In 2009, as a response to the Victorian bushfire tragedy, the Sportscover Sponsorship Fund (SSF) will be distributing 20 x $1000 grants to sports clubs and associations that have lost sports equipment as a direct result of the Victorian bushfires occuring during February 2009.

If your club or association has been affected by the Victorian bushfires please register your details and we will be in contact with you.

Sportscover's desire to assist community sports led to the creation of the Sportscover Sponsorship Fund (SSF) as an avenue to sponsor a wide variety of amateur sports men and women, striving to achieve sporting greatness across a broad cross-section of sports.

Over the last few years, the SSF has donated $50,000 in $1000 grants to grass-roots sporting clubs and associations.

Throughout the years we have been involved with many sporting groups such as those shown below. Sponsorship of both amateur and professional teams and associations has been an integral part of our business. If you are interested in Sportscover sponsoring your association or team, please email our marketing department.

Sportscover Europe is proud to sponsor the Welsh Hockey Union who have had great success in recent times and this has been demonstrated in the selection of Sarah Thomas to the GB Olympic squad competing in Beijing later this summer.

Sarah, the only female Welsh representative in the GB squad, has come through the ranks from starting at the tender age of 12 and has represented Wales at U16 to senior level. Sarah currently plays her club hockey for Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

With Sportscover's support as her main sponsor Sarah has been able to maintain her pre Olympic training at Bisham Abbey with the rest of the GB squad, competing in the various warm up matches and tours ready for the biggest summer of her life.

Sarah is keeping a blog of her preparations, you can read this here along with her blog of her recent GB Tour of Australia

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Sportscover has been involved in cycling for many years, running a professional team in Australia and sponsoring several national teams such as the United Kingdom and New Zealand, in the Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic road race between 1994 and 1998.

Sportscover team members have included riders such as English champions John Tanner (British Olympian) and Chris Lillywhite, 1998 Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Australian Jay Sweet and the Hong Kong star and mountain climbing specialist Kam-po Wong.

Sportscover Cycle Racing Team was re launched in 2007 and is a mix of vast experience and emerging talent.
In spite of their impressive palmares the team are very ambitious and enthusiastic. They will be targeting the Premier calendar series of events and the National Road Championships in the UK and Europe.

They will be exciting to watch as they are all aggressive attacking riders who make racing happen.
Whilst they are all proven winners they are also all team players and understand how to support one another during races so team wins are high on the agenda.

To find out more click on the below link.
teamsportscover.blogspot.com

Sportscover Australia is proud to be associated with Hockey Victoria and Hockey NSW as Sole Insurance Partner and Major Sponsor.

The Victorian and NSW teams competed in May 2006 for the Sportscover Cup:

• Congratulations to the NSW Arrows who won the inaugural Women's Sportscover Cup on the 9th of May in Adelaide

• Congratulations to the Victorian Vikings who won the inaugural Men's Sportscover Cup on the 16th of May in Hobart

Australia are world leaders in the sport of hockey, with National teams the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras amongst Australia's most successful sporting teams. Sportscover is excited to be supporting Hockey Victoria and Hockey NSW and ensuring the sport of hockey will continue to thrive in the future.

For more information about Hockey Victoria or Hockey NSW, including state teams and upcoming events and competitions please visit their websites.
Hockey Victoria: www.hockeyvictoria.org.au Hockey NSW: www.hockeynsw.com.au

After over a decade of involvement with the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), Sportscover Australia is proud to become the 'Sole Major Sponsor' of this amateur football association once again supporting grass roots sport in our community. In addition, Sportscover has naming rights to 'Sportscover Arena' - Home of the VAFA, formerly Main Oval Elsternwick Park.

The VAFA formed in 1892 with only 7 clubs making up the association. It has since grown to a large association and values the support it receives through sponsorship. To find out further information regarding fixtures or the association, see www.vafa.asn.au

Recreational Link (Reclink) began in Melbourne in 1990 to bring recreational activity within the reach of men and women who experience social disadvantage.

Some of the most common types of disadvantage experienced by participants are homelessness, unemployment, substance abuse and addiction, poverty, loneliness, boredom, behavioural disorders and mental illness.

Reclink is a non-profit incorporated association which recognises that everyone has the right to gain access to recreational opportunities and associated benefits which flow from this.
Sportscover has been a proud supporter of Reclink for many years.