Our sponsorships

We are currently sponsoring young athlete, Paris Rose Smith, who started boxing at Legions Gym in York in March 2017 and made her boxing debut in October that year. In less than 2 years, Paris has already become European Champion in girls' under-14s boxing!

On Friday 21st February, they hosted a glittering ceremony at York Racecourse featuring a live performance by Beth McCarthy from The Voice. We were proud to be main sponsor for the event and help acknowledge the heroes from our local community.

When you compare the facilities at Clifton Park to other rugby clubs, we are sure you will agree that we are lucky to be able to play rugby here.

Over the last few years, the rugby club, like any other business in the world, has faced its own financial challenges with many of the individuals and businesses who have traditionally supported the club having to tighten their own purse strings.

The club is heavily dependent upon its sponsors and was extremely grateful to its main sponsors, Grantside, SAY Group of Companies / SAY Scaffolding (Northern) Ltd, PM Flooring, Sporting Connexions and, of course, the Quality Street Gang for their continued support.

Part of the same GB Taekwondo team that saw Jade Jones win gold in London 2012, Olympic hopeful Charlie Maddock smashed through her first challenge after switching sports. The 5ft 4in Packmoor powerhouse admits she found herself increasingly lacking motivation in kickboxing after scooping virtually every accolade available in a stellar career. Maddock had been the best kickboxer in the world at 60kg before changing disciplines to chase her Olympic dream, taking part in GB Taekwondo's Fighting Chance scheme. 

The coaches earmarked her for a future in the under-49kg division, and her time in the treatment room helped her reach the tough weight target ahead of schedule.

SAY has provided regular support that has enabled Charlie to keep concentrating on her training as her medals and awards rack up.

His greatest achievement so far is winning the coveted WMC World title which he took in an exciting rematch with then champion, Numphon PK Sterio. He had lost a highly disputed points decision a few months earlier but left no doubt when he won by KO in round 4. He has fought on some of the biggest promotions in the UK over recent years against some of the top international names in the sport, including several well-known Thai fighters. Harrison has also been boosted by sponsorship from SAY Group of Companies / SAY Scaffolding (Northern) Ltd, run by Phil Wetten, who is also a member of the national WAKO martial arts and sits on the board as a director.