T-Mobile Axemen Attract more Sponsors

April 1st 2006.

The Jacksonville T-Mobile Axemen, are extremely excited to announce two major sponsors have joined them in a partnership. Jacksonville's best Irish Pub and Restaurant, Fionn MacCools, will now be the Official Pub and Restaurant and the Official Post Event Venue for all Axemen Events.

Fionn MacCools not only offers some of the best Irish and Domestic food in Jacksonville, it is also one of the hottest nightspots and is located in the heart of Jacksonville Beach.

Both Axemen chiefs, Drew Slover and Daryl "Spinner" Howland have been frequent patrons of Fionn MacCools for some time. Drew Slover, Axemen CEO stated, "we are very excited to have such a high profile and popular venue for our post event functions. To be able to host visiting clubs at such a great place is not only great for the Axemen and Fionn MacCools, it also allows players on the visiting teams to experience the best that Jacksonville has to offer in great food, hospitality and nightlife. People form other cities talk about experiences they have when they travel and having Fionn MacCools on board makes it easy to impress our visitors." The Axemen will be encouraging all their fans to join them at their post match function.

Spinner Howland sees Fionn MacCools as the perfect venue and said, "We could not have asked for a better partner. Fionn MacCools is the perfect place to be able to invite Adults, Children, Families and Sponsors for the early part of the evening. They offer a great menu and the perfect atmosphere for all age groups to interact on a social level with our players, coaches and staff." He also mentioned that he was a frequent patron at Fionn MacCools and was confidant that the players form both teams could enjoy an entire evening at Fionn's. "Later in the night, this is one of the hottest nightspots in Jacksonville Beach. They offer the perfect mix of music, entertainment and social setting for the age group that our players fall into. I can see many of the visiting teams players going home with great memories of their trip to Jacksonville."

The Jacksonville Axemen plan to use Foinn MacCools as their post match venue for all home games. With kick-off planned at 5.45pm on Saturday afternoons the Axemen expect sponsors, staff and fans to arrive at Fionn MacCool at around 8pm and the players to start showing up at about 8.30pm to 8.45pm. The Axemen also plan on using Fionn MacCools as their post practice meeting venue one night per week to unwind and talk about the previous weekends game over a few quite beers. You can visit their website at www.maccoolsjax.com

The second major partnership is with Jacksonvilles best-known sport reporter and journalist, Sam Kouvaris. Sam is not only one of the best know personalities in Jacksonville but is also the sports director for TV news channel 4 and does regular radio spots on such shows as The Lex and Terry Radio Show. Sam has partnered with the Jacksonville Axemen thru his website, www.samsportsline.com , which highlights all sports from the NFL to NASCAR as well as all Jacksonville and North Florida sports. Spinner Howland said, "The amount of time and effort Sam puts into all local sports is truly remarkable. He doesn't just focus on the "Big Players", there is plenty of stories, information and reports on all the less well know and minor sports in North Florida. His work in the community and with local schools sports is a testament to his thorough coverage."

Spinner summed up his feeling about this partnership with, "I am extremely humbled to have any amount of partnership with Sam Kouvaris, he has forgotten more about sports than many people could ever hope to know in a lifetime."

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