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SPONSOR NEWS
ULSTER RUGBY INSURED FOR SUCCESS
WITH ABBEY INSURANCE
Abbey Insurance is delighted to welcome in the 2017/18 rugby season
as the new sponsor of Kingspan Stadium's Family Stand.
The three-year partnership will also see Northern
Ireland’s largest locally owned insurance broker
sponsor the Ulster Rugby Academy, which is
responsible for training the next stream of future
Ulster Rugby talent.
The company has exciting plans for family-friendly
match day fun and activities throughout the season.
George Storey, founder and Chairman of Abbey
Insurance said: “We are delighted to be partnering
with Ulster Rugby. These exciting sponsorships
provide us with an opportunity to support Ulster
Rugby and its fans, helping drive the team to success
on the pitch, both now and in the future.
“Abbey is a home-grown company, proud of its local
roots, so we are really excited to support a local team
which is inspiring international standard sporting
excellence right across Ulster.
“We will be working hard to sustain the family-friendly
rugby experience for supporters of all ages. Ulster
Rugby is always a great spectacle, hugely entertaining
and a great way for families to spend time together
growing and sharing a sporting passion.
“As the second strand of our sponsorship, we are
very proud to be investing in the future of professional
rugby here. The Ulster Rugby Academy has a proven
reputation for nurturing and developing new talent,
with many of today’s rugby heroes including Andrew
Trimble, Craig Gilroy and Jacob Stockdale coming
through the Academy ranks. Over the next three years
we are excited to see the next batch of stars who
will pass through the Abbey Insurance Ulster Rugby
Academy and go on to play for Ulster and hopefully
even pull on a green jersey for Ireland.”
Shane Logan, Chief Executive Officer at Ulster Rugby
said: “Abbey Insurance, like Ulster Rugby, share a
commitment to excellence while also being proud
of our place within the local community, so we look
forward to working together to further enhance these
two key strands of the organisation.
“The identification and development of the best
local talent within the Ulster Rugby Academy is
an absolutely critical area for us as we continue to
compete at the new PRO14 and European level, and
we are immensely proud that a considerable number
of players have graduated through our Academy
system to represent Ireland and indeed the British &
Irish Lions with distinction. With the support of Abbey
Insurance we look forward to building on this success
and further reinforcing our Academy’s reputation as
among the best in Europe.
“We proudly promote Ulster games as safe and
enjoyable experiences for all the family, so we
are excited to see our new partners bringing their
activation ideas to life on match days with their
sponsorship of the Family Stand at Kingspan
Stadium.”