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Salford University sign sponsorship deal with Sale Sharks






Posted by Tony Flynn on 24th February 2010 at 01:03 PM
Salford University sign sponsorship deal with Sale Sharks
The University of Salford has signed a one year sponsorship deal with Guinness Premiership rugby union team Sale Sharks - providing the team with access to Salford's state-of-the-art fitness labs.

The deal features a number of opportunities which will help both organisations to benefit from each other's expertise.

The Sharks players and coaches will be able to use the University's multi-million pound Human Performance Lab which features the latest technology to assess fitness. Experts can study running and movement and suggest more effective ways to gain more speed and agility.

Assisting the University's sports scientists will be students gaining invaluable experience of working with professional sportsmen. Furthermore, students from a range of courses such as physiotherapy, sports medicine, and even events management will be offered the opportunity to undertake placements at the Sharks.

Students will also be able to undertake voluntary work in the Sharks community programmes and coaches will provide sessions for the student rugby team.

The University goes to local schools and colleges to encourage young people to think about a future in higher education and will take star players to visits during the course of the year.

There is even an opportunity for research as part of the deal with the University enrolling two Sale Sharks staff as PhD students in the field of biomechanics.

Dean of the Faculty of Health & Social Care, Professor Cynthia Pine welcomed the new partnership. She said: "Alongside our existing partnerships with Salford City Reds and Lancashire County Cricket Club, this new deal offers our students unrivalled opportunities to gain experience, and it also helps one of Greater Manchester's top sports teams to benefit from our facilities.

"Our agreement runs until June next year, but I hope that this is just the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership."

Dr Dave Jones, Sale Sharks' head of medical, said: "The University has expertise across a whole range of sports science and medicine. From a club point of view we are expecting to see significant benefits in terms of injury prevention and rehabilitation.

"Staff members Doug Jones and Nicola Cahill are studying for PhDs at Salford which reflects our interest in research to support day-to-day work."



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