We are excited to announce that on February 18, 2023, we will be hosting a kickboxing event at the Chateau Nova as a fundraising event for our NWT athletes to showcase their skills and talents, but also as a fundraiser for the upcoming National Championships in Ontario in March.
In the North there’s nothing more important than fostering our local sports teams, specifically within our youth organizations. It is these sports groups that allow our Northern youth to have a health and fitness related lifestyle, while staying clear of crime and violence and progressing in education and employment.
NWT Boxing & Kickboxing currently has 70 youth amateur athletes registered with WAKO Canada (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations). This past June, we had eight athletes compete at the WAKO Canadian National Championships which was the largest combat sport tournament in Canadian history with over 500 athletes competing. We are proud to say that seven of our eight medaled, and all of our athletes performed very well for their first tournament, and first fights ever.
With the success of our small team, we now have more amateurs who wish to start competing. The issues we are currently facing is that as we are a new Territorial Sports Organization (TSO), and we currently receive the minimum government funding available for a TSO which is used predominantly to grow the sport Territorially and to certify coaches and officials. This does not allow us to travel to compete.
We are a non-profit organization and are currently operating with the financial support of Stanley Boxing & Fitness and Gastown as our only two sponsors. We are very thankful for Stanley Boxing and Fitness and Gastown’s sponsorships over the last two years, however without more high-level sponsors like yourself, we are not able to develop athletes and travel to compete, and therefore our athletes will never gain the ring experience needed to become competitive in high-level tournaments like Nationals and Worlds. Besides training, competing is the primary part to becoming a high-level combat sport athlete. Without it, our young amateurs cannot gain the much needed experience in the ring.
As a sponsor of NWT Boxing & Kickboxing you’re showing that you’re supporting NWT athletes and helping us develop youth and keeping them and their training within the Territory.
By sponsoring this event, you’re showing your community that you believe in our young athletes and you are giving our young athletes a chance to get some much needed ring experience before heading to the 2023 National Championship in March.
Please consider coming on as a high-level sponsor for our February 18th fundraising event by purchasing a sponsored table. This will give you a great night of fights, entertainment, and food and drink, all while supporting youth athletes in the North. You can see the different levels of sponsorship in this document and we are also attaching our annual sponsorship package for you to look at in case you’d like to come on as an annual sponsor.
Thank you for your time and consideration, NWT Boxing & Kickboxing
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