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LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

United Kingdom

Following a successful 2 years as the official sportswear provider to Leeds Beckett University we are excited to announce a further 2-year extension until 2024.

As part of the deal Kukri will continue to provide elite, bespoke sportswear, leisurewear and merchandise to staff and students.

“We are delighted to be extending our partnership with Leeds Beckett University. With reduced sport being played during the pandemic we are excited to increase our involvement with each sports club, continue to support students’ sporting journeys and deliver quality products for all at Beckett. We look forward to continuing to develop the partnership over the next two years and working with the university to grow the offering for students.” Josh Beal, Sales Director at Kukri Sports.

‘‘Leeds Beckett University is delighted to extend its partnership with Kukri for another 2 years’.

‘Sport, physical activity and wellbeing are integral parts of the Leeds Beckett student experience and we are pleased that Kukri is now able to continue to support our sports clubs, both on and off the field.’

‘We look forward to working closely with the Kukri team to support our vision and values and help our students achieve their longer-term goals and successes.” Sally Griffiths – Leeds Beckett University, Director of Sport.

Leeds Beckett University are one of the largest providers of sports courses in UK Higher Education and have an Athletic Union comprising 38 sports clubs and over 80 teams.

With a 190-year history, the Leeds Beckett values of excellence, inspiration and integrity are ideals we also maintain and we will be working alongside staff and students to continue to produce ranges of bespoke sportswear to uphold these values.

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

SUPPORTING GRASSROOTS RUGBY – PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS

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

PARTNER IN FOCUS – ENGLAND ATHLETICS

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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KUKRI SPORTS X NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY CONTRACT EXTENSION – AN 18-YEAR PARTNERSHIP

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

SUPPORTING GRASSROOTS – WARRINGTON HOCKEY CLUB

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

A NEW MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

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

KUKRI SPORTS EXTENDS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH STRATHCONA DRUIDS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

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 60th 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

KIERAN MOLLOY JOINS KUKRI SPORTS AS OUR NEW AMBASSADOR

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

RECORD OPERATING PROFITS ANNOUNCED BY KUKRI SPORTS

The last 12 months have proved to be extremely successful for Kukri Sports, despite the challenging circumstances everyone has found themselves in.

The business has seen group sales rise by 26% and operating profits rise by an incredible 130%.

Success behind the numbers

The business has successfully navigated the worldwide pandemic, maintained supply chains, managed inflated operating costs as a consequence of Brexit and ensured that the lines of communication remained open between our customers and sale managers around the world.  This has enabled the business to ensure continued high levels of customer service and satisfaction have been retained throughout some of the most difficult trading times of recent years.

During 2021, Kukri continued to provide high quality bespoke teamwear and leisure wear on a global platform and successfully extended their partnerships with some highly valued customers, plus signed a host of new partners across the globe encompassing National Governing Bodies, schools, universities and grass roots clubs and teams.

Kukri continually strive to improve their product ranges and develop its sustainability objectives providing partners with the option of a more environmentally friendly kit provision.

“Whilst the world has experienced extremely challenging circumstances over the last few years we are extremely proud of the team at Kukri Sports, who have all pulled together to achieve these outstanding results and we are looking forward to a big year ahead!” Andrew Ronnie – Group Executive Chairman

The year ahead promises to be no less successful or exciting for Kukri, with its third cycle of Commonwealth Games working alongside Team England and Team Canada. There are huge plans in the pipeline for Birmingham 2022 including an upcoming Team England kit reveal and some fantastic new retail ranges so everyone can feel part of the action.

With a great team and a secure business model, we are ready for 2022.