I AM the assistant coach for Horwich St Mary’s Lightning Under 10s junior football team.

Eighteen months ago I sent out 20 letters asking various businesses if they were able to sponsor the team to provide the team with a new kit as they were getting too big for the existing kit.

I received only one reply and this was from local firm amixconcrete.com who were keen to assist, but due to the dire state of the economy, they were unable to do so, but did say they could be contacted in future to see if things had changed.

A further 12 months passed and another 20 letters were sent out to 20 different firms with not one reply. It was at this point I e-mailed Jacquie at amix to enquire if they were now in a position to sponsor us, and after contacting Matt, she emailed me back and stated they were more than happy to provide the funds for the new kit and warm up jackets. The kids were over the moon and we went to another local firm Halbro who supplied in time for the new season.

This may well encourage other local firms to sponsor other kids’ football teams.

Scott Boal Horwich