Medicash announced as sponsors of St Helens RLFC

The newest major sponsor of St Helens RLFC (Saints) has been announced as leading healthcare cash plan provider Medicash.

Liverpool based Medicash has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with the Club which will see the brand emblazoned on the Saints' away shirts.

Medicash will be working closely with Saints and the Saints Community Development Foundation which works directly with more than 50,000 local young people delivering programmes around health, sports coaching, local heritage and education.

Chief executive of Medicash Sue Weir said: "We are delighted to have entered into this exciting partnership and are looking forward to the new season. We want our support to make a real difference to the Club, its fans and the people of St Helens. Saints already does invaluable work within the community and we are discussing a number of opportunities to build on this and develop more projects together which we hope will benefit a great many individuals and organisations across St Helens and Merseyside. We think the new away shirt looks great and we're hoping for a positive reaction from fans."

Saints are one of the top rugby league clubs in the country and arguably one of the most successful clubs around today. Finalists in the European Super League Grand Final the team were also semi-finalists in the 2009 Challenge Cup.

Saints chief executive Tony Colquitt said: "We are delighted to announce our newest major sponsor as leading cash plan provider Medicash. Sponsorship is critical to us in terms of funding and development so the support from major sponsors such as Medicash is crucial to more success this season. Both our organisations have longstanding charitable and community links so there is real synergy in the partnership."

To launch the sponsorship deal Saints are running a competition to create a dream team of 10 fans alongside Kyle Eastmond, Paul Sculthorpe and Boots the mascot. Called 'It's your team, it's your shirt', fans will be asked to describe why they believe they are the biggest Saints fan.

The competition can be entered by visiting www.medicash.org/saints and closes at midnight on Monday 15 February 2010.