Leamington Squash Club
Sponsorship Opportunities 2016
About Our Club
Leamington Lawn Tennis and Squash Club’s (LLTSC) vision is to be a vibrant racquets club with excellent facilities serving everyone in our local community. Our club relies on the generosity of members volunteering their time to deliver a great sporting and social experience for all. Our mission statement is to:
1. Encourage young people to participate and excel in Tennis, Squash and Racketball.
2. Create an enjoyable social environment, which keeps members of all standards playing throughout their lives.
3. Participate in competitive team Tennis, Squash and Racketball.
4. Maintain excellent sporting facilities, whilst keeping joining fees and subscriptions at reasonable prices.
We have 12 tennis courts and 6 Squash courts supporting the needs of 1,000 members, which split roughly 50:50 between tennis and squash. Over the past two years, Leamington has boomed on the back of the economic performance of local companies and LLTSC has enjoyed impressive growth as well. We are proud to say that we’ve bucked the trend of falling sports participation in England by growing membership in our squash section from 360 to 500, with more members playing more squash and racketball than ever before (including successful schools and junior coaching programmes).
Squash Sponsorship Opportunities
To support the continued momentum delivering our mission, we are seeking the support of local organisations to partner with us through a number of collaboration opportunities.
1. Exclusive Sponsorship of our Squash Courts
We are offering the opportunity to name our courts with your company’s name. The name of your company will appear:
· Outside the door of the court
· On the tin of the court and/or above court
· On the clubs booking system and website – with link to your website
· In tournaments when players from across the country come to Leamington at play
· Features, team reports and pictures in local newspapers
Many members of our club are employees of local companies, so your support will help their sporting and social activities and build your reputation in the community. Our members, and the people who will come and play in our club, are also potential customers of your products and services.
We have the following 12 month naming right deals with reducing prices for continued support for follow-on years:
Court / Court Description1-4 / Courts with balcony viewing – 15-20 viewing
Five / Glass back show court – up to 60 seat viewing – now sponsored by Tustains Jewellers
Six / New glass back show court – up to 60 seat viewing - now sponsored by C4Logistics
Our 6th court is now complete. The new court will create two glass back show courts with viewing for 120 people.
We are planning an opening celebration for members and an exhibition match on 10 September 2016. The following line-up of the best squash players in the world is now confirmed:
We are working with England Squash to publicise the event and promote squash which should attract articles in the local and national press, squash websites and newsletters.
2. Advertising Plaque in the viewing area overlooking courts 5 & 6
3. Team Sponsorship – Currently taken by C4LOGISTICS
Men’s 1st Team – England Club Championships (2015 5th place)
– Warwickshire League 1st division (15/16 1st division 3rd place)
Men’s 2nd Team – Warwickshire League 1st division (14/15 2nd division runners-up)
Men’s 3rd Team – Warwickshire League 3rd division (14/15 4th division winners)
Men’s 4th Team – Friendlies only will enter leagues in 16/17
Women’s 1st Team – Warwickshire League 1st division (14/15 1st division 3rd place)
Women’s 2nd Team – entered the Warwickshire summer league 16/16
Team Kit: Current Sponsor C4LOGISTICS
· Highly visible kit sponsorship across Warwickshire and England Club Championships
· Advertising in club website and club communications – with link to your website
· Features, team reports and pictures in local newspapers
C4LOGISTICs are proud to be part of our growing success!
4. Squash Coach and Junior Programme (could be split over 2 sponsors)
One of our key goals is to inspire the next generation of young squash players to enjoy playing the game; use squash to develop a habit of sporting exercise; focus on personal discipline and practise to achieve goals; play for and support club teams; and reach their potential.
We are offering the opportunity to support our junior programme by
· Funding Leamington Junior Squash T-shirts with your company logo
· Funding water bottles for Juniors with your company logo
· Funding the Coaching Teams T-shirts with your company logo
· Funding the annual Junior Club Tournament with trophies and prizes
· Help to subsidise school programmes
· Funding of coaching scholarships for 2 underprivileged children per year
· Funding of club racquets and eyewear for juniors starting to learn the game
· Advertising in club website and club communications – with link to your website
· Features and Pictures in local newspapers
This is an opportunity to give back to the community – we invest every penny creating the best experience for our kids and their highly appreciative parents.
We also support our coach, Jason Pike who recently won the prestigious Polar Squash Workforce Title of “Club Coach of the Year” for 2016.
Jason won the award for proactively running school programmes, developing the club’s junior programme, creating social squash activities and creating a vibe in the club which has helped membership grow from 360 to 460 members in two years. He has developed a successful junior programme with two regional winners and more county closed finalists than any other club in Warwickshire. Jason is supported by a highly motivated group of older teenagers who have come through the junior programme and now volunteer their time to help the younger players.
5. Tournaments
a) PSA Professional Squash Tournament
When our 6th court is built, we plan to host a professional squash tournament in 2017, which will attract top 50 ranked players in the world. This would be one of the most prestigious tournaments in Warwickshire and we will be looking for our key partners to showcase their brands with event sponsorship. Our tournament would attract articles in local and national press, squash websites and newsletters.
b) ESR Junior Tournament sponsorship
We host ESR bronze events, in which up to 100 juniors (with their parents) from all over England come and play tournament squash over the course of a weekend.
· Tournament t-shirts for each competitor with your company logo
· Named sponsor on our website – with link to your website home page
· Advertising in club website and club communications
· Pictures and articles in local newspapers
c) We host other tournaments within Warwickshire on a rolling basis (E.g. the Warwickshire County Closed) and will seek sponsorship of these events as and when they are scheduled.
6. Website Advertising and link per listing p.a. (optional discounts for our members)
We offer the opportunity for local companies to list their products and services on our website with link to their website in a “friends of Leamington Squash Club” listing. We are currently building a new website to offer more dynamic and interactive content.
7. Communication Screen Advertising per month
We have rolling information screens in the club and offer the opportunity for local companies to post a promotional slide. We also ensure that we thank our sponsors.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available for our clubhouse, grounds and Tennis section.