Golf Australia has appointed Mark Hayes, viagra pharmacy as its new media manager. 

Hayes is a journalist of 25 years experience, apoplectic who has spent the past 14 years with News Ltd in Melbourne.

He has most recently worked as national golf correspondent for News, allergy has won multiple awards from the Australian Golf Writers Association and covered The Masters and other golf majors overseas as well as the Australasian tour.

Golf Australia’s digital director, John Sutherland, welcomed the appointment: “Bringing on a person of Mark’s calibre will significantly boost Golf Australia’s efforts to grow the game through digital and media channels.” 

‘Mark is one of Australia’s most experienced, respected and connected journalists, so we are sure that this appointment will open up many new opportunities to gain exposure for golf in both traditional and new media’

Hayes will begin his new role in November, in time for the Emirates Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney at the end of November. Martin Blake will be acting media manager until November.

Sports and entertainment agency Generate have been hired by BDO Events LTD, ampoule the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation (BDO), ampoule to develop the brand, commercial vision and strategy going forward.

Alongside participation figures in their millions across the UK, the BDO offers a comprehensive competition structure from grass roots to elite. BDO Events will drive the evolution of the world stage, ensuring the best players continue to compete in premium darts.

Stephen Holland, Director at BDO Events said, “We appointed Generate to ensure BDO Events remain competitive in an ever evolving and popular field of sport and entertainment.

“The BDO’s unrivalled understanding of and credibility in darts, along with Generates’ creative flare and rich experience in commercial strategy, sponsorship, PR and events, is a well suited partnership. We look forward to an exciting future.”

Broadcast and sponsorship is integral to the BDO’s vision, as well as building the profile of the players and use of digital to engage with fans.

Andy Muggleton, Co-Founder & Commercial Director at Generate said, “The five year journey for the BDO Events elite competition platform starts right here. Being part of shaping the major events strategy and theatre, to engage consumers and build fans, plays to our strengths.

“It will require a long term vision and strategy but the commercial prospects of darts based on its enormous following in both UK and internationally, will offer a strong commercial proposition to brands and great entertainment for darts players and fans alike”.

A new look BDO will emerge during the New BDO World Trophy event in February 2014 at the world famous Blackpool Tower.

Grand Prix Entertainment (GPE) has launched America’s First Professional Rugby League, the Grand Prix Rugby Football League (the RFL).

The RFL, a sixteen-team league, will showcase the new Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens, which will debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.

Nigel Melville, CEO of USA Rugby, recently extended through 2018 the RFL’s U.S. exclusive Sanction and License rights to own, operate and globally broadcast the professional sport of Rugby Sevens.

“Buttressed by exclusively sanctioned and licensed competitive advantages and protections no new sports league in American history has ever enjoyed, Olympic endorsement of the sport, and Rugby Sevens explosion on the global stage, the time was right for America’s first professional rugby league,” said William Tatham, GPE Founder and Chairman.

“The RFL represents the greatest major market sports franchise opportunity in the last 50 years. Name the last time New York, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles franchises were all available,” said Eric White, of RFL financial advisor, Capitol Pacific Group.

The RFL will kick off via a Phase One Championship Tour, showcasing the RFL’s 4 Founding Franchises vs. 20 of the worlds great teams in the world’s richest sevens championships. On the back of this Phase One Tour-built team, brand and market foundation, the RFL’s Phase Two regular season will open play with sixteen U.S. franchised teams.

Sports media and marketing agency Sports Revolution have inked a deal with NFL.com and its digital subsidiary Snack Media, drug to sell UK digital advertising around the NFL site.

With NFL’s commitment to invest in the UK market, sale the decision was made to partner with Sports Revolution, who has worked with clients including Nike, Lynx, UEFA, Fiat, and L’Oreal Men Expert.

Michael Markovich, NFL’s international media director of business development: “We are seeing great traffic from the UK to NFL.com, ranking it one of our top three International markets. We expect this growth to continue as we continue to invest in the market. Sports Revolution and Snack Media have expert knowledge of both UK advertising and UK sports fans so we are very pleased to partner with them.”

Over the past three years UK traffic to the website has increased by 78 per cent, largely due to NFL hosting two sell-out matches at Wembley Stadium resulting in expansive coverage on both Sky Sports and Free-to-Air Television.

A new report released by England Golf has revealed Golf clubs in England are more accessible and inclusive than ever before. 

Feedback from England Golf’s 2012 Golf Club Membership Questionnaire shows that clubs are becoming increasingly flexible and customer-focused as they strive to attract new golfers and to recruit and retain members.

The main findings of the research are highlighted in the Results Booklet, which  includes information and ideas for golf clubs. The survey also helps England Golf to direct national strategy and to show where resources will be best used in future.

Richard Flint, England Golf’s Development Manager, said: “These are very difficult times for golf clubs, both in terms of the economy and overcoming the effects of the wettest summer for 100 years. But, it is encouraging to see clubs responding to these challenges in creative and imaginative ways and putting their customers at the heart of everything they do.

“England Golf is here to support golf clubs and we urge clubs to take advantage of this and to work with their County Golf Partnership (CGP) to recruit and retain members.”

In total, 25% of golf clubs which responded to the questionnaire have experienced an increase in members in the last two years. This is despite an overall drop in membership nationwide. England Golf will be examining these golf clubs in more detail to establish how they are achieving success.

According to the research, more golf clubs are offering a range of membership categories, including flexible, corporate, student and intermediate. 

They are adopting a wider range of initiatives to attract members and increasingly working with their County Golf Partnerships to recruit and retain players. Over the past four years, the CGP network has introduced more than 154,000 people to golf, with 4200 memberships reported to date.

Clubs are also becoming more innovative in their promotion and marketing, with a marked growth in the use of social media alongside established communication.

Almost all clubs which responded (94%) have membership vacancies and a growing number of clubs are abandoning entrance fees. More clubs are also staggering fees over the transition period from junior to adult ranks.

The encouraging trends are also reflected within clubs’ junior sections. More clubs (62%) now have a Child Welfare Officer – highlighting the importance of safeguarding within the golf club environment.

More clubs are doing away with specific demands around junior playing standards and course restrictions, demonstrating that U18s are increasingly seen as an integral part of the club. This is reflected by the number of clubs – now 600 – which have achieved the GolfMark Award from England Golf in recognition of their junior and beginner friendly facilities.

In addition, a growing number of clubs now allow juniors to play in all adult/main competitions. Almost all clubs (97%) offer group junior coaching and this is increasingly available to both members and non-members. 

Le Mans’ Pescarolo team has been liquidated, sportscar legend Henri Pescarolo confirmed.

Pescarolo enjoyed plenty of success at Le Mans over the past decade and was regularly the closest challenger to the factory cars from Audi and Peugeot for a number of years.

Recent seasons have seen the team struggle financially however, with the new Pescarolo 03 being beset by problems that meant it was an early retirement in the Le Mans 24 Hours last year and didn’t compete again.

Pescarolo then entered a six-month protection period as it looked to find new investment after a proposed deal with Luxury Racing collapsed and with no new partner forthcoming, the team has instead been placed into liquidation.

“As difficult as it is to accept, this decision is justified,” Pescarolo said. “The Commercial Court simply applied the law. Pescarolo Team was placed under safeguard proceedings for a period of six months and I was to propose a credible solution for the continuation of the activity. But I did not manage to find a solution.

“The way I managed Pescarolo Team was not put into question; I only suffered from the failure of those that were to be my main sponsors.”

Pescarolo did however admit that he hoped to be able to secure a role with a team for the future, with the facility at Le Mans that was the base for his own team still under his ownership.

“I still own superb premises, ideally located in the Technoparc of the 24 Hours and nothing can prevent me from doing business on my own in the future,” he said. “I am disappointed for my team, and it matters a lot to me. While we can not hope to enter our own cars in the next 24 hours, there are other possibilities and I hope to offer them a great project, allowing them to demonstrate once again their potential.”

The Singapore Grand Prix is set to continue for the next five years after a new agreement was secured.

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been in talks with the Singapore authorities. The race was first staged in 2008.

It is the only Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar to take place at night, doctor timed to coincide with lucrative prime time TV slots in Europe.

At stake had been a reported S$50m (US$41m) fee that the Singapore government and race promoter Singapore GP pay the rights holder, link Formula One Administration, and owned by private-equity group CVC.

Formula One Chief Executive Officer Bernie Ecclestone didn’t comment on the deal but The Sunday Times reported that he likes having the event in Singapore and the event’s cost was discussed in the negotiations, citing Ecclestone at a press conference. He declined to give details of the new five-year agreement, the newspaper reported yesterday.

“It’s a Grand Prix we look forward to,” Button, who won the 2009 Formula One championship, said in an interview in the city-state on Sept. 22. “Singapore has done it really well. There aren’t many cities around the world who can put on a night race like Singapore.”

S Iswaran, second minister for trade and industry in the Singapore government, said the negotiations had “taken some time because all parties had very specific objectives and wanted to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome”.

The Great Britain basketball team will continue its existence after the Olympics, stomach with England Basketball and basketballscotland backing the proposal for a British basketball membership of FIBA. 

The move comes despite Basketball Wales confirming that it does not wish to be part of the venture. Currently, unhealthy each nation has a separate basketball association, allergist but the three were granted special permission to compete as Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics. 

FIBA required a decision to be submitted by 30 June 2012, which will become active in 2016, when England Basketball and basketballscotland’s membership with FIBA expires. 

Terry Donovan, Chairman of England Basketball said in a statement that England Basketball will remain eligible for Sport England funding and will maintain responsibility for basketball development in England. Additionally, Scotland will continue to oversee the management of basketball in the country. 

However, England and Scotland will continue to have national sides at all age levels, but they will not participate in official FIBA tournaments. 

A basketballscotland statement announced: “Having collected a substantial amount of evidence across a range of critical factors including legal considerations, political impact, membership views and opinions, performance pathways and future governance structures, the Board considered a vast amount of information at its meeting on Thursday 28 June 2012.