Petra Financial supports Centaurs Rugby Club in Singapore

London, UK, 08 September 2009---Petra Financial has signed a three-year sponsorship of Centaurs Rugby’s Mini-rugby section in Singapore, which will take effect from September 2009.

Petra Financial is committed to supporting Centaurs Rugby’s 300 junior players ranging in age from 5 to 13. It is also very supportive of Centaurs Rugby’s mission to develop talent, and through success, set an example to inspire others to participate in sport, not to merely remain as spectators.

Founded in October 2002, the Centaurs Rugby Mini &Youth Rugby Club grew from 20 to close to 400 young players, which is truly universal as it includes a girl’s Touch Rugby section. It has become the largest youth rugby club in Singapore.

Petra Financial is a global software company developing solutions in payments and mobile banking. Petra Financial customers include HSBC, National Australia Group, ABSA, First National Bank and Mizuho.

Tim Lambert, Managing Director of Centaurus Private Limited, the holding company of Centaurs Rugby, commented: “We are delighted to have Petra Financial as the headline sponsor of the Centaurs Rugby Mini-rugby section. This fruitful sponsorship will not only identify us with a global and innovative company, Petra Financial, but also embodies our goal to inspire and encourage youth to participate in sport at an early age and learn values like teamwork, camaraderie, leadership, self-confidence and unity. This is aligned with Petra Financial’s values which are also to develop and inspire talent with innovation, collaboration and teamwork, to create simple, design driven applications.”

David Sinclair, CEO of Petra Financial said, “Sponsoring Centaurs Rugby affords us a great opportunity to support a club committed to developing talent, creating great competitors and fostering the growth of a sport that has tremendous values. We believe many of these are applicable to the personal development of young people and look forward to assisting Centaurs Rugby in their mission.”

“We also hope that our association with London Irish – one of Europe’s premier professional rugby teams – will allow us to facilitate some exciting interaction between the grass roots and the elite level of the game, helping to raise the profile of rugby even higher in Asia Pacific,” Sinclair added.

John Burton, Marketing and Sales Director of Petra Financial adds, “We have found in Centaurs Rugby a team that we really feel excited about supporting. Centaurs Rugby is the largest and oldest mini & youth rugby club in Singapore and our association with them brings a great deal of value and mutual benefits. Centaurs Rugby is a team that has a huge legacy in terms of developing their members by providing professional rugby coaching all year round, and by producing players who can take their talents to greater heights. We also do the same in our business where we employ a strengths-based organizational structure where each member is encouraged to do what he or she does best. We look forward to supporting Centaurs Rugby over the next three years, and to see them go from strength to strength.”