Table-topping Rossendale Raptors basketball team are jumping for joy after agreeing sponsorship deals with local companies.

HD Signs, a local sign and banner manufacturer, have teamed up with chartered surveyors Rider Hunt as junior team kit sponsors.

Fusion Care, a local care agency assisting young people to move from care to independent life, are sponsoring the club’s new women’s team.

And the Raptors also have a new website – rossendaleraptors.co.uk – thanks to ISSL, a local web design company based in St Mary’s Chambers, who have designed it.

The Raptors mens team are sponsored by World Options; a Rawtenstall based courier agent and top Division One of the Manchester Area Basketball League having won 11 of their first 12 games.

The team play at Haslingden Sports Centre and have recently improved the seating and facilities for spectators who are welcome free of charge to all home games for the remainder of the season.

The dates of the remaining home fixtures can be found on the club website.

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