Merthyr Tydfil Football Club in Wales, is to receive a £300,000 donation from local company, Rainbow Print and the Sports Council for Wales. Rainbow Print's £150,000 cash boost was matched '£ for £' by the Sports Council for Wales' business incentive scheme, Sportsmatch Cymru. The money will be used to fund a coach education programme, football for girls and to develop a centre for excellence. Sportsmatch has so far donated £32.8m to Welsh sport. The football club will also fund school links and links with county disability sport officers. 'The Sports Council have been actively working towards redressing the balance of fund distribution in Merthyr Tydfil, who to date have received least benefit from many of the Council's schemes,' said chairman of the Sports Council for Wales, Gareth Davies. 'It is particularly encouraging to receive high quality Sportsmatch Cymru applications which demonstrate how business and sport work well together for mutual benefit.'
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