Kilkenny GAA get the 2017 Allianz Hurling League under way this weekend with a mouthwatering game against Waterford.
The county hosted sponsors Glanbia for a photoshoot at Nowlan Park yesterday kicking off the second year of the latest three year deal between the company and the brand which has a strong local presence.
Avonmore will once more feature across all the Kilkenny representative kits while leisure wear will have the Glanbia logo.
The partnership extends beyond 20 years now and once more has a bonus element built in for achievement across all the county teams.
“Glanbia are delighted to be launching this year’s sponsorship with Kilkenny,” said Brian Phelan, CEO of Glanbia Nutritionals.
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“Our sponsorship of Kilkenny is one of the longest running GAA partnerships as well as being one of the most successful.”
“The sponsorship is an ideal fit for Glanbia with nutrition at our core and specifically for Ireland’s number one milk brand, Avonmore.”
“We in Kilkenny GAA are delighted to have a company like Glanbia as our team sponsors,” added County Board Chairman Ned Quinn.
“We have an excellent working relationship with them and with the huge costs now involved in running our county teams it would be impossible to prepare them to the level required without the generous support of Glanbia”.
Kilkenny GAA were given €843,188 in grants and payments from the GAA in 2016, the seventh biggest payment to counties across the twelve months.
