The Irish Curling Association has announced a new sponsorship deal with R-Wear, a leading Irish sports wear company, ahead of the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick, next month.

The Irish senior mens team heading to the championships will wear state-of-the-art base layers designed by R-Wear when they compete in the Grant-Harvey Centre from April 13-20 2013.

R-wear’s base layer tops modeled by Peter Wilson, PJ Wilson, Neil Fyfe and Tom Roche of the 2013 World Seniors Mens team.

The clothing has been specifically designed for winter sports athletes and the male Irish players are delighted with the tops, which they wear under their national team kit, as they have proved to be both comfortable and warm.

R-Wear is a quality brand developed by Colin Rea for the sport and casual-wear market.

Colin developed R-Wear brand as he recognised the need for more interesting and diverse range of goods for customers.

The brand is stocked over 100 stores throughout Ireland and the UK. The main products are currently the R-Wear Connects reading glasses and sun glasses which are available in over 70 opticians throughout Ireland and the UK.

Colin comes from a family business background in Bagenalstown, Co.Carlow and also holds a University Degree in Economics.

R-Wear was founded in 2002 and the company is based in the family business department store in Bagenalstown, where Colin is the third generation of his family involved in the business.

R-Wear is a 100 per cent Irish-owned company.