Mixed news on Muratti

Tuesday 2nd March 2010, 3:00PM GMT.

JFA president Ricky Weir and Klienwort Benson marketing manager Rachel Parrott parade the inter-insular trophies at Springfield this morning Picture: MATTHEW HOTTON (00903128)

CHANNEL Islands football’s big day will have a sponsor this year – and for the next two seasons.

Kleinwort Benson have stepped in to fill the void and sponsor the men’s and women’s Muratti football competitions for the next three years.

The bank are injecting a five-figure sum annually – the exact figures are not being released – into the venture and the deal will assist the travelling costs of the Jersey, Guernsey andAlderney Football Association’s under the guidance of the Channel Islands Inter-Insular Football Committee.

JFA president Ricky Weir, who is president of Inter-Insular this year, said: ‘We would have struggled without a sponsor so we are delighted to have secured a three-year partnership.’

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