University of Manchester Rugby Football Club (UMRFC)
We are the University of Manchester’s Men’s rugby union club. We have strong links to the University itself, the local community, alumni and thousands of students in Manchester. Every year we are the highest contributor of charity in events like Movember and are the spotlight sport for events such as Varsity and Christie Cup (a triangular tournament between Leeds and Liverpool University).
This is a great opportunity for any business to get exposure to young individuals aged between 18-23 and a huge talent pool. We have 130 members of the club and strong ties to the women’s club in which we can extend the sponsorship to.
Target Audience
Our audience is a mixture of students aged 18-23, aswell as Alumni and parents.
Key Dates and Timings
We are looking to develop a relationship with a partner and have a contractual agreement in which we can renew each year.
Specific Opportunity Details
We are looking for businesses or brands to sponsor our club.
Fan base:
We have 1975 followers on Instagram (our primary social media channel), with on average 700-900 views per story and over 77.3k views to our page. The growth of this page is a key focus area in the coming years as it is a spotlight of club.
Specific opportunities:
– Kit sponsorship – Get the name of your company or brand on our playing kit or sponsor a warm-up kit for us
– Social media posts – Have your brand shown on our social media posts such as team sheets, results, try on the month etc
– We also have strong links within the university and can help set up promotional activities in high footfall areas
– Live-streamed games
Features and Benefits
You would recive uniquely placed advertising for our fan base, promotional opportunities throughout the year such as Varsity (in which we are the most popular sport from ticket sales)
Other Partners
Our primary sponsor currently is Mackinnon Bruce International – A Manchester-based recruitment firm. We also have Ziya, a Manchester-based Indian Restaurant, which sponsors our man of the match by providing the player in question a complimentary curry.
We have also partnered with local team Wilmslow Wolves – in which we provide additional playing opportunities at the weekend for our players and in exchange we receive coaching.
Investment
We are looking for cash investment to buy kit, equipment such as a scrum machine, even help pay for additional coaching.