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[The Palmist]

I was very polite may I add.

Thankyou for your continued enquiry. I am afraid that not only as a business but also as a person I am very old school in the way we look at things. Firstly we like to manage and make things traditionally with a modern tilt to it but keeping the performance and service that I would have expected as a professional cricketer. Secondly I came from an era in the 90s when every professional cricketer felt very privileged to have a sponsor of kit and very lucky to be in that position and was happy even as a seasoned player to have just a couple of bats and gloves and a pair of pads, though I appreciate times have changed. Bearing that in mind we do not give sponsorships out to just anyone and when we sit down to look at them we will always take time over the ones that can put a well constructed letter together along with a playing cv with references from their relevant coaches from their representative teams and not just a few lines telling us what you want and how good you think you are.
  As a word of advise I would think about that when you approach other companies and you may get some consideration
All the best for the future
Paul

Very well constructed but reading his initial letter to you, I don't think he will get one oz of what you are saying.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

I totally agree

[trypewriter]

I was impressed that he could spell sponsor.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Lets hope he does make it at cricket 

[Vitas Cricket]

We have had a few funny sponsorship requests recently. One was from a lad at a fairly local club who to my knowledge has never been into the shop. He was giving all sorts of stats and impressive sounding scores etc. Then almost hidden at the bottom of the email i saw the club he was at, in the same league as my clubs 2's, 4 leagues below the level of cricket i play.
In my league, there is a very small group of guys i would consider throwing some gear at, but certainly not anyone playing below that level.

Another one was 3 or 4 guys in Australia, who i assume were all mates/at the same club telling me that with their help our brand would conquer Australia, everyone at their club would buy our gear, and then it would snowball from there.....

[mr_wickets]

Always makes me laugh a bit how kids feel the need to be 'sponsored'

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

We had guys in our changing room who had played for England as batters and only had a cpl pairs of gloves pair of pads and a cpl of bats. If they wanted anything else they could have it but they weren't greedy and appreciated what they got wasn't cheep. I was lucky I started with nicholls as our keeper for England NCA as he was worked there then I when nicholls got rid of the regular joe county players when the World Cup came over robin smith looked after me when he started chase. At no other point in my cricketing life did I ever expect or ask for sponsorship, I didn't deserve it in my mind as I wasn't a professional cricketer yet. I struggle to give myself kit now days.

[The Palmist]

We had guys in our changing room who had played for England as batters and only had a cpl pairs of gloves pair of pads and a cpl of bats. If they wanted anything else they could have it but they weren't greedy and appreciated what they got wasn't cheep. I was lucky I started with nicholls as our keeper for England NCA as he was worked there then I when nicholls got rid of the regular joe county players when the World Cup came over robin smith looked after me when he started chase. At no other point in my cricketing life did I ever expect or ask for sponsorship, I didn't deserve it in my mind as I wasn't a professional cricketer yet. I struggle to give myself kit now days.

Nicolls it is Gray Nicolls !!!!!!!!!!

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

I do apologise.

[RossViper]

Dude, he wants to be part of you.... can you just reach out and make a young man's dreams come true ;-)))))))))))

[procricket]

I liked the last years sponsors post about the guy who described himself as average and would give good coverage.

I remember a guy on here who told me he was sponsored by a Main Street brand even though he was a club 2nd eleven cricketer

Some people hey

[Vitas Cricket]

I liked the last years sponsors post about the guy who described himself as average and would give good coverage.

I remember a guy on here who told me he was sponsored by a Main Street brand even though he was a club 2nd eleven cricketer

Some people hey

A lad in my second team got free bat, pads, gloves from Gray Nics as he works for a golf magazine and did an interview with an ex-pro, maybe Ramps, who sorted him out. Something similar could have happened in the case you have described, and the lad now thinks he is sponsored.

Every kid who's hit a boundary wants a deal at the minute. The simple solution that most small/medium brands have come up with is to up their prices and then give a percentage off to anyone who asks, or give a percentage off RRP to those who ask/are deemed good enough. 20% off RRP can still be more expensive than a retailer would sell at.

[procricket]

No mate the guy is a forum member on here talked a big game until I quizzed him he then said discounted and seen other lies eminate from this person.

Sponsorship is free gear pain and simple

[Vitas Cricket]

I agree, the brands are a fault a little bit here though. I know a couple of lads who get discounted deals from Kooka and GN, both brands refer to their price lists for these deals as sponsorship price lists.

To me, if you are sponsored, you are getting free gear, if you are really good you might be getting some cash too. In cricket you a lucky if you get this unless you are an international, but it is more common in other sports than you would think.

[tim2000s]

Couldn't agree more Jake. Sponsorship is free gear, plain and simple!