In the News

By Mark Sotherby Printerland helps Kirsty Appeal reach £5M target With the help of Auction Master Jeremy Beadle, printerland.co.uk received successful bids on a wide range of interesting items, which included sporting memorabilia such as signed football and rugby shirts and ten VIP tickets to watch a top-class premiership match. Commenting on the success of the evening, Catherine Bannan, the Office Manager of Printerland said, ‘we have all worked hard for over a year to acquire lots of items and have received some very kind donations, I can honestly say that it has been a pleasure, and of course it was for a worthwhile cause. Printerland has supported Rainbow Family Trust for over fourteen years now and in the last eighteen months alone the company has raised over seven thousand pounds for the hospice’. Although we have finished this project we are continuing to enjoy helping other local charities such as a bike ride from Lands-end to John O’Groats in aid of cancer research by Trafford MV Rugby Club to which Printerland has funded the support vehicle’. Asked if Catherine would consider the bike ride, jokingly she replied ‘No chance…. they don’t make a bike seat big enough!!’

Jeremy Beadle helps out with the auction

Knutsford RUFC take to the pitch before the Sale Sharks Vs London Irish game

By Rob McEvoy Sale Sharks Sponsor Printerland.co.uk invited Knutsford RUFC to watch the Premiership Champions last week. And as a special treat, the squad were invited to meet Sale Sharks' Barry Stewart, with Graham Vickers from Printerland for an official presentation. One of the Knutsford players said “It is fantastic that Printerland.co.uk have given us these tickets. We really enjoyed the day, and it was fantastic to be invited on to the pitch." Should any other team or club think that you are deserving of the chance to get some tickets to watch Sale Sharks, contact Printerland Youth Rugby Programme at tickets@printerland.co.uk

Printerland’s Rugby Youth Programme

Heaton Moor Rugby Club Under Sixteens enjoy their visit to
see the Swansea Ospreys. The Sale Sharks Cheerleaders 'IndepenDANCE' certainly helped!

Wilmslow Juniors receive their Sale Sharks tickets for the Newcastle Game		Trafford MV receive their Sale Sharks tickets for the Llanelli Game
Printerland.co.uk the printer reseller this week commenced their ‘youth and rugby in the community’ programme. Tickets for every home game will be awarded to the youth section of an amateur rugby club to enable young players the chance to watch premier league champions Sale Sharks. Commenting on this decision Managing Director Graham Vickers said ‘ As you are aware we are a main sponsor of Sale Sharks and were lucky enough to have signed a four year deal in the year that they won the championship for the first time’. ‘This season we have committed to extra sponsorship and have seen increased brand coverage on Sky and terrestrial T.V. However, James Kight, my Co-Director, and I wanted to put something back into the community’. ‘Therefore, this opportunity is a chance for many young players, who show a passion for the sport at weekend training, to see the professionals in action for free’. If you wish to be considered in their programme please email tickets@printerland.co.uk or telephone 0845 130 1992.

Rochdale RUFC Under 15’s

‘You have a great scheme and should be proud of the fact that you are really helping bring rugby union to the people of the North West who have, for so long had to put up with football as the only top class mass sport played in the area - keep it up Printerland.’ Regards, Rob Bennett Rochdale RUFC U 15's.

By Michael Baker After lengthy trials printerland.co.uk has chosen TSG – Technology Services Group to provide their new business and accounting software to replace the current ageing systems. Commenting on the reasons for choosing TSG, Lee Austin-Winters, Printerland’s I.T. Manager commented ‘We chose TSG because they were specialists in Microsoft Navision, our product of choice, and they have top-class Developers. Alongside this they have excellent regional training facilities which should make the transition from our old systems a lot easier.’ ‘This is a large investment for us which will have tremendous benefits throughout the whole organisation. It is a truly powerful product which we can’t wait to get up and running’.

Pictured from left to right David Cubitt and Graham Vickers.

Left to right are: Sharky, Jon Hitch Wilmslow RUFC Chairman, Andrew Vassell 1st XV Vice Captain, Graham Vickers, Joint M.D. Printerland.co.uk, David Barker Wilmslow RUFC President, Chris Jones 1st XV Captain and Grant McKechnie Wilmslow RUFC Secretary.

Printerland announced their sponsorship of Wilmslow RUFC at Edgeley Park home of rugby champions Sale Sharks. James Kight Printerland.co.uk’s Joint Managing Director said ‘ We felt that we needed to sponsor a club at a local level to help give impetus to our rugby youth program. Having Wilmslow as a partner we can utilise their connections within the local rugby community and offer our support on a grass-roots level.’ Printerlands ‘Rugby Youth’ program is a scheme that donates tickets to the junior sections of amateur rugby clubs to watch Sale Sharks in the printerland.co.uk stand.

Pictured from left to right Chris Gill and James Kight.

By Nicki Bradley It must have been important for James Kight, Joint Managing Director of Printerland.co.uk to get his suit out of storage but this was the case when, in a ceremony at Earls Court in London, Chris Gill, Managing Director of OKI Systems presented James with the OKI award for Reseller of the Year making it official that Printerland.co.uk is the No.1 Reseller in The UK.

Printerland’s Positive Podium Performance……

Pictured from left to right are Carl, Roger, Khalil, James and Geoff. Also completing the race but not present for the photograph were other staff members Lisa, Lee and Chris.
An impressive array of athletic talent was discovered on Sunday when staff from PrinterLand.co.uk completed the BUPA 10K Great Manchester Run in driving rain raising a hard earned £1800 for Kirsty’s Appeal which is getting ever nearer to its final target of raising £5M to help terminally ill children.	Commenting after the race Khalil Hussain said ‘ it was certainly a feat of endurance, each of us had our own target time and so we knew we were definitely in a race, even if it was against ourselves. When I finally crossed the finish line I found it both a relief and a gratifyingly emotional experience’.

By Lawrence White National printer reseller Printerland.co.uk received an unexpected surprise recently when during the usual post opening routine out popped a photograph of Sir Patrick Moore and a donation cheque for the Rainbow Family Trust Kirsty appeal.

Graham Vickers, Joint Managing Director said “Sir Patrick Moore is a name for me that is synonymous with growing up in Britain. He is right up there with John Noakes and Tony Hart”. “His name alone conjures up images of watching The Stars at Night on a black and white television just before they played the national anthem”. “This was a very kind gesture from a very kind man”. Keep an eye out for channel ‘M’ the Manchester channel on freeview this week as the Directors of Printerland.co.uk give out 1000 tickets to local schools for the Heineken Cup match between Sale Sharks and Newport Gwent Dragons.

Printerland announce a 4-year, 6-figure deal to sponsor the Sale Sharks Rugby Team.

By Steve Kelly A WACKY entrepreneur has signed a sponsorship deal with England's top rugby union club. Sports-mad Graham Vickers who co-owns computer printer company Printerland.co.uk and fellow director James Kight agreed the four-year, six-figure deal with Sale Sharks. He said:” We have watched Sale mature into one of the top teams in the Premiership. “They play the most entertaining rugby in the league and so for us it is a pleasure to be associated with this club. But it is not the first time the injured Wilmslow Rugby Club centre has shown his devotion to sport. The 43 year-old was forced to run around a Manchester monument naked after betting against England winning The Ashes in	Pictured from left to right James Kight, Jason Robinson, Charlie Hodgson and Graham Vickers
	September – a feat which was publicised on national radio. “I had promised to do it so I couldn't back out of it.” he said. “I thought about doing it at night, but a lot of people had heard about it so I had to do it properly.” “It was a bit of fun at the time, though it wasn't for me. “A lot of people found it hilarious. “But I won't do it again. I don't think it would be the same after the first time.”	He also bet against the England football team winning a world cup match by offering to grind his cherished caving helmet into a powder and eat it over a few weeks. “Thankfully, I won that bet so I didn't have to go through with it.” he added. Graham's next major sporting goal is to overcome a long term knee injury which has kept him out of action for Wilmslow for two years. “I've had surgery on it and I'm hoping to get back into training in the new year. I'm hoping to get another 10 years out of it.”

By Harold Thomas Staff at Manchester based printer retailer Printerland.co.uk had a surprise visitor on Tuesday when Manchester United Star Ryan Giggs came in to donate a signed shirt with the distinctive number 11 on the reverse.

“It was a very nice gesture from Ryan to offer the shirt for our raffle” said James Kight, Managing Director. “Word is starting to get around that we need special items to enable our charity raffle for the Kirsty appeal to help secure the future of Francis House. The Charity is 800k short of financial security and we want to play our part in achieving this. So far we have received donations such as a prestigious ladies Breitling watch, an overseas holiday and a selection of signed football and rugby memorabilia.” Printerland.co.uk will be holding a raffle early in 2006 and should any readers wish to donate any item of interest, then please contact James Kight or Graham Vickers on 0845 130 1992.

By John Byron Staff at Printerland.co uk are on a mission to collect sporting souvenirs to raffle for a special cause. Catherine Bannan their Marketing Manager said “ We have collected several interesting items so far including a signed Reading football shirt and a signed Portsmouth shirt, both of which are framed. We also have two signed rugby balls from a photo-shoot with Sale Sharks. I know that Graham and James our Directors are always on the lookout for items to add to the pot.” “As soon as we have enough items to attract interest we will hold a raffle with all donations going to Rainbow Family Trust. For something like this to work we have to have some sort of infrastructure in place, but then again we could always use eBay. I expect the raffle will be held early next year”.

By Roland Hancock THE Ashes turned to blushes for company boss Graham Vickers when he was forced to strip off after betting AGAINST an England victory. The cheeky father of two, from Wilmslow, told employees at Printerland in Davyhulme he would streak across the huge roundabout, Davyhulme Circle, if they won. But the confidence turned to cold sweats as Kevin Pietersen pushed Freddie Flintoff and the boys towards victory and the return of the Ashes. Graham said: "I told everybody in the office I would strip a few weeks ago, when it looked like we were going to get closer than ever before. I did it because I wanted them to win, and this was my way of giving them an extra boost." But matters became more serious as his business partner emailed a national radio station to tell them all about the little bet on Monday.

"By that point there was no backing out, but I was still rooting for England. I always wanted them to win, whatever it meant for me. "The worst thing is my wife and children didn't know until Monday - it just isn't the kind of thing you would tell them. My wife may have had an idea though, as I kept getting cheeky texts from my mates in the last few weeks, and I took more interest than usual in the cricket scores." Graham might have kept quiet about it, but there was no hiding from our cameras at 7.30am yesterday when the sports-mad 43-year-old, who used to play for local cricket team Lindow in Wilmslow, arrived at the roundabout to bare witness to his love of the game. But he revealed that this wasn't the first bet he's made in the last few years. He once bet against an England football World Cup victory by offering to grind his cherished caving helmet into a powder and eat it over a few weeks. Talk about eating your hat .

Cheeky Graham fulfils his bet.

By John Byron The man-of the-match award was presented on Friday to Sebastien Chabal by Company Director Graham Vickers of Printerland.co.uk. Chabal, 6ft 3ins and 17st, the number 8 for Sale Sharks was in top form in the pack against London Irish. Chabal, affectionately known as ‘Sea-Bass’ by the Sale Sharks fans, has since been called up for France for the autumn internationals. Interviewed Graham Vickers said “ what is amazing about Chabal is not that he is brilliant on the park but that he gets in and out of his Smart Car with ease!.”