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09/08/202204/10/2022

Kukri Sports are proud to announce a 5-year extension of our partnership with British Wheelchair Basketball, the governing body for the sport in the UK.

As part of the deal Kukri will design and manufacture all GB apparel for the national squads, as well as providing a full sport-clothing offering for British Wheelchair Basketball clubs.

Kukri will also be the title sponsor of the Junio League, Junior National Championships and Elite 8’s.

British Wheelchair Basketball is the governing body for wheelchair basketball in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – find out more

“We are delighted to welcome Kukri Sports to the wheelchair basketball family as headline sponsors of our Junior Programme. British Wheelchair Basketball already enjoys an established relationship with Kukri, who have been the sports official clothing partner since November 2020, and today’s announcement reinforces their commitment to the development and growth of the sport through their investment in the Junior Programme.” Lisa Pearce, Chief Executive, British Wheelchair Basketball

“We are ecstatic to extend our partnership with British Wheelchair Basketball, for the next 5 years. It is a truly unique relationship where we are looking to drive the sport in the country to achieve so much, it is so exciting where BWB are taking it and we are so proud to support this! The product is so important to this partnership too, we are continually looking to develop our offering to ensure we are delivering kit that performs for the athletes, made specifically for wheelchair basketball players, and can’t wait to see these products out on court.” Josh Beal – Sales Director, Kukri Sports

Kukri Sports are a global sportswear supplier offering superior quality bespoke garments, across multiple sports, from grassroots, to elite level. To find out how we can support your sportswear needs visit www.kukrisports.com

04/07/202204/10/2022

Kukri Sports are the proud partner of Ulster Rugby and have been the official kit, training, and leisurewear supplier since 2008. We supply kit for the men’s and women’s senior teams, the Ulster Academy and age grade teams as well as coaches, referees and staff working across the province of Ulster. This includes competition and training wear for the teams. We also have with an on-site shop and a retail range which recently included the launch of limited-edition collections. Visit the online shop.

We spoke to Stuart Martin, Head of Marketing and Communications at Ulster Rugby.

How important is it the get the right kit for the Ulster Team?

“It’s fundamental to the performance of our Men’s and Women’s teams that they have the right kit for success – whether that’s for training, in the gym, for travel or the kit they take to the field in under the Friday night lights. It’s also essential that we kit out our Academy, Age-Grade and representative teams – as well as our off-field and rugby development staff – to ensure they can carry out their roles on a day to day basis all across the province.”

What has it been like working with Kukri as a kit supplier?

“Kukri have been a very proactive partner with us, working together to create bespoke items across our playing and training ranges that better express our provincial colours in particular. Kukri also supported our vision to see our Women’s team play in the same kit design as the men from season 2020/21 and make this available for sale. So regardless of whether it’s the men’s team or women’s team that our next generation of fans have an affinity with, then they can walk into our store – or jump online – and pick the same jersey worn by their heroes.”

Hopes for the future of Kukri’s partnership with Ulster Rugby?

Neil Patterson, Country Manager, NI and ROI at Kukri, said “We have been the proud kit supplier of Ulster Rugby since 2008. The team at Kukri Sports have gone above and beyond to support the club’s kit requirements and ensure that we are constantly evolving the kit’s design and performance. We look forward to continuing our longstanding partnership with Ulster and are excited for our future with them.”

Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from Ireland.

The team compete in the United Rugby Championship and the Heineken Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Ulster Branch, which is one of the four primary branches of the IRFU and is responsible for rugby union throughout the geographical Irish province of Ulster, comprising six counties in Northern Ireland and three in the Republic of Ireland.

Ulster play their home games at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast which has a capacity of 18,000. The province plays primarily in white and the team crest features a red hand within two rugby balls, the red hand being taken from the provincial flag of Ulster.

Ulster turned professional along with its fellow Irish provinces in 1995 and has competed in the PRO14 (previously Celtic League / PRO12) since it was founded in 2001, having previously competed in the annual interprovincial championship. Ulster A team compete in the British and Irish Cup. Ulster won the Heineken Cup in 1999, the Celtic Cup in 2003 and the Celtic League in 2006.

Find out more about Ulster Rugby: https://ulster.rugby/

To find out more about the benefits of partnering with Kukri Sports, get in touch: https://www.kukrisports.co.uk/contact/

17/06/202230/11/2022

Grassroots sports offer a range of benefits for those who take part. Whilst improving fitness levels it provides many transferable skills and experiences.

As well as developing the skills needed to succeed in the sport, participants learn about the importance of teamwork and supporting each other to achieve something greater than individual successes. It also highlights the importance of adhering to rules and fairness, whilst exposing them to diversity within their community.

At Kukri we are proud to support grassroots sports by offering a wide selection of bespoke teamwear. As the official sportswear provider for many elite partners, including Ulster Rugby Club, we offer products developed for professionals, which can be worn and designed by you for your team.

Kukri Sports have been the proud sportswear provider for Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club for over 10 years. We provide a competitive and training wear range for the mini and juniors as well as the Women’s and Men’s team.

Founded in 1869, the club is one of the oldest ‘Northern’ rugby union teams. The following resolution was passed: ‘That a club be at once formed in Preston to play football with the rugby rules of the game but without hacking. That the club be called ‘The Preston Grasshoppers’.

To find out more about Preston Grasshoppers visit www.pgrfc.co.uk

 “Over the last 9 years our partnership between Hoppers and Kukri has come on leaps and bounds. They have done a fantastic job catering for all in our Clothing Apparel needs all the way from our Mini and Juniors to our Colts and Senior Teams. Kit is of the highest quality and is ever evolving to ensure that we are always in the best kit possible. We look forward to continual partnership leading into the 2022/2023 season.” Gareth Dyer – Head of Rugby Operations at Preston Grasshoppers

 “We have a longstanding partnership with Preston Grasshoppers. We are proud to provide our grassroots clubs with the same standard of kit we provide our elite level team Ulster Rugby with. We work closely with the teams to ensure we provide a perfectly designed kit that performs and fits well. We look forward to our future together with the club.” Iain Wright – Sales Manager at Kukri Sports.

If you are looking for a professional standard bespoke kit for your grassroots club get in touch and see how Kukri Sports can help. Contact us

15/06/202230/11/2022

Since 2019 Kukri Sports have been the official kit supplier for England’s representative teams and England Athletics Masters, whilst offering a range for coaches, staff and technical officials, plus an extensive range of branded merchandise.

Kukri also provide support for the innovative Youth Talent programme, helping inspire a new wave of athletes. As part of the initiative a select few athletes have been chosen to be Kukri brand ambassadors. We are supporting the success of these future stars by providing them with their kit requirements, brand development and professional support – Learn more about the initiative

Who are England Athletics?

England Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in England. They are a not for profit membership and development body for grassroots athletics and running in England.

England Athletics currently support 1,650 affiliated clubs and organizations covering track, field, road running, fell, hill, trail, and cross-country clubs. With over 140,000 registered athletes, 30,000 licensed coaches and 5,450 officials.

RunTogether

Part of England Athletics is RunTogether, which is a community of running clubs who come together to run or jog no matter what ability you have. It is a social running programme that is designed to provide friendly, fun, supportive and inclusive running opportunities for everyone locally. Kukri support RunTogether by enabling clubs to have a bespoke team kit – Learn more about RunTogether

“I have had the pleasure of leading the team managing our relationship with Kukri for the last 3 years. The Kukri team has consistently been exceptional in supporting our evolving and expanding clothing needs across the whole of the England Athletics family, including England teams, talent programmes, coaches, officials, staff, clubs and most recently RunTogether groups. They have always been receptive to new ideas and ways of working whilst maintaining superb attention to detail and account management” Andy Anstey, Head of Business development at England Athletics.

“Kukri Sports are extremely honoured to be working with England Athletics. It a great testament to what we can do as a business, by working in all areas of the organisation and developing the kit requirements specific to each arm. An exciting aspect has been to be able to work with athletes of all abilities and ages, being able to provide athletics kit to a beginner, whether a part of Run Together or an affiliated club, or an elite athlete competing internationally. It is great to see Kukri providing that opportunity to performance and represent!” Josh Beal, Sales Director at Kukri Sports.

Learn more about England Athletics

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30/05/202230/11/2022

Kukri Sports and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) are delighted to announce a further extension to their partnership, which has run since 2008.

Running until at least 2026 the partnership will see Kukri provide bespoke sportswear to the university, including playing kit, training wear and leisure wear across over 60 sports.

NTU has an outstanding sports faculty, which combines the training and development of elite athletes with an inclusion policy that encourages participation in sport across all levels, from recreation to performance.

“We are delighted to extend our long-term partnership with NTU. The length of our partnership is a testament to our strong relationship, quality of kit and delivery consistency. The extension will produce a new NTU Sport playing, leisure and merchandise range and we will be working with NTU students to produce a range for the students, by the students.” – Josh Beal, Sales Director, Kukri Sports.

“We are extremely proud to be extending our partnership with Kukri. Their commitment to sustainability, student engagement and growing product ranges were all key factors that helped us come to our decision. We look forward to four more great years, and are excited for what’s to come!” – David Whyatt, Sports Facilities Manager – NTU

Learn more about NTU

If you are interested in partnering with Kukri Sports, or want to know how we can help, get in touch

18/05/202230/11/2022

There are many reasons why grassroots sports are important; they encourage teamwork, allow people to engage with their community and help promote healthier lifestyles. They also provide participants with the skills needed to take part in their chosen sports.

Kukri Sports are committed to supporting a wide variety of grassroots sports, including Rugby, Cricket, Netball and Hockey. We offer a vast choice of tailored sportswear, perfect for your chosen sport and tailored to your clubs.

One of the grassroots clubs we have worked with is Warrington Hockey who are a hockey club based in the North West, England. They are an amateur level club who compete in the North West Hockey league. Kukri provide the multisport jersey for both the men’s and ladies teams and have been the kit provider for the women’s team for the last 2 years (and the last 12 months for the men’s team). 

We spoke to Richard Cook, the First Team Captain / Communications officer.

What does the sport mean to you?

“Hockey is hugely important to both myself as a captain, as a player but also in the wider community. Hockey has always provided that rarely equal access to both men and women to sport, that so many other sports are only just recently making inroads into. Hockey provides healthy activity as well as encourages and teaches core values such as sportsmanship, teamwork and health.

As one of the oldest clubs in the country (we used to have a team in the premier division back on grass!) We take great pride in representing our town.”

How important is having the right kit?

“Kit is actually incredibly important to us. Our club colours not only identify us, but represent our town’s history. We wear navy blue with yellow, a combination that dates back 150 years to the origins of the club.

Not only does this kit represent our hockey clubs’ founding history, but it ties us to the town, Warrington Wolves, Warrington Football Club, even Warrington Hurling club! All wear and represent the town’s colours in their kits with pride. Showing the importance of identity as a community.”

What has your experience with Kukri been like?

“Our experience with Kukri has been great. As with all amateur sports, we’ve had numerous kit providers over the years and we have never been let down by Kukri’s quality, but also the attention to detail and enthusiastic service we get.”

We look forward to continuing to support the team with their kit requirements in the future and wish them the best of luck in their future matches.

To find out more about Warrington Hockey visit www.warringtonsportsclub.co.uk

Kukri provide professional standard sportswear at all levels of sport, from grassroots to elite, and are the official kit supplier for many high-profile partners, including Team England, Loughborough University, Yorkshire Country Cricket Club, plus many more.

If you are looking for a professional standard bespoke kit for your grassroots club get in touch and see how Kukri Sports can help. Contact us

04/05/202230/11/2022

Kukri Sports are proud to announce our new partnership with the University of Derby, plus the Union of Students.

The partnership will see Kukri Sports as the official kit supplier to the university, providing high quality, market leading bespoke sportswear. As well as providing competition kit for Team Derby Kukri will also provide a variety of training and leisurewear, for use throughout the academic year. Sportswear will also be provided for staff across a variety of subjects, including Sports Science and Human Performance units.

“We are ecstatic to announce our partnership with the University of Derby and Team Derby Sport. We are excited to bring Kukri’s bespoke capabilities to encapsulate the university, its colours and its brand. Supporting Union sport, academic courses, the high-performance unit and scholars is a real privilege and we looked forward to launching the range in the new academic year.”  Josh Beal, Sales Director at Kukri Sports

“I am really excited about Kukri being the new kit provider! I have been part of the process from the start and have made sure student input and feedback has been implemented throughout. The kit that the students have chosen is amazing, and I can’t wait to see how it looks on the pitch next season!” Union of Students’ Vice President (Activities) Beth Baxtrem

Ollie Shearer, Director of Sport & DSRL, “We are delighted to partner with Kukri; we are passionate about working with organisations who understand student sport and what matters to our students when it comes to their sports clothing and performance kit. Sport at Derby continues to grow and we look forward to welcoming Kukri, as a partner, on the next phase of our journey.”

If you are interested in partnering with Kukri Sports, or want to know how we can help, Get in touch

02/05/202230/11/2022

Kukri Sports Extends its Partnership with Strathcona Druids Rugby Football Club

Kukri Sports are delighted to announce an extension of our partnership with Strathcona Druids Rugby Football Club, in Canada, for another 3 years.

As part of the deal Kukri will provide all on and off field apparel, but both athletes and coaches, until at least 2025.

The club are one of the most prominent in the Alberta region of Canada and recently celebrated their 60^th anniversary – find out more about the club

“We are delighted to extend our partnership with the Strathcona Druids who we have been working with closely over the last three years.  The club executive has been great to work with and they have adopted a host of our new product range for the upcoming season and we are already seeing positive numbers from their online retail sales which sees a portion of the proceeds reinvested into the club.” Jamie Williams – Vice President, Kukri North America

“We are delighted that our juniors, men’s, and women’s rugby teams will continue to work with Jamie and the team at Kukri for the next 3 years. Kukri has a long affiliation with rugby and we are excited to continue our partnership with Kukri” Ken Trumper, President – Strathcona Druids Rugby Football Club

Kukri Sports offer superior quality custom team sportswear, across multiple sports, throughout the world, from grassroots to elite. To find out how we can support your sportswear needs contact us

23/03/202230/11/2022

Kukri Sports are delighted to announce that our latest sporting ambassador is Irish, professional boxer, Kieran Molloy, who has recently signed a long-term professional deal with Toprank.

Boxing since he was 5 years old, Kieran has had 221 amateur fights, with 202 wins. His achievements include 11x National Champion, 3x Irish Elite Champion, EU bronze medallist as well as a Youth European and World medallist.

As part of his role Kieran will be competing in Kukri sportswear at upcoming bouts.

“I am delighted to become an ambassador for Kukri Sports. The professional high standards and global vision shown by Kukri Sports match my own ambitions to be the very best.

Kukri Sports focused on my personal needs and style to enable me to train, perform, look and feel great at all times. I am proud to have Kukri Sports partnering with me”, Kieran Molloy.

Kukri Sports offer elite, bespoke teamwear across multiple sports, from grass roots to elite.

Follow Kieran on social media:

Twitter – @Kieranmolloy8

Instagram – @kieranmolloy12