Snow-loving students joining their university ski clubs in the next few weeks will find their budgets stretch further this term, thanks to Natives.

Many student skiers and boarders unsurprisingly find it difficult to finance what can become a very expensive hobby. So we thought we'd do our bit to stretch their funds a bit further.

This year Natives has negotiated special student discounts at the ski shows as well as providing free text messages and web hosting facilities for university snowsport clubs.

Iain Martin, Natives' founder, explains: "We have always been a big supporter of student skiing and snowboarding, mainly because I can still remember my time on my own ski club committee!

Ski Show Discounts

"I was surprised when I noticed that none of the major wintersports shows offered a student discount, so thanks to our contacts in the industry I was able to make a few phone calls and set up reduced admission prices."

Students will now be able to get into the British Ski Show at the Birmingham NEC next month (October 11-13) for just £2.50 (Friday 11 Oct only), instead of the usual price of £9.50. At the Daily Mail Ski Show at Olympia (October 25 - November 3) there is a Two for One offer on mid-week admission, saving £4 per person.

Free Websites and Domain Names

Natives will also be helping students this season by directly sponsoring a number of snowsports clubs. This support will include providing free text messages, website hosting and domain names.

"We know that securing website hosting space and buying domain names can be expensive and confusing. Natives has its own server with spare capacity and so we are able to offer free web space to clubs. We hope this will help student clubs stretch their limited budgets further and simplify the whole process," said Iain.

Clubs already sponsored by Natives include Abertay, Aston, Birmingham, Dundee, Hull, Huskis, Nottingham, Strathclyde, Swansea, St Andrews and York, as well as and the Bristol 2004 BUSC bid.

Thousands of free text messages will also be supplied to student snow sport clubs for them to send to their members.

"Text messaging continues to flourish and we know it can be a very useful way for clubs to communicate with their members. This year we will be providing thousands of messages to each club free of charge, sending them out using our ALPtxt messaging system," added Iain.

As well as supporting individual clubs across the country, Natives is a major sponsor of the British Universities Ski Championships (BUSC 2003), which next March will see 2000 students heading to Les Deux Alpes.

Any universities or student groups who like more information about Natives sponsorship should email direct to Iain Martin

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