World Club champions Leeds Rhinos
are dedicating their Stobart Super League Round 24 fixture against Widnes
Vikings on Friday August 10 to celebrating lesbian, gay bisexual and
transgender equality.
The club are inviting fans to join
them in their celebrations by designing a special commemorative shirt which
will be worn by the Leeds players during their pre-match warm-up
and also made available to purchase through the official club
shop.
Leeds Rhinos Chief Executive Gary
Hetherington said: “As a sport, Rugby League has always prided its reputation
as an inclusive sport for many years whether that is based on race, religion
or sex. We are pleased to be working with the RFL in this game-wide initiative
to tackle homophobia and look forward to our clash with Widnes and helping spread the message
about sporting equality.”
The winning designer(s) will be invited to attend the match at Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a guest of honour as well as attending a photo-shoot with a selection of Leeds Rhinos players and stars from the cast of the ITV series, Emmerdale.
Leeds Rhinos are confident that
Rugby League supporters will rise to the challenge and design a shirt worthy
of the club, the sport and the gay community.
To enter the competition and
showcase your design skills, please read the guidelines outlined
below:
Design brief
Designs should be bold and simple
with text kept to a minimum. Designs can include colour, patterns or text.
There are opportunities to include design ideas on the front, back and
shoulders of the shirt. Please use the template shirt as a guide for
designs.
Templates can be downloaded online
from: Polo Shirt
Competition
guidelines
Entries can be submitted by
individuals or groups of any age. The closing date for competition entries is
Friday May 25. The winning design will be chosen by a specially convened panel
on Monday May 28 and the successful applicant will be notified by Tuesday May
29.
Please include your name and
contact details along with your design and send entries via email to sarah.williams@rfl.uk.com or post
to Sarah Williams, RFL, Red Hall, Red Hall Lane, Leeds LS17 8NB.
-ends-
Donna Wilkinson
Media Assistant
Media
RFL
0113 8239115
Red Hall, Red Hall
Lane, Leeds
LS17 8NB
No comments:
Post a Comment