Tom Croft and SSE
- England’s Tom Croft endorses SSE’s community rugby club support -
Leading energy company, SSE, has been named as a National Community Partner of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The three year partnership will see SSE invest significantly to support community rugby in England and take on the title sponsorship of the National and Divisional Leagues.
At the launch event, SSE National League 3 side Bracknell RFC was announced as the first club to benefit from additional resource to give their season a boost. England International and SSE ambassador Tom Croft visited the club, providing their National League First XV with a training session and delivering the good news that SSE would be giving them exactly what they need in the form of a contribution to their much-needed floodlights.
England flanker and World Cup hopeful Tom Croft enjoyed the event, which brought back memories of his own community rugby background at Newbury RFC before joining the Leicester Tigers academy: “Having grown up in the English club rugby system, I know how much difference any additional support and investment can make to local rugby clubs – especially the smaller clubs in the lower Leagues. It’s great to see SSE taking an interest in the future of the game by investing where it is needed most. That will make all the difference. It certainly has here at Bracknell.”
Stephen Forbes, Director of Sales, Marketing and Energy Services for SSE was proud to announce the partnership: “SSE is a growing brand, known better to many of our English customers as Southern Electric, and our primary focus is on delivering the best possible service for our customers – in short, making their lives easier in as many ways as we can. Our partnership with the RFU will help us do this for rugby clubs and their surrounding communities all over the UK – with a particular focus on the areas we serve and provide for. We’re excited about our forthcoming plans that will bring this to bear.”
To have your say in SSE’s club rugby support programme and to tell them exactly what your club needs, log on now to www.SSERugby.com. Every respondent gets 10% off at the RFU’s online store, and those who offer greater detailed responses stand a chance of winning tickets to watch England in the 2012 RBS 6 Nations.
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