SKINS FOLLOWS NETBALL DEAL WITH CRICKET MOVE Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am Just a week after signing a 12 month partnership with Netball Australia (see last issue), recovery aid producer Skins TM has been appointed an official supplier to Cricket Australia for the 2005-06 season. Read more
ASC ENTERS ENERGETIC PARTNERSHIP AS THOMAS PICKS UP NEW DEAL IN RETIREMENT Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am Specialist sport, leisure, fitness and aquatic recruitment agency Sportspeople has launched the 2005 version of its Sportspeople Workplace $urvey in conjunction with the School of Exercise Science and Sport Management, Southern Cross University. Read more
SPONSORS BUILDING FOR PROTON NSW OPEN Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am As earmarked in issue 159, the NSW Golf Association is making strong progress in its bid to have the Proton NSW Open Championship return to the full Australasian PGA Tour in future years. Read more
V8s TAKE NEXT STEP TOWARDS ADDITIONAL OVERSEAS RACE Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am An advance party to the Middle East led by Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO) chairman Tony Cochrane has returned to confirm the likely staging of a V8 Supercar Series race in the area in 2007. Read more
EMIRATES REVEALED ON FORCE JERSEY Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am One of Australia's largest sponsorship spenders, Dubai-based airline Emirates, has made a major move into local rugby union by taking the naming rights to the country's newest State-level outfit, the Western Force Super 14 team. Read more
ACCOUNTANTS NOT IMPRESSED BY AFL CLUBS AND VICE VERSA Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has this week revealed that almost 40% of Australian Football League (AFL) clubs do not have a formal risk management policy and more than a quarter fail to adequately business plan. Read more
QUIKSILVER BACKS LEAPING SKATEBOARDER Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am Surf brand Quiksilver has jumped on board a unique sponsorship offering, with the company backing world skateboarding champion Danny Way's attempt to jump across the Great Wall of China this Saturday, July 9 in Beijing China. Read more
HOSPITALITY NEXT AS FORCE ANNOUNCES SLEEVE AND APPAREL DEALS Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am On top of revealing Emirates as its major sponsor (see article this issue), the Western Force Super 14 team has also announced its sleeve sponsor and apparel partner, with fuel conditioning company Firepower picking up the sleeve branding opportunity Read more
CLASSIC GOLF GONE WHILE QANTAS HELPS CONTINUE AMATEUR GROWTH Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am The demise of professional golf events in this country has continued this week with the former Heineken Classic tournament officially called off indefinitely, while at the same time the growth of amateur level golfing events has been given another boost. Read more
SPONSORS PULLED INTO AFL DRUG DECISION Monday, 11 Jul 2005 05:30am Media reports indicate the ongoing controversy involving the Australian Football League's (AFL) decision to not sign the World Anti-Doping Agency code (WADA), and therefore become the only major local Read more