Trentham Boat Club Juniors Sponsorship Request Brochure

Sponsorship Opportunities

About Trentham Boat Club Juniors

• Trentham Boat Club is a small rowing club achieving impressive results.

• Founded in 2004, the Club has the joy of being able to row on a Capability Brown designed lake set within the stunning Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent and is regarded, both locally and nationally, as a friendly and highly successful club.

• We are a young club in the rowing world, but our juniors have taken the UK Rowing world by surprise with our GB recognised coach developing an excellent squad.

• We have Elite Junior crews sculling for the GB Junior Rowing Team and have had significant success at National competitions up and down the country.

Our Successes in 2022

Our outstanding coaches and committed athletes work extremely hard to compete at Regional, National and International level.

Team GB Trentham rower Meg won Bronze for GB at the World Rowing U19 championships in Varese, Italy, as well as representing GB at the Munich International Junior Regatta winning Silver and Bronze in the single and double sculling events and competed again at the 2022 European Rowing U19 Championships in Varese, Italy.

2 athletes represented GB at the European Beach Sprint Championships in San Sebastian, Spain 5 of our athletes took part in U19 GB trials

British Rowing Junior Championships Bronze medal success in the Op J18 1x Silver medal success for the WJ15 4x+ crew

Henley Women’s Regatta & Henley Royal Regatta

Di Ellis Trophy winner (1st Place) in the Junior Single Sculls at Henley Women’s Regatta, the UK’s premier regatta for women

Henley Royal Regatta with the girls Coxless Quad Crew making it through to the quarter finals of The Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup

British Rowing Junior Inter-Regional Time Trials & Regatta (JIRR)

• 17 of the 19 juniors who took part in time trials went on to represent the North West at the JIRR, bringing home 8 medals

Other notable achievements

• Silver medallists in the boys J17 4x-and the J15 4x at the OARSportJunior Sculling Head

• Chester Regatta Victor Ludorumwinners with 12 victories from 15 races entered

• 4 athletes accepted and enrolled to complete (of 27 places available)

British Rowing’s Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) Programme alongside their A Level studies pressure for our junior rowers.

But aside from our competitive successes, our athletes learn about discipline, teamwork, co-ordination and pure hard work and dedication. What makes this even more impressive is that this is achieved using second hand or borrowed boats and equipment, financed solely through parent fundraising efforts; our squads share race boats on race day, creating huge

Goals for 2023 and beyond

We wish to grow our junior & elite teams and exceed our successes

To achieve:

• Medals at National Competitions

• Continue to develop the elite athletes in the Junior section

• Sustainable development plan to support more junior athletes to reach GB standard

• Nurture and develop our younger junior athletes

To do this we need to update our equipment and increase our fleet of boats to enable all of our elite juniors the opportunity to compete at regional, national and international events

To achieve these goals YOUR support is needed.

There is a cost to maintaining and growing our successes. To reach the top levels of any sport is very demanding and requires discipline, time, effort and of course, money.

The cost of Success 2023 and beyond

The costs involved in being a competitive Rowing Athlete include:

• Approximately £250 for a set of race compliant rowing kit

• £20 entry per race plus £6 towing fee per regatta

• Travel /Hotel costs

• £450 per year to attend training camps in school holidays

• Selection for Regional and GB requires additional investment in trials, accommodation and kit costs

Our athletes and parents make a commitment to cover these costs with fundraising however the costs of rowing equipment in the form of boats and blades is often beyond parental funds.

Costs of SuccessEquipment

In 2023 / 24 we aim to purchase the following equipment to replace old kit and increase the number of athletes that can train and compete at the same time.

• Boat Trestles £100 per pair

• Elite Competitive Blades £800 per pair

• Ergo (Rowing machine) £1200 each

• Second Hand Boats£8-15k including doubles and quads

• New Boatsupwards of £12k Your sponsorship support will make a huge difference to the club’s ability to purchase this equipment to help our Juniors achieve even more success.

Why Sponsor our Juniors?

Not only would you be supporting the efforts of our committed athletes, your support would be recognised by promoting your business on our sponsored equipment.

Our equipment is used daily at the Trentham Boat House within Trentham Gardens, and at all competitions both regionally and nationally.

Not only is this an opportunity to promote your business to the Trentham Gardens visitors, but also thousands of people attending or in the vicinity of rowing regatta’s up and down the country and via our social media channels.

Thousands of people will see your logo/website as you support our young rowers.

The Ultimate Sponsor

Perhaps you can contribute to some larger purchases such as buying a pair or a boat’s worth of Competitive ‘Skinny’ Blades which are more streamline at £800 a pair

Or maybe you could provide a significant contribution to the purchase of a boat for our Junior Squad which are priced between £8k-£20k dependent on squad size.

This type of support would be amazing and help our club take a leap forward in its competitive position in the country.

We would be happy to meet with you to build a package with you.

National Events: OARSportJunior Sculling Head –Dorney Lake 2012 Olympic Venue

National Schools Regatta -Dorney Lake 2012 Olympic Venue British Rowing Championships –National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham Henley Woman’s Regatta Henley Royal Regatta

GB Junior Trials –Boston, Lincs Inter-Regional Finals -National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham Fours/Eights Head -London River Thames

GB v France Trials Schools Head –London River Thames