Chippenham Town have announced a commercial link with Bath City, one of their major footballing rivals.

The partnership will see the clubs co-operate on a number of mutually beneficial fund-raising initatives and corporate events while a pre-season friendly has also been organised.

"The Directors of Bath City FC and Chippenham Town FC are pleased to announce that both clubs are working together to produce a series of fund raising events.," read a club statement.

"The first such event is a Golf Day taking place on Thursday 30th April 2009 at Cumberwell Park Golf Club, Bradford on Avon.

"A feature of this day will be a number of prizes and trophies and a Hole in One prize of a car worth over £10,000 "Following this a Summer Draw (raffle) will be launched in May with winning prizes to be drawn at Twerton Park at the end of July when a pre-season friendly between the Clubs will follow a game between both sets of supporters and the Chippenham Town Gateway Club."