Garmin and Saracens are going places

Garmin the global leader in personal satellite navigation is delighted to announce it will become the main sponsor of Saracens Rugby Football Club from next season.

Saracens Chairman Nigel Wray said: “Saracens has enjoyed a hugely successful season on and off the field. We have never been out of the top three in the Premiership and, by successfully hosting four matches at Wembley, we have taken club rugby to a new level.

“This new partnership with Garmin will sustain our progress. They’re an ambitious quality brand and we look forward to developing a successful association with a company who share our enthusiasm for innovation and our appetite to discover ways to adapt and improve our respective game or products.”

Garmin’s Clive Taylor, Director of Products and Marketing, said: “We have looked at a number of sports over the last year and firmly believe the developments we have seen on and off the pitch at Saracens match our own ambitions for continual innovation across our product sectors. We believe we can further help Saracens and the growing game of rugby by introducing the sport to our extensive customer base; in return, Saracens can help position our products in front of a whole new audience.”

“Garmin’s sponsorship of a top flight football club has taught us to really focus on adding value to many aspects of a professional sporting club, and we look forward to supporting Saracens team, community and business links over next season and beyond.”

Garmin’s product ranges cover automotive in-car sat navs, mobile smart phones with integrated navigation, marine communications and navigation, aviation navigation products, and sports and recreation products covering fitness watches and cycling computers to outdoor OS mapping handhelds and dog tracking devices.

To celebrate the sponsorship of Saracens, Garmin will be giving 50 Saracens and Garmin fans the chance to win a pair of tickets to the first game of next season, further details will be announced in July 2010.