GILCHRIST DEAL PUTS HIM AT THE TOP Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist has signed a $2 million life long contract with Puma, which when combined with his other deals with Nestle, Travelex, Fox Sports and Castrol, places him up the top of the earnings list for Australian sportspeople. Gilchrist has said . . . Read more
SOUTHCORP RE-EMERGING AS SPONSORSHIP POWER Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Winemaker Southcorp looks set to commit to its second significant sponsorship arrangement this year, and one of only a few since its major involvement with the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, by signing on for the upcoming Network Ten drama, The Cooks... Read more
JACKSON NEGOTIATIONS PUT BACK TO NOVEMBER Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Negotiations to keep star basketballer Lauren Jackson in the country post the 2004-05 Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) season have been pushed back a month, with the player now not scheduled back in Australia until mid November. As reported in . . . Read more
"MONEY CAN'T BUY" AND OTHER NEW MARKETING AVENUES FOR 2005 Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Sponsorship consultant Kath Bindon, from sponsorship consultant M2M Marketing, has provided pando Publishing with some observations and feedback from the local sponsorship industry and an insight into expectations for 2005 and beyond. Bindon said that . . . Read more
COWBOYS GO TO MARKET FOR NEW ACADEMY SPONSOR Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 The North Queensland Cowboys NRL club is in the early stages of heading to market with a new major sponsorship property covering its soon-to-be-launched Cowboys Recruitment and Academy Program. Martin Locke, business . . . Read more
NO PROGRESS FOR LOCAL WORLD RALLY ROUND Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 Further to the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) recent announcement that it is yet to receive an unconditional commitment from parties interested in taking over the rights to hold the 2006 Australian round in the World Rally Championship from the WA Government (see issue 154), Chris Terpos from CAMS has indicated that that they met with the three interested parties last week but are yet to make any solid progress. Terpos told pando . . . Read more
