Digby Fine English Rows for Gold with Leander Pink
24th February 2015
Digby Fine English is the official sparkling wine partner for Leander Club. The six-year deal marks the first strategic sporting sponsorship for an English sparkling wine house and will stretch across the Olympics in 2016 and 2020 as well as Leander Club’s bicentennial celebrations in 2018.
Trevor Clough, Co-Founder & CEO of Digby Fine English commented: “It’s a dream come true for us at Digby to be partners with Leander Club and for our fizz to be enjoyed at the pinnacle of the English summer, Henley Regatta. We admire Leander Club’s deep-seated passion to be champions and hope over the years to follow our recent trophy win with many more.”
LEANDER PINK was launched at Leander Club’s inspiring Meet the Athlete event, part of its ‘Row2Rio’ campaign with the next Olympics rapidly approaching. The event in Henley-on-Thames honoured the most decorated Olympic coach of any sport for all time, Jürgen Grobler OBE, and was attended by double Olympic Gold medalists’ Steve Williams OBE and Pete Reed MBE.
Digby Fine English LEANDER PINK Non Vintage English sparkling wine is exclusively produced for Leander Club. The General Manager, Paul Budd OBE commented: “We have been searching for some time to find a supplier of an English Pink sparkling wine. Digby have the same drive for excellence as Leader and we are pleased to have them as partners.”
In the photo: Will Satch (Olympic bronze medallist), Pete Reed MBE (double Olympic Gold medallist), Ewen Cameron (chairman, Digby), Trevor Clough (CEO, Digby), Juergen Grobler OBE (most decorated Olympic coach of any sport), Jason Humphries (Co-Founder, Digby), Steve Williams OBE (double Olympic Gold medallist), Vicky Thorney, Matt Gotrel.
Photo credit: Nick Middleton
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