Industry Shorts: Birmingham 2022, Img, British Rowing
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has launched an exclusive ticket ballot for West Midlands residents, ahead of the regular ticket ballot which takes place in September.
From 14th to 30th July, people who live in the region can apply for tickets, with more than one million available for the Games as a whole. Prices, meanwhile, start at £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults. Organisers say even the most expensive sessions – including medal sessions and opening and closing ceremonies – will all have £22 tickets available to make the Games as accessible as possible.
Birmingham 2022 organisers say the ballot is open to residents of the West Midlands, as defined by the Office of National Statistics – which includes people living in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire. Organisers have also launched a postcode checker on their website to allow the public to check eligibility.
IMG has added to its media senior management team with the appointment of Ross Hair to the role of SVP, Head of EMEA.
Hair has previously held a number of senior broadcast media roles at various organisations, spanning both sport and entertainment positions across Europe and Asia, including serving as SVP, Commercial EMEA at Scripps Networks (now Discovery), Managing Director, ESPN EMEA from 2010-2014, and EVP, International Networks EMEA, Sony Pictures Television International.
At IMG, he will be tasked with developing, implementing and executing regional strategy for the media business and team in the region, reporting to Chris Guinness, EVP, Head of Commercial Worldwide. READ MORE
British Rowing has announced a new staff wellbeing partnership with Yoke Consultancy, a specialist consultancy that builds ‘resilient and sustainable cultures’ for staff, teams and organisations.
Having started in April 2021, the collaboration between Yoke and a group of British Rowing’s staff centres around measurement (through the Human Sustainability Index), individual reflection and group discussion, enabling the staff members to better navigate change and thrive in the working environment.
Throughout the relationship, Yoke and British Rowing will collaborate on a number of blog posts from British Rowing staff, whilst British Rowing CEO Andy Parkinson will also feature in a facilitated learning circle event with Yoke Founder Rachel Fellowes from Yoke on 10th August.
Video streaming platform, Joymo, has partnered with two new County Football Associations (FA) to stream annual competitions.
The Lancashire and Nottinghamshire FAs are two of England’s largest County FAs, and their agreements with Joymo commence this August, centred around County Cup competitions.
Joymo – which is on the Official Shortlist for the Cutting Edge Award in association with PT SportSuite at the Sport Industry Awards 2021 – will work closely with the County FAs to realise their direct-to-fan streaming ambitions and help promote the greater accessibility that live streaming delivers. Supporters will be able to watch matches online, live, or on demand through Joymo’s integrated technology and tools, which also allow the rights holders to charge supporters per game, competition, or event or offer longer-term season ticket passes.
