Sponsorship
We are looking for sponsors for 2025
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We are actively seeking local sponsors to partner with the club and support us for the 2025 season, which is set to be another big year for the club as we continue to grow our membership into our 11th year.
We are the only dedicated Community Touch Rugby Club in Devon and play all over the South of England, all year round. We have over 300 members and run weekly social community sessions as well as club training.
Our club side, the ‘Exeter Eagle Owls’, regularly play fixtures across the South-West and, through the summer season, play in the National Touch Series against the top sides in the country. The club have Mens, Womens and Mixed teams and have numerous players who play at the highest level representing the South-West, England, Wales and Ireland.
We have a big following across social media with over 1500 followers across our Facebook and Instagram pages as well as our own website meaning we can reach a high number of people, especially in an area local to your business.
The club is completely run by unpaid volunteers, and currently without a dedicated home - meaning extensive facility hire costs. You can read about our 2024 season at the bottom of this page.
We have a number of sponsorship opportunities available effective from February 2025 detailed below.
If you would be able to support us in any way over the next year, it would be greatly appreciated!
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Community Sponsor
A huge thanks to Minerva Roofing who are supportingour club as Community Touch Sponsor for 2025. Minerva Roofing Ltd offer their customers peace of mind by providing a high value, stress free, and compliant solution to your roofing requirements. This is the second year that they have generously supported Exeter Touch Rugby, and we're very grateful for their long term support
Associate Sponsors
William Garvey Furniture Makers
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William Garvey Furniture Makers is a well-established company of 32, based near Honiton, East Devon and have been manufacturing the finest custom-made furniture for high end projects in the UK and abroad, for over 50 years
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Sponsorship opportunities available effective from February 2025:
1. Club Touch Sponsor - £1000
Headline sponsor for the Exeter Eagle Owls:
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Featured on all team announcement graphics
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Logo on the squad Facebook group, club touch webpage and ‘Spond’ sign up page
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Listed on our dedicated website page, with company blurb and link to website
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Sponsorship announcement over all social media channels
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Banner with your logo on at weekly sessions
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Invite to sponsors ‘have a go’ session and annual tournament
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2. Community Touch Sponsor - MINERVA ROOFING
Headline sponsor for our weekly community touch sessions:
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Logo featured on public Facebook page, community touch webpage and ‘Spond’ sign up page
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Listed on our dedicated website page, with company blurb and link to website
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Sponsorship announcement over all social media channels
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Invite to sponsors ‘have a go’ session and annual tournament
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**Optional Additions for Club/Community Sponsor** - Negotiable Cost
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Logo on the front of training top
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Logo on training/match balls
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Teardrop/pop up banners
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‘X’ number of places per week at community/club sessions
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Multi-year deals available
3. Associate Sponsor – £100
Support the club:
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Listed on our dedicated website page, with company blurb and link to website
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Sponsorship announcement post on our social media channels
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Invite to sponsors ‘have a go’ session and annual tournament
Sponsorship is payable by BACS and valid from date of payment until December 31st, 2025.
​(Pro-rata rates available for Club and Community packages if taken out after 1st July 2025.)
For more information and to secure sponsorship please get in touch with Alex Jopling exetertouchrugbyclub@gmail.com
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**NEW** - Kit Website Sponsorship Banner:
Kit shop sponsorship through Shopkeepeasy – 12 month minimum
SHOP - https://shopkeepeasy.com/990059692
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‘Gold’ - £300
‘Silver’ - £120
‘Bronze’ - £60
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Administered directly through the platform, more information and expression of interest directly through this google form - https://forms.gle/NnLU8m2bn6q5EmwYA
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2023
2024
2024 was an amazing year from the club as we continued to grow and develop at both a community and performance level.
Community Touch
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We have run community touch rugby sessions every Monday across the year growing our pool of players involved in Exeter Touch Rugby to over members!
Sponsorship money has been vital to secure pitch bookings, maintain equipment and run a range of inter-club community tournaments.
We have run monthly social events for all our players as well as large annual events such as our End of Season Dinner and Christmas tournament.
Club Touch
The 23/24 season was our biggest season yet, with 64 Eagle Owls competing across 25 fixtures and a total of 549 caps bringing our clubs all time caps to 2400!
This season saw our Women's side promoted to National Division Two, a massive achievement for the team. The Men's and Mixed sides have also had their most successful ever campaigns, in a season where we entered every National Tournament possible for the first time ever!
National Touch Series Standings
Mixed 1st Team – 18th
Mixed 2nd Team – 34th
Women’s Team – 15th (promoted to Div 2)
Mens Team – 19th
As well as our regular season, we also played in local South-West fixtures, matches against Cornwall touch and hosted and won the Exeter 10yr Invitational Tournament! We returned to the Strasbourg Touch Tournament in November and came away with third place!
Sponsorship has supported our pitch bookings, tournament entries and equipment for our club touch side. Many of these costs need to be paid upfront and so receiving support has given us the confidence to make the financial commitments required to run a team at the top level of national club touch.​​
Representative Touch
Nine of our players and coaches gained international honours this year with eight taking part in the Touch World Cup in Nottingham. Representing England, Wales, Ireland and Sweden our players brought home a silver and two bronze medals!
A record twenty-three our players, referees and coaches were selected to represent South-West England at the England National Championships and came home with two team golds, a silver and two bronze as well as a coaching gold in the junior championships.
Media Coverage
Our teams have featured in online streaming of matches during the Mens, Women’s and Mixed National Touch Series.
Our representative players have featured in national promotions and match streaming associated with the World Cup including appearances on BBC Radio Devon.
Alongside the national media attention, we have also released weekly articles and team announcements on our club app ("Spond") to over 300 club members and have continued to run our club website and social media
Aspirations
Exeter is a host city for the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup in 2025 bringing opportunities to enhance the visibility of our sport, recruit new members into our club, and increase participation in Women’s rugby.
We plan to enter two Men's sides as well as our Women's and two Mixed teams into the National Divisions this year. With so many new players and squad training numbers approaching 50, we will be looking to capitalise on this to drive our teams up the regional and national leagues.
With thanks to our 2024 sponsors...
