To mark the conclusion of its four-year sponsorship of West Ham United Football Club Celton Manx, operator of the global sports book SBOBET, hosted a race day at Royal Windsor racecourse.
Members of the Celton Manx Management team welcomed club manager Sam Allardyce, players including Andy Carroll, Joe Cole and Matt Jarvis and many of the non-playing officials to the event held on Monday April 22nd.
Mike Stanton, Head of Business Development said: ‘The club’s schedule was such that a good number of players were able to attend. Around 40 guests in total enjoyed the hospitality and race programme. With some of West Ham’s leading players out on a balcony watching the racing there was great excitement among the 4000-strong crowd of spectators, one of whom was selected from a prize draw to visit the hospitality suite, meet the players and be presented with a framed signed West Ham shirt by Sam Allardyce.’
A competition for players to nominate their preferred horse for each of the six races on the card raised ?1000 for Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK, a charity to which SBOBET has lent long-term support.
The occasion also saw Executive Director Bill Mummery, present the prize to the owner of the horse that won the feature race, one of four sponsored that evening by SBOBET.
Mr Mummery said: ‘The association between SBOBET and West Ham United has been extremely productive and mutually beneficial. The time had come, however, for our respective businesses to seek new sponsorship opportunities. We were therefore pleased to be able to mark this amicable parting with a great day out at the races for all those at West Ham who have contributed to such a memorable four-year partnership and we wish the club every success for the future.’
Photo - Perfect on the pitch…Troubled by the turf: West Ham’s Andy Carroll, Jussi Jaaskelainen, James Collins and Matt Taylor with Celton Manx’s Bill Mummery.
