Sponsorship Policy
(Adopted by PGRA Board June 2004)

Information for Coaches’ and Team Managers

Team Sponsorship – PGRA actively solicits local businesses by seeking opportunities for sponsorship of the association and teams. PGRA offers various levels of sponsorship that are offered with various levels of value and even exclusivity and can make information packages available to interested sponsors. The Director of Sponsorship is primarily responsible for obtaining formal sponsorship for PGRA and assigning team sponsors.

It is an ongoing challenge each year to maintain current sponsorship levels or increase sponsorship levels to meet growing demands and as such association members are encouraged to develop sponsorship leads and contacts and provide them to the Director of Sponsorship or another member of the PGRA executive. The Director of Sponsorship or their designate will follow up with the prospect. Under no circumstances are association members permitted to grant official team sponsorship status to a prospect.

Shortly after the beginning of the season, each team is advised who their team sponsor is (if they have one) and PGRA provides sponsor name bars to be sewed on the shoulders of the team jerseys. NOTE: player name bars should be sewed on below the number on the back of the jersey.

Team Coach’s or Manager’s may contact the sponsor as part of additional fund raising towards team uniforms, jackets and hoodies but sponsor’s are under no obligation to provide additional funds. Teams may obtain funds from other businesses towards such items but that does not make that business an official team sponsor.

Platinum Sponsorship (exclusive team sponsorship) entitles the sponsored team up to $500.00 towards team uniforms, jackets or hoodies only. The team Coach or Manager must submit a request in writing to the PGRA executive Treasurer requesting release of the $500 to the team and indicating the purpose for which the funds will be utilized. This amount must be used during the current season and cannot be carried forward into next season.

Gold, Silver and Friends of Ringette Sponsorship levels do not provide funds for teams to use towards uniforms, jackets or hoodies. Teams must undertake their own fund raising activities for these things or purchase them at full cost. Sponsorship at these levels is not exclusive so it is possible for a team to acquire two official team sponsors. The Association Sponsorship Director must be involved in making this decision. Arrangements would need to be made to ensure sponsors bars for the jerseys reflect double sponsorship. This can be done by either combining both sponsors onto a single sponsor bar or dividing the team such that half wear Sponsor A and half wear Sponsor B. Always remember when reporting game results to media to mention both names EG: The Triton Welding/ PG Cabs Petite A team defeated…..

Coach’s or Manager’s responsibilities

All teams should make sure that they have contact information and do advise the various media of the results of team results from tournaments. The team references must include the sponsors name EG: “ The Panago Tween B Terminators won Gold at the Hinton Ringette Tournament this past week-end.” This is part of the value that we wish to provide our sponsors and which we hope will allow us to keep them as sponsors for years to come.

The Director of Publicity will provide each head coach with a list of media contacts and their preferred publication requirements.


Team Fund Raising

Teams may find that they need to do fund raising for various reasons. This could include bottle drives or soliciting donations from local businesses. PGRA can also benefit from those activities. By turning your fund raising monies over to PGRA and asking businesses making a cash donation to your team to issue the cheque payable to PGRA, PGRA can account for those monies as fund raising. (This is an important criteria when PGRA applies each year for Gaming Funds.) The treasurer would then issue a cheque back in the same amount to the teams Coach or Manager or to a local business to pay towards jackets for example.

Any teams looking to fund raise are asked to contact the Association Sponsorship Director or Treasurer with respect to this process.


Sponsorship Package:

When soliciting sponsorship, please discuss your intentions first with the Association Sponsorship Director to ensure we are not duplicating our efforts or seeking additional sponsors after we already have sufficient sponsors committed for every team. We prefer to provide the prospective sponsor with a Sponsors Package containing the Title Page, the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Friends of Ringette pages. Do not include the Information for Coaches and Team Manager pages.


Sponsor’s Package - Platinum Sponsor

With your generous support of $1500.00 or more toward the ringette season, you may consider one of the following options:

1) One year exclusive Team Sponsor (While we will try to accommodate your specific team request, we do require the flexibility to direct sponsorship towards teams in need); Joy Hoffman Tournament Sponsor; or
2) One Year as Association Platinum Sponsor (support dollars are used directly to help defray association operating costs); Joy Hoffman Tournament Sponsor; or
3) If you specify, your sponsorship may be directed towards a ‘AA” All Star team (non –exclusive sponsorship of a regional team typically comprising Quesnel and Prince George players). ; Joy Hoffman Tournament Sponsor.

Value of Sponsorship – Your support as a Platinum Sponsor entitles you to:

• Your corporate logo displayed on the PGRA website home page at (www.pgringette.ca) with a link to your web site;
• Prominent display on a Sponsor’s banner with your corporate logo/identification and PGRA’s logo. Banner will be displayed at Joy Hoffman Tournament. (Note ‘AA’ All Star team does not participate at the Joy Hoffman Tournament; Association Sponsor’ will be acknowledged in a sign or banner along with other tournament sponsors);
• A full page ad in the annual Joy Hoffman Tournament Program;
• Acknowledgement of team out of town results in either the Citizen or Free Press or both. Team’s will be referred to in the following fashion: “the Jenco Welding Belle Fireballs” completed a three game sweep…”
• Acknowledgement of sponsors at season-end in a local paper along with the AGM notice;
• Appreciation Plaque from PGRA and copy of team photo (if applicable)

How will PGRA use my sponsorship funds? From your contribution of $1500.00 or more:

- $250.00 will go directly towards sponsorship of the annual Joy Hoffman tournament hosted by PGRA annually in November;
- Balance will be used by PGRA to defray costs of operations and tournaments. At the discretion of PGRA executive, written requests from the sponsored team’s Coach or Team Manager for financial assistance up to $500.00 towards team jackets, uniforms or hoodies only will be considered. This amount cannot be carried over into the next season.
- Balance with respect to ‘AA’All-star teams may be used by the team to defray the costs of tournaments, travel, team functions, team jackets or hoodies.

Sponsor’s Package - Gold Sponsor

With your generous support of $1000.00 or more toward the ringette season, you may consider becoming a non-exclusive Team Sponsor or general Association Sponsor as well as a Joy Hoffman Tournament Sponsor.


Value of Sponsorship – Your support as a Gold Sponsor entitles you to:

• Prominent display on Sponsor’s banner with your corporate logo/identification and PGRA’s logo. Banner will be displayed at the Joy Hoffman Tournament. (Note: Association Sponsor’ will be acknowledged in a sign or banner along with other tournament sponsors);
• A half page ad in the annual Joy Hoffman Tournament Program;
• Acknowledgement of team out of town results in either the Citizen or Free Press or both. Team’s will be referred to in the following fashion: “the Jenco Welding Novice Fireballs” completed a three game sweep…”
• Acknowledgement of sponsors at season-end in a local paper along with the AGM notice;
• Appreciation Plaque from PGRA and copy of team photo (if applicable)


Sponsor’s Package - Silver Sponsor

With your generous support of $550.00 or more toward the upcoming ringette season, you may consider becoming a non-exclusive Team Sponsor or general Association Sponsor.


Value of Sponsorship – Your support as a Silver Sponsor entitles you to:

• Acknowledgement of team out of town results in either the Citizen or Free Press or both. Team’s will be referred to in the following fashion: “the Jenco Welding Novice Fireballs” completed a three game sweep…”
• Acknowledgement of sponsors at season-end in a local paper along with the AGM notice;
• Appreciation Plaque from PGRA and copy of team photo (if applicable);
• As part of team efforts to purchase team uniforms, jackets, hoodies, etc. the Coach or Team Manager may enquire of you as to your desire to contribute directly towards this additional voluntary support.


Sponsor’s Package - Friends of Ringette

With your generous support of up to $500.00 toward this upcoming 2006-2007 season, you may consider becoming a General Association Sponsor. Alternatively your donation of product or services* required by PGRA will be graciously accepted.


Value of Sponsorship – Your support as a Friend of Ringette entitles you to:

• Acknowledgement of sponsors at season-end in a local paper along with the AGM notice;
• Goodwill.


*PGRA is limited as to the types and kinds of products and services that provide relevant value to the association. Products may for example include ringette equipment and accessories, canned or bottled soft drinks. Services may include equipment repairs, printing and assembly of brochures or tournament programs.