{"id":21336,"date":"2023-05-19T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=21336"},"modified":"2023-05-19T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:19:23","slug":"pac-group-announce-sponsorship-of-northern-ireland-cricket-umpires-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2023\/05\/pac-group-announce-sponsorship-of-northern-ireland-cricket-umpires-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"PAC Group Announce Sponsorship Of Northern Ireland Cricket Umpires Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Belfast engineering firm PAC Group have announced a sponsorship deal for the next three seasons for the Northern Ireland Association of Cricket Umpires & Scorers (NIACUS).<\/span><\/p>\n

The sponsorship comes on the back of the eight-division company\u2019s existing support for Carrickfergus Cricket Club.<\/span><\/p>\n

Darren Leslie, business development director at PAC Group, said the company is delighted to show their support for the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cPAC Group already supports ladies rugby, children\u2019s football and a local cricket club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis sponsorship of the Northern Ireland Association of Cricket Umpires is just another way we can show our support for grassroots sport across the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The sponsorship will see 75 umpires across Northern Ireland attend hundreds of games per season for the next three years with PAC branded kits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colin McClean, chairman of NIACUS, said PAC Group\u2019s support was a welcome addition to their organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe are delighted that PAC Group have shown their support for cricket across Northern Ireland by providing kit for our umpires.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe kits have debuted well following the start of the season last month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The kit includes a new on-field t-shirt, jacket and long-sleeve jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Umpire Gareth Morrison said: \u201cBeing an umpire means we have to be part of setting a high standard on the pitch. This new kit allows us to be smart, visible and support a fantastic local company in the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Alexander, an employee at PAC Group and also an umpire with NIACUS said he was delighted to see his employer support the sport he loves.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cPAC Group has a great ethos of supporting local sport and I was absolutely delighted to be able to facilitate a partnership between them and NIACUS.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will be proud to walk onto the pitch as an umpire but delighted to be supporting my employer at the same time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Belfast engineering firm PAC Group have announced a sponsorship deal for the next three seasons for the Northern Ireland Association of Cricket Umpires & Scorers (NIACUS). The sponsorship comes on the back of the eight-division company\u2019s existing support for Carrickfergus Cricket Club. Darren Leslie, business development director at PAC Group, said the company is delighted … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1714,1715,1682],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21338,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21336\/revisions\/21338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}