Esporta Sponsors the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team
The UK’s leading premium health and leisure provider, Esporta, today announced a sponsorship deal with the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team, which is currently preparing to compete in the Telemark World Cup, which begins in December in Norway. The team, which comprises 10 men and 2 women, will be able to use the world class facilities at their local Esporta clubs as they prepare for what will be an extremely competitive season ahead.
Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team, Captain, Andrew Clarke, said: “To have backing from Esporta gives us a tremendous boost as it really improves the team’s chances of performing at its very best. Our training for the 2009/10 Telemark World Cup has already started and we have a number of team building activities scheduled before the winter begins, all geared to improving team fitness and esprit de corps. To be able to use our local Esporta’s clubs and take advantage of their tremendous facilities will help us to maintain peak fitness throughout the World Cup.”
Esporta, Chief Operating Officer, David Leatherbarrow said: “We are absolutely delighted to support the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team. To represent your country at a World Cup has to be the pinnacle of any sport and takes extraordinary hard work, commitment and talent – the same values that are central to Esporta. We are dedicated to helping people achieve their goals, whether that’s competing at the highest level in sport, improving their health, losing weight, or just getting fitter.”
The Telemark World Cup begins on 12 December in Norway and comprises a series of races in Austria, Slovenia, Norway, USA, Spain, before the climax of the competition in France on 17 March.