Participants in the 2010 Great Kayak Challenge & Festival
The Second Annual Great Canadian Kayak Challenge of August 2010 was a resounding success due in large part to the generous support of our many corporate and community sponsors who believed in the long term value that such an event would have on our community. With 189 paddlers registered to participate in the Saturday and Sunday water activities this event is positioned as a “best in class” paddling event for Ontario. With registrations from Oxford, UK, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Ontario including Uxbridge, Alliston, Mississauga, Barrie, Sudbury, North Bay, Parry Sound, the Kawarthas, Iroquois Falls, New Liskeard, Whitefish, Whitefish Falls, Kirkland Lake, and Kapuskasing this festival is quickly becoming a significant signature tourism event for our city.
Based on the early successes of 2009 and 2010, the Steering Committee is hard at work planning for a bigger and better community event scheduled to take place August 27 and 28, 2011 on the Mattagami and Mountjoy Rivers and staged from the Mountjoy Historical Conservation Park.
With the introduction of a number of new paddling activities and clinics, we expect that the event will attract a greater number of paddlers and spectators to our community from throughout North America. In fact, for the 2011 challenge, we are projecting a 100% increase in the number of registered paddlers, most of which we believe will come from outside markets, thus contributing to the city’s economy.
Family leisure paddle and shore lunch.
Furthermore, we are developing a number of unique community partnerships to ensure that the peripheral activities and attractions that will be staged in the park continue to appeal to residents and just as important, are attractive to visitors looking for the ultimate end of summer getaway trip with the family prior to the start of the school year.
The continued success of the Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival is truly dependent on the support that the project receives from the corporate community. For this reason, we invite you to join us and the many other committed corporate partners, and help us to grow this event as we go forward.
Your investment will provide you with a generous amount of exposure including:
- Extensive placement of your company name and logo on all event promotional materials including print, broadcast, electronic, outdoor banners, etc
- Web site links
- Logo placement on www.thegreatcanadiankayakchallenge.ca
- Logo placement on 7 forty four foot overhead banners predominantly displayed on Highway 101 East & West, on the Lafleur , Mattagami and Feldman Bridges, and inside the 5,400 square foot event tent located at the Mattagami Historical Conservation Park
- Sponsor mention on radio spots aired onlocal radio
- Logo placement on ads airing on CTV local & regional markets
- Logo placement on event posters distributed throughout Ontario and the Timmins area
- Logo placement on transit ads, Timmins
- Logo placement in print ads, such as the Timmins Daily Press, Timmins Times
- Opportunity to set up an information booth to feature your company at the event or opportunity to display your company banner at the Mountjoy Historical Conservation Park
- One free event registration for a representative of your company in the paddling category of his / her choice
- News release acknowledgement of your community support
- Increased customer awareness of your business
- Enhanced community profile for you and your business
Naming right opportunities and greater on site corporate exposure is available. Please contact the undersigned to discuss in greater detail.
Participant at Art in the Park 2
Your support of the “Great Canadian Kayak Challenge” is extremely important to the community, and your investment, vital to the continued success of the event, the enrichment of our community and the quality and healthy lifestyle for which our municipality is known. We look forward to your support and we are anxious to discuss this opportunity in greater detail with you. A reply at your earliest convenience would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Guy Lamarche and Jack Watson,
Co -chairs, Sponsorship Committee,
The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival
