Shorts: England Netball, Lta, Game Changers
England Netball and Vitality have announced an extension to their long-term partnership, which sees the insurance and investments company continue as title partner of England Netball for a further two years.
Having worked together since 2015, the renewal builds on a hugely successful partnership which has seen significant investment across all levels of the sport over the last six years, driven by a shared purpose to grow the game and inspire women and girls to live healthy and active lifestyles.
Vitality will continue its naming rights of England Netball’s national team, the Vitality Roses, as well as extending its title partnership of the Vitality Netball International Series, which includes all home international series at the elite level of the game.
The LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain, and SwingVision have announced a three-year partnership, whereby SwingVision will become the Official Player and Ball Tracking Technology Partner of the LTA.
SwingVision is a mobile app that uses proprietary artificial intellegence to provide automated shot tracking, video analysis, live streaming and line calling all from just a single iPhone or iPad.
As part of the partnership, players and coaches who are LTA Advantage members will receive recurring discounts on their annual subscription to SwingVision Pro, while more than 2000 LTA Accredited+ Coaches will receive complimentary access to SwingVision Pro.
The Game Changers podcast, which celebrates trailblazing women in sport, is set to receive Sport England National Lottery funding.
The grant will enable the producers, Fearless Women Ltd, to broaden the reach of the inspirational content, as they continue to share the stories of women who have challenged the status quo for women and girls everywhere.
The Game Changers is rated 5 stars across all podcast platforms, with over 100,000 downloads, and previous guests that include the likes of Katherine Grainger, Jill Scott, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Denise Lewis, Sally Munday, Emma Hayes, Clare Balding, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Sarah Storey, Judy Murray, Ali Oliver, Gabby Logan, and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Creative Access, a social enterprise in progressive career development and support, and McLaren Racing are launching the Creative Access x McLaren Racing Career Development Bursary.
The bursary is a new fund aimed at supporting talent from under-represented communities who aspire to work, or further their career, in the creative industries, but who are currently held back from doing so because of their financial status.
The bursary is the first initiative from the Creative Access and McLaren Racing partnership, which was formed in June this year under the McLaren Racing Engage Alliance, which aims to diversify talent in motorsport.
BT Sport is to broadcast a programming line-up focused on sustainability across November, as part of its Green Routine initiative which aims to inform, educate, and inspire viewers around the climate emergency.
BT Sport has teamed up with the global movement, Count Us In, to provide practical advice to help viewers find high-impact, achievable steps to reduce their carbon pollution and persuade others to do the same. Available now on the BT Sport website and App, Green Routine presents thought-provoking facts and advice for sports fans to reduce their carbon footprint, alongside short films exploring topics, such as which football clubs could be under water in 50 years’ time.
BT Sport has made changes to its power consumption, is working with its suppliers to identify further ways of reducing emissions and is moving to innovative and remote ways of working to reduce its carbon footprint – for example using remote operations hubs from where it can direct and produce live events, instead of sending crew to stadia, reducing travel and emissions.
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