Sponsorship Packages

Galway Hockey Club have a number of sponsorship and partnership packages available, but we work closely with all our sponsors to tailor the offering to ensure we suit their needs and end goals

Club Partner

This sponsor will be the chief partner of Galway Hockey Club, receiving exposure across all areas of the game - girls, boys, men and women. The sponsor will receive branding opportunities across all identified prime tournaments and events and receive significant branding exposure through the Club teams. As the highest level sponsor in Galway hockey Club, the details of the agreement at National Partner level would be drawn up after careful consultation with the sponsoring organization to gear it to the organization's strategic marketing goals.

This Suits: An organisation with broad market focus , who wants broad-sweeping exposure and wants to be positioned at the highest level of sponsorship.

Senior Men's Hockey Sponsor

This package provides targeted exposure for your brand or company delivered through branding of the men's senior team shirts and exposure at mens tournaments and prime events for senior players.

This exposure is specifically delivered through the Men's:

Men's 1st XI Team
Men's 2nd XI Team
Men's Veteran Team

This Suits: An organisation with a particular market focus on an adult male market(over 18 years old )

Junior Boy's Sponsor (U6,U8,U12,U14,U16,U18)

This package allows companies with markets focused on children to target exposure opportunities to Galway hockey Club's extensive U18 player and spectator groups. The sponsor has the opportunity to brand all the underage teams. Value is also delivered through boys tournaments and prime events.

This Suits: An organisation with a particular market focus on boys (under 18 years old), or young families with a focus on children's outdoor activities with a strong community focus.

Club Development Sponsor

This package allows organisations to focus their exposure through the many programmes that are being undertaken as part of the GHC's plans to develop the sport of hockey in the Club. Focusing on strategies to maximize the number of players playing the game, these initiatives are heavily focused on kids and on community-based, grass root level programmes around schools, community groups and hockey club infrastructure.

This Suits: An organisation that wants to be associated with community development , the development of children and the development of community and family values

Sponsor Benefits

Exactly How Is Exposure Delivered To Sponsors?

Exposure value is delivered through a variety of benefits, some of which are focused through the matches / tournaments described above, others that are provided as a value-add in a broader context, through association with the Irish Hockey brand as a whole.

Examples of such benefits include:

Overall
• Opportunity to use appropriate GHC squad players for your promotional purposes
• Logo and company description on GHC web site
• Direct mail options from GHC database
• Email options from GHC database
• Advertisement in GHC email newsletter

Event Marketing Exposure
• Branding of select tournament names (eg. ‘Swan Cup' becoming ‘XY Ltd Swan Cup')
• Direct mail of special ticket promotion of event to customers
• Logo on promotional posters, billboards or other advertisements
• Logo on direct mail campaigns conducted by GHC

Onsite Match Promotion & Exposure
• Pitch perimeter advertising hoardings
• Team jersey branding
• Umpire jersey branding
• Ball boy/girl t-shirt branding
• Exhibit stall/product giveaway opportunities
• Branding of trophy presentation table
• Public address opportunity and presentation of trophy at event Final

A variety of these benefits can be combined to mould a sponsorship package around the specific marketing goals that you want your sponsorship investment to deliver, and depending on the level of investment you wish to commit.

To hear more about this opportunities please contact Meriel FitzSimon in the club contacts page