New ESL sponsor is

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Stobarts.

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Rugby: STOBART GROUP SECURES TITLES RIGHTS TO RUGBY SUPER LEAGUE
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Gerald Ferreira
Stobart Group, the UK leader in transport and distribution, has partnered with the Super League in a cross-marketing deal to secure title naming rights to Rugby League’s elite club competition.



The new agreement, which will run until the end of the 2014 season, will see the competition become the Stobart Super League with the Stobart brand featuring prominently across all 14 clubs.



In a pioneering new partnership focusing on exposure and promoting greater awareness of the game, the newly designed Stobart Super League artwork will adorn 100 trailers of the company’s famous red and green trucks, with an Eddie Stobart vehicle passed, on average, every 4.5 minutes when driving on the UK’s major roads.

Each of the 14 clubs will have trailers branded with images of their players and team colours.

Commenting on the new partnership, Super League Chairman, Richard Lewis, said: “The deal with Stobart is excellent for the Super League clubs and the competition as a whole. The Super League clubs turned down other offers and took a strategic view that the brand values of Stobart are closely matched to those of Rugby League. The Super League clubs are excited by the multi-layered sponsorship that services the game and the competition on a number of levels in a way never seen before.”

Stobart CEO, Andrew Tinkler, said: “We are extremely pleased to be involved with Super League and the top clubs across Europe. Eddie Stobart has become a Superbrand due to the public exposure of its 2,250 trucks and the innovative ways in which we market the company through interaction with fans and the public. This partnership is a great opportunity for us to help promote Super League and enhance our own status as a Superbrand which is defined by quality, reliability and distinction.”

He added: “As a major local employer, we’ve had positive results from our investment in the Stobart Stadium at Halton, which was a unique opportunity for us to support the wider community.”

The partnership will dovetail alongside a new five-year television contract with leading broadcaster Sky Sports, which will see up to 70 televised games each season.

Rugby League continues to be a major feature in the Sky Sports portfolio as the most watched domestic league outside of football, and the fourth most popular televised sport in Britain.

The Stobart Super League is launched on Wednesday 1 February with a convoy of branded Eddie Stobart trucks driving from Widnes to Old Trafford.

The first televised game of the new season will take place on Friday 3 February at Stobart Stadium, between Widnes Vikings and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (8.00pm).

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[NSWAFL]

Well big whoopie-do!

[Raiderdave]

Well big whoopie-do!

no

that'd be AR overseas...............

[NSWAFL]

Enough care to have it work in 60 countries, Dave! Where are the 60 countries that play RL, eh?

[Beaussie]

Never heard of them. Bit like most NRL club sponsors. Unherad of local used car dealers and local bottle shops in the main from what I can gather.

[Raiderdave]

Enough care to have it work in 60 countries, Dave! Where are the 60 countries that play RL, eh?

29 countries

4 players in pakistan doesn't count
3 people having seen a game of wombat ball in the philipines doesn't either

you're caught up in cuzzy's masturbation frenzy
get a grip man

..... errr .. poor choice of words there

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Never heard of them. Bit like most NRL club sponsors. Unherad of local used car dealers and local bottle shops in the main from what I can gather.

Of course you haven't, they are European.

http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/about-us/key-facts/

Key Facts
Stobart Group operates from 40 sites in the UK and Europe.
Eddie Stobart is the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling over 2,250 tractor units.
Eddie Stobart Limited was incorporated in 1970 and celebrated its Ruby anniversary in 2010.
Each Eddie Stobart vehicle is identified by a unique girl's name.
The first Eddie Stobart truck was named 'Twiggy' by Edward Stobart, after the 1960s supermodel.
An Eddie Stobart vehicle makes a delivery somewhere in the UK every 5.5 minutes.
Eddie Stobart has a dedicated training facility in Cheshire.
The distance travelled by the Eddie Stobart fleet each day is the equivalent to 24 laps of the Earth.
The Group has 37,000 tyres in use at any one time.
An Eddie Stobart vehicle is passed, on average, every 4.5 minutes when driving on the UK's major roads.
Stobart Group owns two airports, London Southend and Carlisle Lake District.
London Southend is the closest airport in the UK to mainland Europe.
It will take around 40 minutes from Southend Airport train station to the London Olympic 2012 venue.
It will take around 50 minutes to get from Southend Airport train station into central London.
Stobart Group has over six million square feet of warehousing space.
Stobart Ports handles 150,000 containers every year.
Stobart Ports brings goods into the UK from more than 100 countries around the world.
Annual container movements per annum are in excess of 36,000 – 16,000 more than the largest container ship can move in one journey.
There are 25,000 members in the Stobart Members Club.
The Stobart brand is among the most recognized in the UK, and has been named a British Superbrand for the past six years.
There are over three million sq ft of new cutting-edge warehousing throughout the UK currently under development by Stobart Infrastructure.
Stobart Rail saves in excess of 33,000 lorry movements per year by conveying goods on its trains.
Stobart trains save, on average, 4,804.65 tons of carbon dioxide per year compared with road movements.

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No, not a very big company at all aye Bea?

http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/about-us/our-history/

Our History
1960s: Founder, Eddie Stobart, goes into business as an agricultural contractor in the isolated Lake District village of Hesket Newmarket/Caldbeck.

1970: The business incorporates, becoming Eddie Stobart Limited, on 23 November.

1970s: Eddie Stobart’s son, Edward, drives the Company’s transition from an agricultural contracting business into road transport and warehousing, building a solid
reputation across north west England.

1979: Eddie’s youngest son, William, leaves school to join the growing family business.

80s/90s: The business expands significantly, opening depots across the UK. This consistent, rapid growth helped make Eddie Stobart one of the UK’s best known brands.

2001: William leaves Eddie Stobart Limited to become a shareholding Director in Andrew Tinkler’s rail-based infrastructure engineering business, WA Developments.

2004: WA Developments International, a holding company that is jointly owned by Andrew Tinkler and William Stobart, acquires Eddie Stobart Limited. William
and Andrew implement significant changes that re-focus the business on core
values and profitability, improving environmental awareness and introducing
a revolutionary new costing model.

2005: Large investment is made in IT infrastructure in conjunction with the development of a key management team and the introduction of a striking new livery for the fleet.

2006: The first Stobart Rail freight service is launched.

2007: The LSE-listed Stobart Group Limited is formed through a reverse merger with Westbury Property Fund Limited.

2007: Stobart Group acquires the O’Connor Ports business, including its Widnes railhead and container handling facility.

2008: The successful rail infrastructure engineering business, WA Developments, is
acquired by the Group.

2008: The acquisition of James Irlam Logistics further extends Stobart Group’s
transport and warehouse offering.

2008: Innovate’s chilled business is acquired from administration, heralding a strategic move for the Group into fresh and chilled food transport.

2008: The Group acquires London Southend Airport.

2009: Stobart Group enters the FTSE 250 category of leading businesses.

2009: Carlisle Lake District Airport is acquired, with the aim of providing a new northern base for the business and extending Group interests in airport service

2009: Stobart Rail launches its first international rail freight service operating between Valencia, Spain, and the UK.

2010: Stobart Group plc takes a controlling interest in a major new joint venture with A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products, ‘Stobart Biomass Products Limited’, which will source and process sustainable Biomass Fuels for the modern low-carbon power generation industry.

2010: Eddie Stobart celebrates its 40th Anniversary on 23 November 2010.

2011: Stobart Group takes full control of Stobart Biomass, bringing Allan Jenkinson on-board as a principal of the biomass operation.

2011: Edward Stobart, driving force behind the early expansion of the company and key player in the development of the UK transport industry passes away, aged 56 on 31 March.

2011: Stobart’s Envirotrailer proposal gets the go ahead by the Government on
October 11, heralding substantial potential reductions in traffic, pollution through increased LGV load volumes.

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So poor they can sponsor rally cars in the WRC series.

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Probably should've put this with the rest of the UK RL stuff in bumfluffer mattycmux thread, oh well, that's won already..

[NSWAFL]

Enough care to have it work in 60 countries, Dave! Where are the 60 countries that play RL, eh?

29 countries

60. Fact.

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9 a side or as we all know the truth, half a side does not make a nation and does not make a sport.