The Loosemores SWFA Senior Cup

Published by swfa on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

We are pleased to announce that Loosemores Solicitors will be sponsoring the 2019/2020 South Wales FA Senior Cup. The competition will be known as the ‘Loosemores SWFA Senior Cup’ for the upcoming season.

 The competition is open to Senior clubs who play in the South Wales Alliance Football League or the top divisions of local leagues within the SWFA area and do not enter the Welsh Cup or FAW Trophy. The draws for Rounds 1 & 2 of the competition took place on Wednesday 14 August and will be published later today. The competition kicks off on Saturday 21 September.

 Mark Loosemore, Senior Partner and Head of Sport at Loosemores commented:

“Loosemores Solicitors has a long-standing involvement in Welsh football, including as trusted legal advisors and committed sponsors. We are delighted to reinforce those well-established links through our new sponsorship of one of Wales’ oldest cup competitions, which was first won by Builth in 1894.

We look forward to working with the SWFA to promote the Loosemores SWFA Senior Cup this season.”

Mark Adams, General Secretary of the South Wales Football Association commented:

“We are very pleased to be partnering with Loosemores on this sponsorship. The South Wales FA Senior Cup is one of the oldest competitions in South Wales and has just celebrated its 125th anniversary with the first final being played way back in 1894. This deal with a firm who also has a long history in South Wales is a fitting link-up to take the competition through to the future’.

 The South Wales Football Association is one of six associations affiliated to the Football Association of Wales. The function of the Association is to provide proper management and control of the Leagues and Clubs affiliated to it and to promote participation in all formats of the game.

 Loosemores is ranked in Tier 1 for Sport in Wales by The Legal 500 directory in 2019.  Senior Partner and head of the sports team, Mark Loosemore is also ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ for Sport and several members of the team are recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyers’.