Blackburn Hawks Womans Ice Hockey Club
The Blackburn Hawks Women’s Ice Hockey Team are preparing to enter into England’s national league this September. This is a massive deal for our town, for Lancashire and for women’s sport, but we really need your help.
We are a team of Lancashire women and girls who, combined, have decades of experience playing on both men’s and women’s teams across the country. We came together in 2023 to reignite women’s ice hockey in Blackburn and provide opportunities for sportswomen to play competitively in what is still largely seen as a man’s sport.
Our team is an enthusiastic and passionate group of women who have committed to this sport outside of their professional careers, which include teachers, active military personnel, professional creatives and farmers among other jobs.
We also have the privilege of supporting young, talented members, aged 14 and above from Blackburn Hawk’s Academy, who play for us alongside their education while they are unable to get the same amount of ice tuition and training as their male counterparts.
This team was started with a bank balance of £0, our coaches are volunteers, and our ice time and kit has been self-funded by our players.
As exciting as the opportunity to play at national league level is, the league requires a much bigger financial commitment that we will simply struggle to match ourselves.
For the league we need to cover the costs of additional ice time when we host other teams, the cost of referees and our travel across the country for away games – all on top of our current self-funding commitments.
Key Dates and Timings
The season runs from september until may
Specific Opportunity Details
We are therefore looking to attract reputable business sponsors who would like to be a part of our team’s journey on the national stage, with any financial contribution being extremely appreciated.
In return for a financial donation, we have a range of options to broadcast and support your brand’s name both while we play and outside of game time.
With a minimum sponsorship contribution of £250, we can display your logo on our helmets throughout the year in both home and away games. We will also broadcast your business across our media, detailed further below.
Additional donations enable us to do more to support your company. We can add your logo onto our home and away jerseys, as well as display your banner on the side of Blackburn’s rink for a year’s exposure during the popular men’s Hawks games, our own games and public skate sessions, which run all week throughout the year.
Features and Benefits
With any sponsorship contribution, we will give your name exposure at rinks across the north of England as we compete in away games. We will regularly mention your brand across our popular social media channels including TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and we will broadcast your company’s name when we conduct media availability with the press.
We would also love to present you with a signed jersey to display in your business and give you tickets to our home games. We can even give you and your employees a taster session of playing ice hockey with us.
The sky is the limit and we are open to all sorts of ideas to secure a sponsorship deal with you to cover any of the costs we face as we embark on this exciting journey. We want to support your business in any way we can.
If this is something you would like to discuss more, we would love to hear from you. Please let us know how we can work together to support both Blackburn Hawks women and your company in our community.
Other Info
For any more info regarding what we are and what the funds will able to help with then please contact us