Sponsorship

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Originally posted by rayner
Hi, just wondering whether there is anyone here who owns a business, is a cycling distributor or knows anyone who would be willing to sponsor me for the 2005 season. I realise that this sounds a bit odd but due to my age its a bit hard to get the support I need through email. I am a 16 year old 5 times state champion with aspirations of medalling at next years u19 track and road nationals. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

I used to go thru these hoops as a junior/early senior years
(albeit Baseball, but my sponsorship was to fund trip/s to States, worldchamps)

Can you put together some form of physical (or even webpage?) dossier on yourself?

Sell yourself (so to speak) to them

List your achievements thus far (way to go, by the way. Your not one of those little brats whipping me at the Kew crits are you?)

What your aspirations are
Goals
Inspriations (hint. dont pick Jobe Dabka)
and WHY they should pick you inparticular

remember these people get approached by every second person to sponsor them. And most of the time you speak or contact someone, they wont be the decision-maker in the process.
So if you have a dossier on yourself for your contact to 'show-and-tell' on your behalf to the real decision-maker further up the management chain, you are way ahead of the game.

Just remember, you (or more importantly they) need a compelling reason to say Yes. Your history is a huge start, but its what you are going to do now/future that will interest/benefit them.

Be inventive. they get approached by lots so separate yourself from the crowd.
Goodluck. if you want help reviewing anything. let us know.
Where are you?

FD

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Originally posted by flyingdutch

Where are you?

FD

Thanks for the quick reply. I live in Devonport in Tassie. Im mainly after sponsorship so that I can get some new track wheels. I've been on restrictions (equipment and gearing) until this year and I've found that what I'm running isn't doing me too many favours. If I do well enough at nationals I would have a chance of making the B squad for the T.I.S which would give me access to discs and other high end stuff,but until then I'm on my own stuff. In a way to be right up the pointy end results wise you need the discs and high end stuff but to get that you need to be with the TIS and to be with them you need the results to start with. It's basically a never ending no win situation unless you can get independent funding. I'll shut up now. Thanks for the reply.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by rayner
Thanks for the quick reply. I live in Devonport in Tassie. Im mainly after sponsorship so that I can get some new track wheels. I've been on restrictions (equipment and gearing) until this year and I've found that what I'm running isn't doing me too many favours. If I do well enough at nationals I would have a chance of making the B squad for the T.I.S which would give me access to discs and other high end stuff,but until then I'm on my own stuff. In a way to be right up the pointy end results wise you need the discs and high end stuff but to get that you need to be with the TIS and to be with them you need the results to start with. It's basically a never ending no win situation unless you can get independent funding. I'll shut up now. Thanks for the reply.

Cool. put together something like i was talking about if you can be bothered and approach the distributors and sales marketing guys at the relevant companies.

Maybe you could suggest to them that they could start up a 'pool' of relevant equipment (wheels in particular) to be used by the upcoming junior stars to bridge that gap you referred to.
That way, sharing the equipment or passing it on once you get where you need to with bettera ccess can let the next kid utilise them and Mavic/whoever get good bang-for-buck out of their relatively small investment in junior track racing

Glad youre not one of em young bucks at Kew.
Would have to give you a cuff over the ear :-)

keep us updated on your endeavours