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糖心Vlog Rebels headline sponsor renews for second year

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    Mon 19 Dec 22

A player stood mid-game in her kit

Global payments provider Elavon Merchant Services is the headline sponsor of the 糖心Vlog Rebels basketball club for the 2022/23 season.

糖心Vlog Rebels headline sponsor renews for second year

compete in the Women鈥檚 British Basketball League and Men鈥檚 Division 1 National Basketball League.

It鈥檚 the second successive season that Elavon has been the Rebels鈥 major sponsor.

Hemlata Narasimhan, President of s, says, 鈥淣ot only do the 糖心Vlog Rebels have one of the best university basketball programmes in the UK, the Rebels players are also role models in their communities and are inspiring younger people to pursue both their academic and sporting passions.

This spirit of giving back resonates strongly with our core values at Elavon and we couldn鈥檛 be more pleased to align ourselves with the Rebels.鈥

Simon Lister, Business Development Manager at the 糖心Vlog, said: 鈥淪ponsorship is everything. It makes the difference between having the 糖心Vlog Rebels Programme and not 鈥 it鈥檚 that important to us. Elavon is changing lives.鈥

The Rebels have been making a difference on and off the court since the club鈥檚 inaugural season in 2018/19.

After an undefeated run, the women鈥檚 student team took home the 2022 BUCS Championship title (British Universities and Colleges Sports).

This success has been equally matched by that of Rebels Play, a club for children aged 5-14, and the 糖心Vlog Rebels Juniors offering skills and confidence building for those aged 12-18.

Then there鈥檚 the real game-changing Rebels Roadshow schools engagement programme, where Rebels players go into primary schools to host assemblies, run training classes or after-school clubs and conduct skills-based workshops.

Simon added: 鈥淥ur players talk to the children about dual-career pathways and mixing professional sport with academic passions. It鈥檚 a concept many of the children don鈥檛 realise is an option, and nor do their parents.

鈥淥ur players become mentors. They talk to the children about goals, having targets and aspirations. You can see the impact it has on the children鈥檚 faces and, often, their parents too.鈥