Running a sports federation or a professional association in Saudi Arabia today means running an organisation and a calendar of live events at the same time. Between sanctioned competitions, regional qualifiers, training camps, and member services, the administrative load grows faster than most federation budgets do. The Skyline Sponsorships & Student Program exists to close that gap: it puts real technology into the hands of federations and associations through sponsored access, so the money you do have can go further on the field.
What a federation actually gets
The program is built around three pillars that map directly to how a federation works day to day:
- SSMS — Skyline's sport scoring system. A digital scoring and results platform purpose-built for officiating live competition. Instead of paper sheets, manual tallies, and disputed results, referees and scorers record outcomes that flow straight into standings and published results.
- Event point-of-sale with SkylinePOS. Tournaments and championships are also commercial events: ticketing desks, registration counters, merchandise, food stalls, and accreditation. SkylinePOS gives your event a clean, auditable way to take payments and reconcile every booth at the end of the day.
- Cloud & IT for the organisation and its events. Hosting for your federation website, business email on your own domain, file storage and sharing through Skyline Drive, plus IT support and cybersecurity that keep member data and registration records safe.
Why scoring and POS belong together
For most federations the busiest, most error-prone moments are competition days. A live scoring system removes arguments over results, speeds up bracket progression, and gives you clean records to publish to members and media. POS removes the cash-box chaos at the same events. Sponsoring both together means a single event runs on one connected toolkit instead of a patchwork of spreadsheets and notebooks.
The sponsorship tiers
The program is structured in four ascending tiers, so an association can start where it fits and grow:
- Silver — a strong entry point for clubs and smaller entities, with discounted access across Cloud, IT, and SkylinePOS and community support.
- Gold — suited to departments and federations, adding deeper discounts, priority support, and training or workshop opportunities.
- Platinum — for large federations, with core Cloud sponsored, sponsored event POS, dedicated onboarding, and stronger IT & cybersecurity coverage.
- Diamond — for flagship partners, with fully sponsored Cloud and SkylinePOS, a dedicated account manager, and co-branding.
As you move up the tiers, the support escalates too: higher tiers add dedicated onboarding and account management and co-branding, so a major championship is not left to figure out the technology alone. All amounts and benefits are indicative defaults and are confirmed per partner, subject to eligibility verification and approval.
How it helps you run competitions and digitise operations
Beyond the event itself, the cloud and IT pillar is what turns a federation into a digitised organisation. With sponsored Skyline Cloud hosting, business email, and Skyline Drive, your committees stop trading attachments over personal accounts and start working from one place. Member records, fixtures, sponsorship contracts, and historical results live in storage you control, with Saudi data residency and support in Arabic. That continuity between seasons is often worth more than any single event tool.
Built for the Saudi context
This is technology delivered locally: Arabic-first interfaces and support, SAR billing, and data hosted in the Kingdom. For a national federation answerable to its members and to oversight bodies, keeping operational and personal data inside Saudi Arabia is not a nice-to-have — it is the baseline expectation, and the program is designed around it.
How to apply
Applying is straightforward. Institutions apply through an official request: your federation or association submits its details on official letterhead, eligibility is verified, and a tier is assigned with onboarding to follow. Because benefits are confirmed per partner, the conversation starts with what your competitions and members actually need, not a fixed package.
If your federation or association is ready to run cleaner competitions and put its operations on solid digital footing, explore the Skyline Sponsorships & Student Program and submit an official request today. Tell us about your events and your organisation, and Skyline will help you find the right tier to get your scoring, your point-of-sale, and your cloud working together.