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Safeline Taxis partner Chris Bennett with Newton Aycliffe
FC general manager Dan Lewis and 'Clarence the Cab',
Safeline's famous London black cab.
CLUB IN SAFE HANDS THANKS
TO NEW SHIRT DEAL!
Local football club Newton
Aycliffe are in safe hands thanks
to a new shirt sponsorship deal
with a taxi firm.
SafeLine Taxis have been revealed
as the new sponsors of the Northern
League club's blue home strips for the
2014-15 season.
Tony Bennett, SafeLine senior
partner, said: "We are absolutely
delighted, I’m a big admirer of what
Allan Oliver and Gary Farley have
achieved with the team over the last
few years, so when the opportunity
came we are just delighted to get
involved.
"I think it will be good for SafeLine
and hopefully it will be good for the
club.
"I think it's great that we have a
football team on the town, and we feel
it's important for local businesses to
support the town's sporting clubs.
"It's also important that the
youngsters get involved, and it’s good
for everybody so if we can get the
message out there then it’s all the
better."
Clarence the Cab is an iconic
mascot for SafeLine that many
Aycliffe residents will recognise, and
the firm plans on taking him along to
support Aycliffe during their matches.
The expression ‘parking the bus’
is used when all the players play
defensively during a close match,
and the club's general manager Dan
Lewis is hoping that ‘parking the cab’
will give a hand when it comes to
improving defensive records.
He said: "This is a really exciting
deal for us and we're really delighted
to have such a high-profile company
on board.
"They're a great local company
and do an awful lot of work in the
community and around the town
with businesses and around town, so
to link up with them makes perfect
sense to us and it’s going to be a really
beneficial partnership for us both.
"We are trying to work as closely
as we can with local businesses,
obviously the home shirt is one of our
key sponsorship opportunities and it
gives a great deal of profile.
"But we're also looking for a sponsor
for our away strips as well as match
sponsors and pitchside perimeter
boards, so there are lots of affordable
ways for businesses to get involved."
SafeLine was started by Tony and
his son, Chris, eight years ago with
two cars and the primary aim of
developing a corporate images with
clean, matching cabs and smart
drivers who wore a collar and tie.
The clean-cut image proved
successful, as SafeLine now operates
with 12 cars and 15 members of staff
from their base on Aycliffe Business
Park.
To book a taxi in Aycliffe, call
SafeLine on 01325 312512.
Aycliffe still seek a sponsor for their
away strips - those interested can
contact Dan Lewis on 07581 784726
or email djl@thesoccerfactoryltd.
co.uk
CRICKET UPDATE
With Aycliffe Cricket Club
Secretary Lee Weldon...
Well the summer finally arrived
and we’re already into the last
third of the season, and the 1st
team are well placed in the NYSD
2nd division to push for their
second successive promotion,
which would be an amazing
achievement for the club.
T