N-Gaged is new Bristol Rovers home strip sponsor
Bristol Rovers will have the name N-Gaged on the team's home strip after the club held a draw to find a local sponsor.
The club teamed up with the Bristol Evening Post to offer one local business the chance to have their company logo emblazoned across the front of the famous blue-and-white quarters of Bristol Rovers for the upcoming season.
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N-Gaged will replace Cowlin on Bristol Rovers home shirts next season
N-Gaged is a management training firm based in Filton.
The second prize - a spot on Bristol Rovers' away strip - went to Stevens Hewlett & Perkins, a firm of solicitors with an office in St Augustine's Parade in the city centre, specialising in intellectual property.
Third prize - an advertisment hoarding at the ground - went to Guitarbiz, an online firm selling guitars, based in Frome, Somerset.
It cost £1,000 for a companies to enter the competition for the chance to win the shirt sponsorship package.
N-Gaged bought six tickets.
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by david, Planet Earth
Saturday, May 30 2009, 9:37AM
“So, the company who won the draw have Bristol Rovers directors as directors of that company ? Did they declare that prior to the draw ? I have to say that it smacks of remarkably bad judgement by those directors if they didn't declare their interest. I have no doubts that the draw itself was fair and above board but the directors should have at least declared their interest or, better still, not took part in the draw.”
by steve, bristol
Friday, May 29 2009, 8:44PM
“Ah, but I bet you didn't know Steve Lansdown is President of N-gage and financed the whole company!!!!”
by Wesley, Weston-s-mare
Friday, May 29 2009, 6:19PM
“Surely with Geoff Dunford and Nick Day as directors of N-Gage and Toni Watola as secretary of both N-Gage and BRFC this raises a few questions about a conflict of interests?”
by Anon, Bristol
Friday, May 29 2009, 5:48PM
“I'd say you couldn't make it up, but you can at Rovers.
lol”
by steve, clevedon
Friday, May 29 2009, 3:46PM
“Nice to move the city fans away from Tesco City,I was beginning to think there was no other news for them.......bless 'em all !! Well done Gas for great bit of reasoning in these hard financial times.”
by Davin, Frome
Friday, May 29 2009, 3:05PM
“I would just like to point out that as the the winner of the third prize, our company name is guitarbitz.com. Thanks EP
Thanks to The Gas for giving us such a fantastic opportunity.”
by Observer, Bristol
Friday, May 29 2009, 3:00PM
“Eddie Large made the draw!
No further comment required....”
by Bert, Tormarton
Friday, May 29 2009, 2:52PM
“Match day announcer Nick Day is also listed as one of N Gaged directors along with Dunford. There is also a picture of day with the balls prior to the draw.”
by Observer, Bristol
Friday, May 29 2009, 2:43PM
“NS you are correct...
Geoff Dunford is listed as a Director of N-Gaged and is also a Director of BRFC.
The company was only formed in October 2008, so nothing much else to add.
Good old Dunford, keeping up the tradition of Rovers Directors getting their company's name on the shirt. Bet it cost the bloke from Cowlin a lot more than £6k though.
I'll bet the other unlucky ticket-holders are chuffed to bits!
Oh well it's all in the luck of the draw...”
by mike, Wouldn't You Like To Know
Friday, May 29 2009, 2:16PM
“YEAH!!!! What a great opportunity for the GAS and N-Gaged!!!! Woop can't wait for the new season to start and have a amazing local company to support theGAS!!!!”