Ottawa Rec Sports Partnerships
Ottawa Rec Sports is an co-ed adult sports community that has been operating in the Ottawa region since 2009.
The community is based around sports but includes a strong social component, with end of season parties each season and long term partnerships with bars and restaurants such as Lieutenant’s Pump and the Clocktower.
Our community has (in 2026) about 2,000 players in the Ottawa region and a reach of 11,000 on our mailing list. The demographic of the community centers around adults 25-35 who work full time and are settled in the city.
The community is a natural partner for restaurants and sports equipment stores, but our goal is to build a network of partners that expands across many commercial fields.
Partnership Structure
Here is the basic partnership structure we are looking for:
– Your business offers a free item or discount to all Ottawa Rec Sports members. With bars this is usually shareable food (buy four drinks, get a free plate of nachos), with a store it may be a general 10% discount – whatever you feel is fair that would entice customers without overextending your business. You can set any rules for this offering that you want (cannot be used with other promotions, minimum purchase amount, etc.) and we will publish these on our website.
– Ottawa Rec Sports will print and distribute membership cards to everyone in our league at the start of every season (Fall/September, Winter/December, Spring/March, Summer/June).
– The cards will have your businesses name and logo on them along with a link to our website with the exact promotion details.
– The cards will have a season and expiry date at the top of them (i.e: Summer 2026 – June 1st – Aug 31st, 2026).
– Once the promotion is confirmed, we would ask your staff to provide the promotion/discount to any players who present their card at your business.
– No monetary exchange will happen between our businesses. In exchange for the discount to members, we will freely advertise your business to our members. The benefit for us is that the membership cards become an additional perk for playing in our community each season, which drives customer retention for us.
– Further, if your business would like to advertise other events or promotions through our social media, we are happy to do so in exchange for you doing the same for us (publishing advertisements of our upcoming registration periods on your social media).
If you are interested in building a partnership with Ottawa Rec Sports and the basic structure listed above would work for your business, please contact: Joel@OttawaRecSports.com to connect with us and confirm details.
