Dear club members, friends and family of the Beijing Barbarians,

I am pleased to announce that the club has secured a 3rd tier sponsorship deal with global company hotelscombined.com. Hotelscombined.com will donate a small amount annually to the club to help with website upkeep. In return they will place a small banner ad on the website advertising their services. Please use their services wherever possible!

It's a great little deal and shows that there are opportunities like these all over the place. 3-4 more web banner sponsorship deal like these and the days of 100% club sponsored match fees will soon arrive!

As always there are people working very hard behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly for the club, and again I am looking for someone to volunteer to take on an exciting and key role within the club - Sponsorship Manager.

The position will include touching base with the club's various sponsors for updates and advance notice on events or news. That's about it...but if you feel up to it, the sponsorship manager could also work to find other 2nd or 3rd tier sponsorship deals for the club.

Today, A team manager Keith Bradbury is having an interview with a Sports magazine about his company, Club Football. In an inspirational and generous thought, he's managed to get the interview done in Danger Doyle's where the piece will include a small piece of coverage about Barbarians and the relationship with DDs. Danger Doyle's are the Beijing Barbarians main sponsor.

This is something every one of us, who hold client meetings, can do to help the club and also get good service, and cheap deals for your clients. Consider holding your meeting at Danger Doyle’s, contact Daniel in preparation and with the roof top opening up, you have the perfect venue for a formal/informal meeting.

Thanks everyone and please if you’re interested in taking the simple role of Sponsorship manager please let me know or your manager. Cheers!

Richard

Chairman