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Australian Hellenic Golf Open 2016On behalf of the Australian Hellenic Golf Federation (AHGF), I would like to thank you for your interest in sponsoring the 2016 Australian Hellenic Golf Open. Our sponsorship kit details the various packages that are available and also provides a brief background on the tournament, its aims, its projections and some images from our past events.

I believe by sponsoring this event it will give your company the ability to entertain your clients and at the same time giving your organisation the opportunity to not only participate by its branding, but joining in our vision of growing this tournament into a major sporting event at the national level within the Hellenic community.

If you are keen to sponsor this year’s event, please fill out the sponsorship acceptance form at the end of this kit. Alternatively please feel free to contact the AHGF if you have any queries. Contact details are provided on the sponsorship acceptance form.

I urge you to give serious consideration to the packages outlined in this kit and hope to see your organisation as an active participant in this year’s event.

Yours Sincerely

Theo Theodoropoulos

President Australian Hellenic Golf Federation

The Event

The Australian Hellenic Golf Open is organised and administered by the AHGF. The AHGF consists of a number of Greek social clubs and individual members. There are approximately 200 federation members from across Australia.

Our eleventh annual Australian Hellenic Golf Open will be held at Moonah Links Golf Club, the home of the Australian Open. Moonah Links is a premier golf club boasting two championship courses, the Open and the Legends. Our two day event will be held on October 22nd & 23rd just prior to the much celebrated Melbourne Cup and Spring Carnival weekend. It is anticipated that over 120 players will participate from around Australia and overseas in this 36 hole handicap stroke event.

Tournament Aims

To promote and develop the game of golf within the Hellenic community of Australia.

To use golf as a vehicle to foster and strengthen cultural and sporting links with Greece.

To raise funds for a nominated charity or organisation involved in the support and promotion of the health, cultural and sporting development of the Hellenic community in Australia. The Australian Greek Welfare Society is the nominated charity for the 2016 Open.

To introduce and promote golf at the junior level and nurture young talent through junior golf programs.

To provide an opportunity for our corporate partners to showcase their product and services to all members of the AHGF, AHGO participants and golf industry.

Tournament Projections

As Melbourne is the largest populated city of Hellenes, outside of Greece and with over 1.5 Million golfers in Australia, the potential to reach each of these golfers, thus placing your brand in the forefront of their minds.

Golfers in Australia spend over AUD $400 million dollars per annum making this attractive to any organization who supports this sport and past time. This also includes the female participation of over 300,000 golfers.

The Australian Hellenic Golf Federation has a successful history of providing exceptional service and value to our numerous corporate partners. This long association with our corporate partners and your organisation together, will show the AHGF commitment in ensuring we deliver quality sponsorship programs that will provide tangible opportunities to our partners

Links with Greece

The development of this tournament and the overall concept of bringing Greek Australians together at a sporting and cultural level inspired the Hellenic Golf Federation and Greek Government, to organise an annual tournament in Greece for all Greeks ‘abroad’. This tournament, now known as the 'Omogeneia' tournament, is held at the Costa Navarino golf club in the Greek region of Messinia. The tournament is proudly supported by the AHGF and Glyfada Golf Club, Athens.

The strong links developed with Greece are evident with the participation of members of the Glyfada golf club of Athens in previous AHGO’s.

Sponsorship Categories

Major Sponsor $ 5,000.00

Advertising: Your company will be identified as a major sponsor for this event in any media releases, announcements and advertisements in radio, newspapers, television and AHGF website.

Brochure: Coloured printed brochures of the proposed program will include your company’s name and logo as major sponsor.

Polo Shirt: Your company’s logo will be embroided on the official AHGO’s polo shirt. This will advertise your company’s support for the open, during and well after the event.

Posters: Posters promoting the competition will display your logo and company’s name and will be displayed at various outlets across Australia.

Banners / Hole Sponsorship: Premium signage with your company’s logo and name will be provided and situated on a prominent hole during the competition. If signage already exists we would be more than happy to accommodate any amount of signage you could provide.

Tournament Participation: 2 Complimentary Entries to participate in the tournament.

Tournament Sponsor’s Function: 2 Complimentary Invitations to the tournament sponsor’s Function.

Presentation: Representation from your organisation will be involved in presenting the daily prizes during the tournament and have the opportunity to address participants on theses occasions. All sponsors will be acknowledged at presentation.

Promotional Material: Inclusion of any of your organisation’s promotional material within the tournament package distributed to all participants.

Gold Sponsor $ 1,500.00

Advertising: Your company will be identified as a sponsor for this event in any media releases, announcements and advertisements in radio, newspapers, television and AHGF website.

Brochure: Coloured printed brochures of the proposed program will include your company’s name and logo as a valued sponsor.

Posters: Posters promoting the competition will display your logo and company’s name and will be displayed at various outlets across Australia.

Banners / Hole Sponsorship: Standard signage with your company’s logo and name will be provided and situated on a hole during the competition. If signage already exists we would be more than happy to accommodate any amount of signage you could provide.

Tournament Participation: 1 Complimentary Entry to participate in the tournament.

Tournament Sponsor’s Function: 1 Complimentary Invitation to the tournament Function.

Presentation/Acknowledgement: During all presentations and speeches, your company/ organisation, as with all sponsors’ will be acknowledged for their valued support.

Promotional Material: Inclusion of any of your organisation’s promotional material within the tournament package distributed to all participants.

Sponsorship Acceptance Form

I commit to sponsorship of the Australian Hellenic Golf Open 2016 in the following category:

Major Sponsor $ 5,000.00

Gold Sponsor $ 1,500.00

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Payment is requested within two weeks of acceptance. Cheques should be marked to the ‘Australian Hellenic Golf Federation’ and sent with this acceptance form to:

PO Box 4192, Doncaster Heights, 3109, Victoria

On acceptance a Tax Invoice will be issued. If you have any queries please contact Louie Kyriakouleas on 0418 588 576 or louie@ahgf.com.au.

AHGF Committee President 0417 571 977 Marketing Louie Kyriakouleas 0418 588 576

Vice President 0438 220 113 Committee Jim Ntentis 0417 310 449

Secretary 0438 420 009

Treasurer

Theo Theodoropoulos

Nick Palamaras

Peter Paras Manuel Tsirmiris 0408 085 556

Patrons Ian Stanley

Terry Pilkadaris

Contact Details: AUSTRALIAN HELLENIC GOLF FEDERATION INC (A47520K) PO Box 4192, Doncaster Heights, 3109, Victoria

email: golf@ahgf.com.au