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OFFICIAL PARTNER
ULSTER RUGBY TRUCK AND HAUL
WITH LIAM CONNOLLY ROAD FREIGHT
Ulster Rugby has today announced a new sponsorship with leading haulage
firm, Liam Connolly (Roadfreight) Ltd., that will see the Fermanagh based
company become the province’s new Official Logistics Partner.
As part of the partnership the Ulster Rugby logo
will be feature on the back of all Liam Connolly
(Roadfreight) Ltd. trucks. In addition, giant images
of Ulster Rugby players Andrew Trimble, Tommy
Bowe and Rory Best will be displayed prominently
on the company’s flagship 45-foot long lorry which
travels across the province on its daily runs.
Liam Connolly (Roadfreight) specialises in pallet
distribution throughout Ireland, UK & Europe and
offers customers a complete logistics package,
tailored to suit their needs.
The main depot is situated in Lisnaskea, County
Fermanagh, on a six-acre purpose built site,
offering 110,000 square feet of ambient storage,
with off-loading facilities, storage facilities, picking,
re-loading and final delivery services available.
Speaking after agreeing the deal with Ulster
Rugby, Darren Connolly said: “The company is
very excited to be joining forces with Ulster Rugby.
We see tremendous synergies between a sport
that is built on teamwork, passion and a will to win;
values that we as a family business strive to bring
to our customers.”
Fiona Hampton, Ulster Rugby’s Head of Sales and
Marketing, said: “We are delighted to launch this
partnership with Liam Connolly Road Freight. They
will be a perfect fit in that they are an Ulster-based
company but have distribution networks across the
UK and Europe, and mirror our ambitions well. We
have great support from across the UK and Ireland
so it will nice for those fans to see the Ulster Rugby
brand quite literally on the road.