Specsavers back Carmarthen Town AFC


Carmarthen Town AFC officials were delighted to play host to one of the club’s principal sponsors during a recent match at Richmond Park. Representatives of Specsavers in Carmarthen enjoyed the match in the comfort of the newly-refurbished hospitality suite.
Club chairman Gareth Jones said: “All of us at Carmarthen Town are always delighted to welcome key sponsors who do so much to support us here at Richmond Park. The support of all principal sponsors is highly-valued and without their contributions Carmarthen Town would not be such a success story.
“We were delighted to welcome Kevin McCarthy and Samuel Hodson, store directors at Specsavers in Carmarthen. Specsavers are sleeve sponsors for the club’s kit this season.”
Pictured above - Kevin McCarthy and Samuel Hodson with Jeff Thomas (centre) of Carmarthen Town AFC.
Mr McCarthy said: “We are delighted to be supporting Carmarthen Town. They fly the flag for Carmarthen in the Welsh Premier League and Specsavers is pleased to be associated with the side.”
Mr Hodson said: “The facilities here at Richmond Park are excellent and it would be nice to see other local businesses supporting a club which has great roots in the community here in Carmarthen.”
Club chairman Mr Jones added:“We would also like to take this opportunity of reminding other businesses that there is a place for them in the growing ‘family’ at Richmond Park. We are happy to sit down and discuss a number of sponsorship packages with interested businesses. Anyone who is interested should ring Vice Chairman Robert Lloyd on 07777 683637.”
Specsavers in Carmarthen is based at 5 Hall Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1PH. Tel, 01267 235 080. Fax, 01267 220610.
The directors of the Carmarthen operation are Kevin McCarthy and Samuel Hodson.
Specsavers was founded in 1984 by Doug and Mary Perkins, who started the business in their spare bedroom on a table-tennis table. For the past eight years it has been voted Britain's most-trusted brand of opticians by Reader's Digest.
The company continues to expand. There are now more than 500 employees based at Specsavers' headquarters in Guernsey and around 26,000 worldwide. The company has more than 1390 stores across the Channel Islands, UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.

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