{"id":6400,"date":"2010-11-11T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2010-11-11T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T20:40:58","slug":"patton-group-sponsorship-of-ballymena-rfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/patton-group-sponsorship-of-ballymena-rfc\/","title":{"rendered":"PATTON GROUP SPONSORSHIP OF BALLYMENA RFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patton Group &#8216;scores&#8217; with continued sponsorship of Ballymena Rugby<br \/>\nFootball Club<\/p>\n<p>The Patton Group has confirmed it is to continue its role as principal<br \/>\nsponsor of Ballymena RFC.<\/p>\n<p>The market-leading construction group will remain as major sponsors of<br \/>\nthe Eaton Park-based All-Ireland League club for a further three years.<\/p>\n<p>Patton Group Chairman, David Patton, whose links with the club stretch<br \/>\nback to 1951 when he joined as a player, said the sponsorship cemented<br \/>\nwhat has been a successful association between club and sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s simply great that Neil and I, and indeed everyone within Patton<br \/>\nGroup, are able to continue our support of Ballymena RFC.  I have had<br \/>\nalmost 60 years of enjoyment and fun with this great club.  This is not<br \/>\njust important to us as a business, but also from a family point of<br \/>\nview.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are glad to be in the position to give something back to the club.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Patton Group Managing Director, Neil Patton who has also played for<br \/>\nBallymena, said: &#8220;Rugby has helped in the past, opening doors for us to<br \/>\ngrow our business. So, even in these challenging days from a business<br \/>\nperspective, sponsorships like this make sense for commercial<br \/>\norganisations and sporting clubs alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Allen, Chairman of Ballymena RFC continues;  &#8220;We are well aware<br \/>\nthat the professional game is well established and well supported. This<br \/>\nmakes it even more important that we have the backing of businesses in<br \/>\nthe community, willing to support the Club.  We are delighted the Patton<br \/>\nGroup and all of our other valuable sponsors have continued to support<br \/>\nthe club.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patton Group &#8216;scores&#8217; with continued sponsorship of Ballymena Rugby Football Club The Patton Group has confirmed it is to continue its role as principal sponsor of Ballymena RFC. The market-leading construction group will remain as major sponsors of the Eaton Park-based All-Ireland League club for a further three years. Patton Group Chairman, David Patton, whose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[130,3755],"class_list":["post-6400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ballymena","tag-ballymena-rugby","tag-patton-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6402,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions\/6402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}