Why a charity will have its name and logo on Bognor's shirts this season - and how the shirts will look
Rocks supporter Gordon Lawson won the main prize of shirt sponsorship of the first team for the new season and immediately donated it to the Apuldram Centre, an independent registered charity which has delivered services in Chichester and surrounding area for 30 years.
Now the club's kit manufacturers are printing the home and away jerseys depicting the charity's colourful logo to replace last season's sponsor Reynolds.
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Hide AdThe Apuldram Centre's services include a dedicated day centre offering “meaningful and enterprising daytime occupational activities such as: horticultural, both on and off site; woodwork; cookery and arts and crafts”. They also support a number of people in the Chichester area to live independently in their own tenancies -- and run a community outreach service, Hub Club, three times a week in central Chichester.
Rocks manager Jack Pearce said: "We're delighted that Gordon generously gave the sponsorship to the charity and we look forward to promoting their fantastic work throughout the season."
The sponsor's draw -- which because of Covid-19 restrictions had to made virtually with live screening on Facebook -- is vital to the club's finances. And Pearce added: "We can't thank enough the businesses who took part and we can assure every one of them that when restrictions are lifted we will throw a bash for them with food and entertainment at our Seasons events venue by way of a thank you."
The winners in full:
Kit sponsorship 2020/2021 Gordon Lawson/The Apuldram Centre
Match Day 1 - Bowers and Pitsea RealTime DC
Match Day 2 - Carshalton Express Food Services
Match Day 3 - East Thurrock FloorTec
Match Day 4 - Margate Michael Hall
Match Day 5 - Folkestone Skyline Roofing
Match Day 6 - Hollymead House Michael Martin
Match Day 7 - Specsavers Jonathan West
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Hide AdMatch Day 8 - Wingate & Finchley Gordon Lawson / The Apuldram Centre
Match Day 9 - Leatherhead Martin Denyer
Match Day 10 - Potters Bar Alderton Scrap Metal
Ball Sponsorship 1 F&G Transport
Ball Sponsorship 2 Racing Events
Ball Sponsorship 3 Gordon Lawson / The Apuldram Centre
Ball Sponsorship 4 Selsey Press
Ball Sponsorship 5 Picturedrome
Ball Sponsorship 6 Liam Goodley
Ball Sponsorship 7 Turners Pies
Ball Sponsorship 8 Concise Surfacing Ltd
Ball Sponsorship 9 Express Food Servicing
Ball Sponsorship 10 Sureworld - Guy Rutherford