Category: Sporting Events
Keith Prowse awarded overseas tours and corporate hospitality contract at The Championships, Wimbledon.
Keith Prowse has been awarded a new five-year contract by The All England Club to provide overseas tours and UK hospitality programmes at The Championships, Wimbledon, from 2013 onwards. Widely regarded as a highlight in the sporting and social calendar, The Championships already sees thousands of guests from all over the globe entertained by Keith [...]
Double Success for Showsec in Manchester
Showsec’s Manchester office has been busy securing the city’s football fans, with two separate victory parades for both Manchester City on 23rd May and Manchester United on the 30th May. Following the successful security operation a week prior, where Showsec ensured the safety of hundreds of thousands of Manchester City fans as they took to [...]
10-year major events plan for Wales unveiled
A 10-year plan to promote Wales as a destination for big name sporting, musical and cultural events is being launched by the assembly government. Ministers want to capitalise on high-profile events like golf’s Ryder Cup in Newport in October as a way to promote home-grown festivals and attractions. The strategy aims to identify “mega events” [...]
Event Organisers pull plug on Tour of Mull rally
EVENT ORGANISERS have pulled the plug on the Tour of Mull rally, one of the biggest money-spinning events in the Hebrides. The car rally has given the island a huge economic boost – believed to be worth several million pounds in recent years – every October for the past four decades. The 2300 Club, whose [...]
North West 200 ‘Jewel’ In Tourism Crown
One of NI’s most popular sporting events has been praised as Stormont Sports Minister Nelson McCausland joined with the North West organisers in launching the 2010 International North West 200. Speaking at the reception in the Waterfront Hall, the Minister said: “Last year proved particularly challenging for event organisers across Northern Ireland due to the [...]
Entrants race to register for The Round Britain Race 2012 (SEA)
Response to the news that entry for RB12 SEA is open has been very positive. Entry opened on Fri 6th November 2009 and already 41% of places have been taken. Two RIB manufacturers, Scorpion RIBs of Lymington, England and Goldfish Boat of Norway have been quick to demonstrate their commitment to RB12. Patrick Byrne, Managing [...]
Commonwealth Games costs rise to £454m
Commonwealth Games organisers have confirmed that the cost of staging the 2014 event in Glasgow has risen by £81 million to £454 million. The Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and the Games Organising Committee have been forced to plug a funding gap caused by an increase in broadcasting and staffing costs. Initial costs were put [...]
Call for ban on drinks industry sponsoring sporting events
The government should ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring any sporting event in the interest of preventing harm, international medical experts say today. In an editorial in the journal Addiction, they say the burden of proof over whether such sponsorship causes people to drink more should shift from the public to the alcohol industry. But [...]
London lands SportsAccord 2011 conference
London has seen off tough global competition to host the prestigious 2011 international SportAccord Convention, raising prospects of a multi-million boost for the capital’s economy. The SportAccord Convention will see over 1,500 of the world’s top sporting officials and business people from more than 60 countries come to the capital for the six-day event. The [...]
Mandelson rules out Silverstone cash help
Motor racing chief Bernie Ecclestone has been urged to ensure the future of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. But taxpayers’ money will not be used to broker a deal despite the motor racing industry being worth £4billion to the economy. “The British Grand Prix is a very important event, it’s a much loved British [...]
Tour of Britain event ‘attracts 4m spectators’
Over four million people watched this year’s Tour of Britain, according to event organiser SweetSpot. One million people turned out to watch the eight-stage race at the roadside, with a further three million tuning in to ITV4 to watch evening highlights programmes. Some of the largest crowds seen at the 2009 race were at the [...]
Chatsworth Horse Trials gets new director
Former event rider Tissie Reason has taken over as director of Chatsworth International Horse Trials. Ms Reason has competed up to advanced level and has been an event organiser and entries secretary for more than 30 years. She takes over the reins from Mike and Sue Etherington-Smith with immediate effect, saying she is “looking forward [...]
Map My Tracks Backs Cracknell World Record Attempt
Map My Tracks is backing double Olympic champion, James Cracknell, in his attempt to set a world record for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats this month. Cracknell and a team of three elite riders will take part in the HotChillee End To End Challenge starting on Saturday, October 17 It will be an [...]
Money needed to stage cycling event in Tewkesbury
A national cycling event will only come to Tewkesbury if another £20,000 in funding can be found. That is the warning from the borough council, which is working with the organisers of the Tour Series to try to bring the prestigious event to Tewkesbury. It began last year and attracted thousands of visitors to 10 [...]
Sussex Obstacle Dash is Born
Thousands of runners are expected to descend on the South of England Centre in November for a unique new running race with a difference. The Sussex Obstacle Dash is a fun event at the home of The South of England Show on Sunday 8th November 2009 and claims to have a race for all. Dan [...]
Boomerang Plus forms Big Freeze JV with Channel 4 & Sports Vision
Boomerang Plus has entered into a joint venture with broadcaster Channel 4 and events organiser Sports Vision to create Big Freeze Limited. Big Freeze Limited is a production company created to organise and produce the Freesports on 4 Freeze live event franchise, the UK’s biggest winter sports and music festival, as well as other broadcast [...]
T in the Park creator launches Formula 1 Rocks concerts
THE Scot who invented T in the Park has launched the first in a series of ultra-glamorous F1 Rocks concerts at Grand Prix races around the world. Glaswegian Paul Morrison, who introduced T in the Park’s promoters DF Concerts to music sponsors Tennents Live! back in 1992 with the idea of a massive Scottish music [...]
Buick ends sponsorship of main PGA Tour events
The PGA Tour has suffered a double blow after the troubled Detroit carmaker Buick announced it was withdrawing its sponsorship from two events – the Buick Invitational and Buick Open – from next year. “As a result of the recent court-supervised restructuring of General Motors (GM) all agreements between Buick and the PGA Tour have [...]
Nottingham to host the next Ironman event.
THE world’s toughest one-day endurance event is coming to Nottingham in August next year. A long-distance triathlon consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile marathon run are to be completed consecutively and all within one day of racing. The event – to take place in Nottingham on August 8, 2010 – will [...]
Animal Windfest event organiser condemns planned law changes.
One of the UK’s leading figures in the world of watersports has expressed concerns over plans to make changes in the law, which could potentially see windsurfers and kayakers fined and jailed if involved in an on water accident. Gary Willingham, whose watersports event, the Animal Windfest, has brought some of the biggest names in [...]
World Sport Destination Expo can act as catalyst for tourism recovery
The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s secretary-general Taleb Rifai has insisted sporting events such as FIFA World Cup 2010 and the London Olympics 2012 can act as catalysts to revive the ailing global travel and tourism industry. So he would be among the first to applaud the foresight of the organisers of the inaugural World [...]
Mysterious Countdown for Urbanrace
Athletes have been left in anticipation by event organiser Urbanrace after a mysterious announcement appeared on their website today (1 July 2009). The South East based organiser of The Sussex Triathlon and The Brighton Triathlon have posted a note on their website homepage which declares a new event will be launched in five days time. [...]
Motor Sports Association agrees to underwrite Rally GB
The 2009 Wales Rally GB has been secured after the Motor Sports Association agreed to underwrite the costs of the event. In April, its future had been thrown into uncertainty when the assembly government withdrew funding of £2.2m. The MSA, UK motor sport’s governing body, said they had taken the decision “for the good of [...]
Edinburgh Marathon organiser offer reward after water theft
Organisers of this year’s Edinburgh Marathon are offering a £5,000 reward to anyone who can help them catch the people who stole thousands of bottles of water meant for the runners. Supplies had to be rushed in after stations on a six mile stretch of the race in East Lothian started to run out of [...]
Inverness Highland Games Programme Unveiled
The Highland Council has announced details of this year’s Inverness Highland Games following confirmation that Tulloch Homes are to sponsor the Masters World Championships, which will be staged in Bught Park Arena on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July 2009. The Masters (or Over 40s) World Championships are the largest Highland Games Heavy event staged [...]
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