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Season 2018-19 Key Sponsorship Contacts Royal Wootton Bassett Town Football Club Sponsorship & Hospitality Opportunities Season 2018-19 Key Sponsorship Contacts (founded 1882) Royal Wootton Bassett Town F.C. New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground Brinkworth Road Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshire SN4 8DS Tel : (01793) 853880 www.rwbtfc.co.uk Club Chairman: Andy Walduck 07980 730905 Email: [email protected] Treasurer : Mike Price 07496 733652 Email: [email protected] President: Mark Smedley 07887 634887 Email: [email protected] Club history & your chance to be a part of it Established in 1882, Royal Wootton Bassett Town is one of the oldest football clubs in the county of Wiltshire. The club boasts a rich history and a bright future, which we would be delighted for you to be a part of as sponsors. The club, the first in Wiltshire to achieve the prestigious FA Charter Standard Community Club status in 2008, operates more than twenty-five teams covering men’s, women’s, veterans’ and youth football. Run by dedicated volunteers, we offer football to those of all ages and generations. Our youngest registered players are age 6, while our eldest Veterans team player is a sprightly 65 years old! All teams are based at the state-of-the-art Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, which opened in 2015 and boasts four excellent grass pitches and a full-sized artificial grass pitch. The club shares the facility with the other members of the Royal Wootton Bassett Sports Association, whose volunteers’ efforts over the course of more than decade helped secure the move to what is one of the premier grassroots sporting facilities in the south west of England. Our first team are members of the Hellenic League, which they have been members of since 1988. They current play in the Premier Division, at step five of the non-league football pyramid. In addition, the first team compete in the FA Cup and FA Vase. Its best run in the former came in 2012-13, when they reached the second qualifying round, while they have twice reached the second round proper of the FA Vase. Throughout its history, the club’s leading men’s side have also twice won the Wiltshire Senior Cup (1998-99 and 2000-01), while finishing as runners-up on three further occasions (1902-03, 1903-04 and 1987-88). Our Development team are members of the Wiltshire Senior Football League and exist to provide a vital first foray into senior football for talented youngsters in the local area. In recent years, our Ladies team have had significant success, rising to the South West Women’s Football League, which operates leagues in the fifth and sixth tiers of women’s football. They also participate in the FA Women’s Cup. Our recently established Veterans section has grown significantly since its formation. Offering those aged 35 and over the chance to keep their playing days alive in a friendly, sociable environment, over ninety players have turned out for their weekly “Friday Footy” sessions, while teams have been entered in each edition of the Wiltshire County FA Veterans Flexi League since its inception. A Sunday side was also introduced last season, winning the Swindon Sunday League Division Two. Since the turn of the Millennium, our youth section, whose teams compete in the North Wiltshire Youth Football League and Wiltshire County Girls League, has grown exponentially. Club history & your chance to be a part of it We now have multiple teams operating at most age groups, allowing us to provide football to those of all ages and abilities. Additionally, since 2001 the club has established international ties, with three youth sides touring Holland each spring. This has led to a strong relationship – built on the principle of “Friendship Through Football” - with FC ‘s-Gravenzande, a leading amateur Dutch side, whose teams have visited Bassett on numerous occasions. Our youth offer extends further. As a Community Club, we hold free skills coaching for those aged 4 to 11 on Saturday mornings throughout the year. Meanwhile, in partnership with Advanced Sports Coaching Ltd, our Soccer Skills Academy runs weekly evening sessions and camps during the school holidays for those aged 5 to 15, as well as free “Footy Tots” sessions for 3 to 5 year olds. With our senior teams competing at high levels of the non-league game, a thriving youth section and a commitment to providing football to those of all ages and abilities, the chance to support a club like ours, we hope, is an attractive proposition. This document therefore describes the sponsorship opportunities available for the forthcoming 2018- 19 season. We look forward to talking to you further about those that are available and to discuss a package that fits your needs. Club Ethos, Values and Aims Royal Wootton Bassett Town Football Club seeks to be a successful, accessible, and sustainable football club, driven through achievable football development objectives and aims, giving opportunities to all players, volunteers, coaches and officials, with an overarching commitment for driving football in the community of Royal Wootton Bassett. Our approach includes: • Applying and promoting a “One Club” ethos; • Providing continuous playing opportunities for players of all ages, sustaining current teams and developing new playing opportunities within constraints of facilities and finance; • Providing football to children of all ages and abilities, in a safe and friendly environment; • Delivering age-appropriate coaching to support long-term player development; • Encouraging all players to try their best and make the most of their abilities; • Offering a challenging but supportive environment for younger age groups where children can learn from their mistakes without undue pressure and anxiety; • Looking to develop older youth age groups to service the senior sides, by definition this introduces further competition and selection on ability; • Promoting good behaviour and respect for others; • Sustaining a senior side at step 5 of the non-league football pyramid at a minimum; • Actively supporting the Royal Wootton Bassett Sports Association in the provision of all relevant sports to the community; and • Pro-actively developing partnerships with other organisations within the town of Royal Wootton Bassett. Senior Honours List 1902-03 Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners-up 1902-03 Advertiser Cup Runners-up 1903-04 Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners-up 1904-05 Advertiser Cup Runners-up 1905-06 Wiltshire County League Runners-up 1930-31 Calne & District League Runners-up 1931-32 Calne & District League Champions 1933-34 Vale of White Horse Cup Winners 1934-35 Calne & District League Champions Calne & District League Cup Winners 1935-36 Calne & District League Champions Calne & District League Cup Runners-up 1938-39 Brotherhood Cup Winners 1953-54 Vale of White Horse Cup Winners 1957-58 Chippenham & District League Division 2 Champions 1958-59 Wiltshire League Division 1 Champions 1978-79 Wiltshire County League Division 2 Runners-up Wiltshire County League Subsidiary Cup Winners 1982-83 Wiltshire County League Division 4 Runners-up 1983-84 Wiltshire County League Ghia Senior Cup Winners 1984-85 Wiltshire County League Division 2 Champions Wiltshire County League Ghia Junior Cup Runners-up 1987-88 Wiltshire County League Division 1 Champions Wiltshire Senior Cup Runners-up 1988-89 Wiltshire County League Ghia Junior Cup Runners-up 1989-90 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Winners 1993-94 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Winners 1994-95 Hellenic League Division 1 Cup Runners-up 1998-99 Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners 2000-01 Wiltshire Senior Cup Winners Hellenic League Reserves Division 2 West Champions 2004-05 Wiltshire Youth Cup Runners-up 2009-10 Hellenic League Division 1 West Runners-up 2010-11 Wiltshire County FA Floodlit League Champions Wiltshire Youth Cup Runners-up 2012-13 Hellenic League Division 1 West Runners-up Wiltshire County League Junior Cup Runners-up 2013-14 Wiltshire County Women's Cup runners-up 2016-17 Gloucestershire Womens League Division 1 Runners-up Gordan Perrott Memorial Cup Winners 2017-18 Wiltshire Veterans League Runners-up South West Women's League Eastern Division runners-up Wiltshire County Women's Cup runners-up Swindon Sunday League Division Two champions StadiumStadium NamingNaming RightsRights PackagePackage Opportunity......Opportunity...... forfor the the season season 2018-19 2018-19 we we are are opening opening up up thethe opportunity opportunity to to potentially potentially sponsor sponsor our our ����������������������������������������������new stadium for the first time in our history. ��• StadiumStadium naming naming rights rights ��• WeWe are are looking looking to to discuss discuss with with interested interested partiesparties the the proposal proposal to to either either name name the the RoyalRoyal Wootton Wootton Bassett Bassett Town Town stadium stadium after after theirtheir company, company, with with the the stadium stadium becoming becoming knownknown as as “The “The [Insert [Insert Your Your Company Company Name]Name] Stadium” Stadium” or or alterantively alterantively naming naming parts of the stadium after a particular parts of the stadium after a particular business or company. business or company. • The important Gerard Buxton legacy �� The important Gerard Buxton legacy and heritage would be maintained by the and heritage would be maintained by the stadium being located at the New Gerard stadium being located at the New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground and having that Buxton Sports Ground and having that included within the club’s address. included within the club’s address. • As well as the potential to have the �� As well as the potential to have the whole stadium named after a particular whole stadium named after a particular organisation other possibilities which could organisation other possibilities which could be explored with interested parties include be explored with interested parties include the naming of the covered seating area, the naming of the covered seating area, the naming of the covered standing area or the naming of the covered standing area or having your business name on two walls of having your business name on two walls of the Clubhouse.
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