with Clothing Suppliers of the highest quality, and will have an all important lasting visual image.  All Business Logos will be embroidered to the highest standard on each garment involved.  The status of Soccer clothing as fashion items, complete with business branding, will mean that the impact of any support will be immediate and extremely popular.  Indeed we expect that should we secure the right partners in this project, the polo shirts in particular will become popular desirable items among the community in general.  Various packages are available, and we expect that each will be in the region of €1500 including VAT.

Should your product or service wish for any other promotional tool, please do not hesitate to contact the Club at the above  e-mail address.  We look forward to working together in the provision of high quality sports participation for young people.

Regards

Richard Deignan

Secretary