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UMBRO South Africa is the new
technical sponsor of Softball South Africa. In a landmark agreement
between SSA Vice-President, Noore Nacerodien, and Umbro Director, Mark
Byrne, a new relationship was initiated. UMBRO, manufacturer of football
essentials, decided to put it's weight behing women softball in line
with the BackSoftball Campaign. The first beneficiary will be the Under
16 girls team participating in the inaugural Youth Cup in Prague during
August.
UMBRO is a well established British football brand based in Cheadle in Manchester, England. The company was founded in 1910, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, as Humphrey Brothers Clothing; in 1924, the company changed its name to UMBRO, a contraction of its previous name, Humphrey Brothers. In 1985, in Brazil, UMBRO introduced its first football boot, which went into production two years later.
Locally the UMBRO offices are situated in Cape Town, with a national sales distribution network country wide. The Group designs, sources and markets football related products which are sold in over 90 countries.
UMBRO's product range comprises apparel, footwear and equipment. All products are sourced from professional independent manufacturers, principally located in the Far East, but with a large portion of apparel being manufactured locally.
The Group has been associated with football since the 1930's and its relationship with leading national teams and professional clubs now encompasses exclusive endorsements and distribution rights for playing and training kit, apparel and equipment for the National Teams of England, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Norway. UMBRO also supply kit to leading professional clubs worldwide, including Olympique Lyonnais (France), FC Santos (Brazil), Changchun Yatai (China), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Everton and West Ham (England), Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), Gamba Osaka (Japan) and Bestiktas (Turkey). Locally UMBRO are proud sponsors of kit and equipment to Free State Stars, Black Leopards, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Carara Kicks and FC Cape Town. The UMBRO brand also endorses high profile individual players including John Terry, Michael Owen, Luis Garcia, Tim Cahill, Deco and Alan Shearer and locally by Kurt Lentjies, James Mayinga, Aubrey Mathibe, to name but a few.
UMBRO SA is involved in the Spur Masidlale Coaching Programme as Technical Supplier. This programme is in its 4th year and is an extremely successful and beneficial development programme.
UMBRO SA are the Technical Sponsors of the Bayhill Metropolitan Premier Cup, the biggest and most prestigious Under 19 tournament in the country, run over the Easter weekend and featuring top local teams as well as international opposition.
UMBRO now looks forward to engaging softball clubs about all their
clothing requirements.
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