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Charity sponsor auction · IRONMAN Leeds 2027

Bidding opensWednesday, December 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM MT
Bidding closesWednesday, December 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM MT (extended per zone by bids in the last 5 min)
Bid increment$10
Premium minimum$500: Chest, Left shoulder blade, Right shoulder blade, Butt
Prime minimum$250: Stomach, Right shoulder, Left shoulder, Right thigh, Left thigh, Lower back, Left hamstring, Right hamstring
Standard minimum$100: Right bicep, Left bicep, Right forearm, Left forearm, Right shin, Left shin, Back of neck, Left rear shoulder, Right rear shoulder, Left tricep, Right tricep, Left calf, Right calf
Payment window48 hours from invoice

1. Who runs this

  1. This sponsor auction (the "Auction") is run by Nico Pineiro as an individual (the "Organizer"). Nico is not a charity, and neither is this Auction.
  2. The Auction is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by IRONMAN, The IRONMAN Group, the organizers of IRONMAN Leeds, or the beneficiary charity.

2. Where the money goes

  1. The beneficiary will be a registered charity (a US 501(c)(3) or a UK registered charity), picked by the top comment on the Organizer's announcement post. The Organizer will first confirm it's registered and in good standing, and may skip a suggestion that doesn't qualify and take the next one instead. The charity will be named on this page before bidding opens, and it won't change after bidding opens.
  2. The Organizer will donate all net proceeds to that charity. Net proceeds means winning payments received, minus payment-processing fees. The Organizer covers all other costs personally.
  3. The Organizer will hold the funds until race day and donate them within 30 days after IRONMAN Leeds 2027. That way a refund is still possible if the race doesn't happen, as described below. The Organizer will post the total donated on this site.
  4. You are buying advertising and sponsorship space, not making a charitable donation. You receive something of value (your logo displayed), so your payment is generally not tax-deductible as a charitable contribution, and you will not receive a donation receipt from the charity. It may be deductible as a business advertising expense. Ask your own tax advisor.

3. Who can bid

  1. You must be 18 or older and able to enter a binding contract. If you bid for a company, you confirm you're authorized to commit it to pay.
  2. You must verify a working email address. One bidder account per person or company. The Organizer and members of the Organizer's household will not bid, and no one may bid on the Organizer's behalf to raise prices.

4. How bidding works

  1. Bidding opens and closes at the times posted on this page. All amounts are in US dollars, in whole dollars.
  2. Each zone has a minimum opening bid set by its tier. Every new bid must beat the current high bid by at least the posted increment.
  3. Each zone closes at the posted end time. A bid placed in the final 5 minutes moves that zone's close to 5 minutes after the bid, and this repeats until nobody bids for 5 minutes. The server's clock is the official time.
  4. Every bid is a binding offer to pay that amount if you win. Bids can't be withdrawn. If you bid by mistake, contact the Organizer right away. Removing a bid is at the Organizer's discretion.
  5. Bid history is public and shows each bid's display name, amount, and time. Your email address is never shown. Don't use a display name you don't have the right to use.

5. The Organizer's rights

  1. The Organizer may reject any bid, remove any bidder, or refuse any sponsor at their sole discretion, before or after a zone closes, including for suspected fraud, shill bidding, or a sponsor that doesn't fit these terms.
  2. The Organizer may extend, pause, or cancel the Auction or any zone, for example because of a technical fault, an error in posted prices, or a change to the race. If a zone is cancelled after you've paid for it, you'll get a full refund.
  3. Technical problems such as outages, email delays, or bids that fail to go through don't create any obligation to accept a bid.

6. Winning and paying

  1. The highest valid bid when a zone closes wins. The winner is emailed a Shopify invoice and must pay within 48 hours of it being sent.
  2. If the winner doesn't pay in time, the Organizer may offer the zone to the next-highest eligible bidder at that bidder's own highest bid, with a new 48-hour window. This can repeat. A bidder who is offered a zone this way is bound by their bid in the same way. If no one pays, the zone goes unsold.
  3. All sales are final once paid, except as described under "If the race doesn't happen" or where the law requires a refund.

7. Your logo

  1. After paying, you'll get a private link to upload a logo (PNG, JPG, or WebP) plus a display name and website link.
  2. You confirm that you own or are licensed to use everything you submit. You grant the Organizer a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce and display it on race day, on this site, and in related photos, videos, and social media, with no end date for content already posted.
  3. Not allowed: anything unlawful, hateful, sexual, violent, or defamatory; political campaigns; tobacco, vaping, cannabis, or other drugs; gambling; weapons; alcohol unless the Organizer approves it; financial products or crypto unless the Organizer approves it; anything that infringes someone else's rights; anything that suggests an endorsement by IRONMAN or the beneficiary charity; and anything that would break the race's rules. The Organizer may refuse, resize, recolor, or remove any logo. If a logo is refused and you don't provide an acceptable replacement within 7 days, the Organizer may display your name as text instead. That doesn't entitle you to a refund.
  4. Displaying your logo doesn't mean the Organizer, IRONMAN, or the beneficiary charity endorses you, your products, or your services.

8. Race day

  1. Logos will be applied non-permanently, and nothing will be tattooed permanently. Race rules require the torso and shoulders to be covered on the bike and run, so the chest, stomach, back, shoulder-blade, shoulder, and butt zones will be printed on the race suit in the matching position. Arm, leg, and neck zones will be temporary tattoos or body paint on the skin. A wetsuit may cover most zones during the swim. Placement, size, color, and visibility are approximate and will change with movement, water, sweat, and wear.
  2. The race's own rules and officials' instructions always come first. If a logo has to be covered, moved, shrunk, or removed to comply, it will be, with no refund.
  3. Photos from the day are not guaranteed. The Organizer will make reasonable efforts to post photos of the sponsor zones.

9. If the race doesn't happen

  1. If Nico doesn't start IRONMAN Leeds 2027 for any reason, including injury, illness, or a cancelled or postponed race, the Organizer will offer each paid sponsor a choice: a full refund, or keeping the sponsorship, with the logo displayed at a substitute event or on this site and in social media, and the proceeds donated as planned.
  2. If Nico starts but doesn't finish, the sponsorship counts as delivered. Logos will still be displayed on this site and in social media.

10. Privacy

  1. Your email is used only to run this Auction: verification, outbid and win notices, invoices, and logo uploads. If you joined the launch notification list, it's also used to tell you when bidding opens. It is never sold or shared, except with the services that run the site: Vercel (hosting), the database host, Resend (email), and Shopify (payments). Ask the Organizer and your data will be deleted after the Auction is settled.

11. Liability

  1. The site and the Auction are provided as is. As far as the law allows, the Organizer's total liability to any bidder or sponsor is limited to the amount that person actually paid. The Organizer isn't liable for indirect or consequential losses, such as lost profits or lost publicity.
  2. You agree to indemnify the Organizer against claims arising from the content you submit or from your breach of these terms.
  3. If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies. These terms, plus the posted prices and times, are the whole agreement for the Auction.

Terms version 2026-09-24b. Questions: sponsornicodegallo@gmail.com

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