The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have started exclusive voting for West Midlands residents ahead of the regular voting in September.
From July 14th to 30th, people from the region can apply for tickets; more than a million are available for the games in total. Prices start at £ 8 for under 16s and £ 15 for adults. Organizers say that even for the most expensive sessions – including medal sessions and opening and closing ceremonies – £ 22 worth of tickets will be available to make the games as accessible as possible.
Birmingham 2022 organizers say the choice 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. The organizers have also put a zip code checker on their website so the public can check eligibility.
IMG has expanded its media senior management team with the appointment of Ross Hair as SVP, Head of EMEA.
Hair previously held a number of senior media roles with various organizations that included both sports and entertainment positions in Europe and Asia, including 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, his role will be to develop, implement and execute a regional strategy for the media business and team in the region, reporting to Chris Guinness, EVP, Head of Commercial Worldwide. CONTINUE READING
British Rowing has announced a new employee wellbeing partnership with Yoke Consultancy, a specialist consultancy building “resilient and sustainable cultures” for employees, teams and organizations.
The collaboration between Yoke and a group of British Rowing employees, which began in April 2021, focuses on measurement (through the Human Sustainability Index), individual reflection and group discussion so that employees can better manage change and be successful in the work environment.
Throughout the relationship, Yoke and British Rowing will collaborate on a number of blog posts by British Rowing employees, while Andy Parkinson, CEO of British Rowing, will also attend a moderated learning circle with Yoke founder Rachel Fellowes of Yoke on August 10th will.
Video streaming platform Joymo has teamed up 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 begin this August focusing on the County Cup competitions.
Joymo - who 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 realize their ambitions for direct-to-fan streaming and the better accessibility to promote live streaming supplies. Fans can watch games online, live or on demand using Joymo’s integrated technologies and tools, which also enable rights holders to charge their fans for a game, competition or event or to offer long-term season tickets.