Industry Shorts: Govt Pilot Scheme, Sport Industry Awards 2020
The government has announced a new batch of sporting events which will be used as part of a pilot scheme to bring fans back into stadiums.
An initial test was carried out at the Betfred World Snooker Championships at The Crucible in Sheffield on 15th and 16th August, and the latest phase will take place throughout September with a view to a fuller reopening for fans in October.
The events will include a friendly match at Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion’s Amex Stadium on 29th August and a women’s football friendly between Lewes and the London Bees the following day. Events across football, rugby union, horse racing, cricket, basketball and speedway are also scheduled to go ahead in front of limited spectators throughout September.
The Sport Industry Awards 2020: Online Edition is now just one week away, and a host of familiar faces have been enlisted to help announce the winners of the industry’s biggest awards.
Going live on Thursday 3rd September at 10.00am, a brand-new digital hub will house the victory announcements for all 18 categories and the countdown has already begun HERE.
Looking back at a year that saw Eliud Kipchoge become the first human to break the two-hour marathon mark, the England Men’s Cricket Team take home the ICC Cricket World Cup in dramatic fashion, and the England Women’s Football Team and England Men’s Rugby Team reach new heights at respective World Cups, the Official Shortlist reflects the creativity that these opportunities offered, and the agile and exciting brains behind the campaigns that brought them to life.
Supercar manufacturer and Formula 1 constructor McLaren has pulled out of its sponsorship of the UCI World Tour cycling team Bahrain-McLaren.
The company’s co-sponsorship of the team was launched in December 2019, with the former Bahrain-Merida team’s livery changing to McLaren orange.
McLaren said in a statement that it will return its focus to four-wheel racing.
Edgbaston has been named as the host venue for the final of the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on Sunday 27th September.
The new competition was set up by the ECB to ensure that domestic women’s cricket goes ahead this summer, and will see the eight regional teams split into two groups, with the two respective group-winners of the 50-over tournament progressing to the final.
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has launched a search for West Midlands-based sporting facilities to become Official Training Venues for the event.
Organisers are looking for Games Time Training Venues for 10 of the 19 sports on the Birmingham 2022 programme, providing essential facilities for thousands of athletes before and during the event, which takes place from 18th July to 10th August 2022.
Venues across a number of sports including athletics, boxing, cricket, hockey, netball, gymnastics, rugby sevens, swimming, and triathlon are required by the Games, while athletes competing in the remaining nine sports will train either at their competition venues, or at one of the three Campus Villages where athletes will stay throughout the event.
