Suitable sponsors for classes

Originally posted by Rupert "The Bodyform National Championships" does have a certain ring to it...

Originally posted by alstorer Actually, of all the winged boats most suited for "ladies sanitary product" sponsorship, the EPS is the closest to a "pad with wings" in looks...

Edited by Woodbotherer - 13 Feb 15 at 3:00pm

Originally posted by Woodbotherer   James has clearly gotten in with the wrong crowd in his windsurfing set.

The most recent Canoe Europeans were at Loch Lomond. Sponsored by Tunnocks (chocolate mallow tea cakes and wafer biscuits)and Glengoyne (whisky), the nutritional requirements of the competitors were well catered for, and with appropriate cultural input!

I wonder what might be appropriate equivalent at other locations... Kendal mint cake at ullswater perhaps, pasties in Cornwall, Grafham I hate to think...

Personally I think too great dependence on sponsorship is a mistake for dinghy classes.
Some years ago I was president of one CA, and the Secretary of another was a few offices down the corridor. My class tended to pay our own way, his was highly reliant on sponsors. Met him one day looking really worried. Turned out their champs sponsor had dropped out and they were afraid they might not be able to run their champs.
Couldn't help feeling smug. Trouble is a significant lump of sponsor cash goes (rightly) on providing a return to sponsor, but doing that dilutes volunteer resource, arguably even harder to find than cash.


Edited by JimC - 13 Feb 15 at 4:59pm

Originally posted by turnturtle Originally posted by JimC Personally I think too great dependence on sponsorship is a mistake for dinghy classes. Some years ago I was president of one CA, and the Secretary of another was a few offices down the corridor. My class tended to pay our own way, his was highly reliant on sponsors. Met him one day looking really worried. Turned out their champs sponsor had dropped out and they were afraid they might not be able to run their champs. Couldn't help feeling smug. Trouble is a significant lump of sponsor cash goes (rightly) on providing a return to sponsor, but doing that dilutes volunteer resource, arguably even harder to find than cash. good points... is there a sensible thread lurking in here?

I hope not!

Never really seen what return any event I've organized would have for a sponsor - it is simply grown ups playing with their toys, as was mentioned elsewhere a while ago.

Being near Swindon, in the olden days we'd have been able to be sponsored by Great Western Railway. These days it would have to be the outlet village. Mind, there is a Musto shop in there, and a Henri Lloyd...