The GAA Sponsorship team has been putting in a big shift this summer with EirGrid the latest major brand to step up as a category sponsor.
The state-owned company that manages and develops Ireland’s electricity grid, is to become the Official GAA Timing Sponsor, joining Sure who were named as the official Statistics partner last month.
It is the first time in the history of the GAA that an official timing sponsor has been partnered with and the new deal will see EirGrid strengthen links with the biggest sporting organisation in the country.
EirGrid are currently two years into a three-year sponsorship of the EirGrid GAA Football U21 Football All-Ireland Championship and also sponsored last year’s EirGrid International Rules Series.
The sponsorship runs from the concluding stages of this season’s All-Ireland Senior Football and Hurling Championships through to the end of the 2019 championships.
EirGrid is celebrating becoming the GAA’s Official Timing Sponsor by offering a chance for one club in each province to win a digital clock and scoreboard for their grounds. The competition is to be run in the coming weeks with details to follow on EirGrid social media channels.
Supporters watching at home and in Croke Park will also be given the opportunity to win match tickets by guessing and tweeting the time of the first goal scored in upcoming matches using #EirGridTimeIsNow.
“We are delighted to welcome EirGrid on board as the Official GAA Timing Sponsor,” said GAA Ard-Stiúrthóir Paraic Duffy.
“It’s an historic first for our Association and we wanted to ensure we could work with a trusted and pro-active sponsor.”
“EirGrid have shown themselves to be just that in our dealings with them so far, both as sponsors of our U21 Football Championship and last year’s International Rules Series.
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