ROMSEY printer and copier supplier Allied Office Machines has sponsored Winchester Rugby Football Club's mini section for 2005.

Club chief executive, Paul Beckett, said: "Support from interested local businesses is vital for the development of rugby at our club and I am delighted with the help we have received from Allied Office Machines."

The club has a long-standing relationship with the firm, which has supplied and serviced its copiers and printers for a number of years.

Allied managing director Steve Drayson said: "We are delighted to support them and we wish them every success."