Greene King Brewing and Brands has confirmed its role as official supplier to Rugby Expo 2012.

Greene King, ampoule who will be exhibiting at the two day event, will also be providing drinks to the Rugby Expo Awards Dinner which is taking place on the evening of Wednesday 14 November at Twickenham.

As the supplier of the Official Beer of England Rugby, London Wasps, Harlequins and Sale Sharks, Greene King supports the game from international level through to grass roots, also working with community clubs to help to maximise additional revenue streams through their facilities.

Dom South, Greene King Brewing and Brands’ marketing director said: “We’re delighted to confirm our involvement with Rugby Expo this year. The event will provide us with the chance to engage not only with the key decision makers from professional sides but also a significant number of grass roots clubs, offering a fantastic opportunity to showcase what we can do to support clubs at all levels of the game.”

Jonathan Wilson, event director for Rugby Expo, said: “We’ve already confirmed a number of the sport’s biggest brands for this year’s event and it is fantastic to be able to announce Greene King as an official supplier to Rugby Expo 2012. The event is growing year-on-year and the combination of exhibitors, sponsors and official suppliers, alongside our list of industry expert speakers, makes for a fantastic two days at Twickenham next month.”

The Qatar bid committee to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup has agreed a sponsorship deal with international branding agency Lambie-Nairn, generic cheap it has been announced.

The agency is now the official supplier and official brand agency of the Qatar 2022 bid. Lambie-Nairn has been working with the Qatar 2022 Bid since November 2009.

Bid communications director Nasser Al Khater said: “Lambie-Nairn is a world-class branding and design company, and we are delighted to have them on board.

“This shows that our bid continues to attract global support and attention, and we hope to keep the momentum going, with the help of our sponsors, all the way through 2 December.”

CEO of Lambie-Nairn, Christian Schroeder, added: “Working with the bid team and their ambitious plans for 2022 continues to be an exciting journey, and builds upon our experience in the sport industry, and specifically football-obsessed Qatar.

“We take great pride in our status as an official supplier and firmly believe Qatar deserves to have its football dream realised.”

Fifa will announce the host for the 2022 tournament on 2 December.

NIKE, generic Inc. announced today that Roger Wyett, President of its Affiliates, will be the company’s new Vice President of Action Sports with responsibility for the Nike Brand’s skateboarding and snow businesses, as well as Hurley International LLC.

Sandy Bodecker, the current VP of Action Sports at Nike, will now work on special projects involving long-term product innovation. In addition, NIKE, Inc. announced that Jim Calhoun, CEO of Converse Inc., will report directly to Mark Parker, President & CEO of NIKE, Inc.

“Roger’s leadership over these important businesses will help continue to drive success for Nike,” said Mark Parker, President & CEO of NIKE, Inc. “I’d like to thank Sandy for his strong leadership over the last five years and look forward to his continued significant contributions to the company.”

Scott LeClair, VP and GM of Nike Skate and Nike Snow, will report to Wyett. Bob Hurley, currently the interim CEO of Hurley, will also remain in that position and will report to Wyett.

Wyett, 55, first joined Nike in 1994 and has held a variety of roles including CEO of Hurley and Vice President of Global Apparel. He will report to Trevor Edwards, Nike’s Executive Vice President of Global Brand & Category Management.

Soccerex is delighted to announce the appointment of official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games sponsor Aggreko, sick as the latest sponsor to join the already great line up of supporters to the Soccerex Global Convention. Aggreko, viagra the global leader in temporary power and temperature control solutions, ask has confirmed its commitment to become the official power supplier to the Convention as well as the renewal of the sponsorship of the Soccerex Sky Walk for the second year running in Rio de Janeiro, 24-28 November.

Aggreko, the Official Temporary Energy Services Supplier to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games and to the FIFA World Cup 2010, will be powering both the Convention, which boasts three studios, over 120 exhibition stands and the Visa Networking Café, as well as the famous Soccerex Football Festival, which will take place on the world-famous Copacabana Beach, featuring legends of the game such as Carlos Valderrama, Juliano Belletti, Fabio Grosso and Jay Jay Okocha.

Through the sponsorship of the Soccerex Sky Walk, Aggreko will be welcoming all delegates with an inspirational and memorable walkway which connects the Sofitel Hotel and the Convention itself, over the Avenida Atlántica.

Commenting on Aggreko’s involvement at Soccerex, Marketing and Sales Development Director for Aggreko International Julian Ford said:

“With only two years until the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Soccerex Global Convention provides us with a phenomenal window to showcase our products and technologies to decision makers across the host country. Soccerex has already proven a success through our past experience, and due to the great organisation and dedication from their team, we have decided to strengthen our ties and work together once again.”

Daniel Paiser, Sales Director at Soccerex, welcomed the agreement:

“We are proud to welcome Aggreko back to the Soccerex Family as our official Power Supplier and Soccerex sponsor.  As temporary power supplier to some of the biggest events in the world, including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, Aggreko will bring an unrivalled service and experience to ensure only the best technology powers this year’s convention. We are looking forward to a fruitful relationship as well as supporting Aggreko throughout the show.”

The Soccerex Global Convention is a five-day business event consisting of a comprehensive seminar line-up, a number of networking opportunities, a two-day football festival and a packed exhibition which is already close to selling out.

Held in a purpose-built venue within the Forte de Copacabana, with panoramic views of both famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, the exhibition is a hub for business activity; as one of the main components of the convention it provides a platform for leading suppliers from around the world to showcase the latest industry products and services to delegates.

For further information about this event please call +44 (0)208742 7100 or visit www.soccerex.com/global.

European Mixed Martial Arts promotion, denture BAMMA, impotent has announced a television partnership with Abu Dhabi TV.

The deal sees BAMMA events broadcast across Bahrain, Egypt, Chad, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, exclusively on Abu Dhabi TV. The channel will also broadcast BAMMA events to the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia and Sudan.

BAMMA’s Director, Ashley Bothwell said: “We are thrilled to partner with Abu Dhabi TV. In the business of sports promotion television is absolutely fundamental. This new deal firmly cements BAMMA’s position as the UK promotion with the largest broadcast reach, offering the greatest exposure for its athletes. We look forward to announcing further TV deals over the coming weeks.”

After a rigorous process of reducing many worthy applications down to a highly talented short list, pills the Golf Club Managers Association has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, viagra Bob Williams.

Bob Williams is well known to many within the Association already, check having been in golf club management for 20 years, previously Manager at Long Ashton GC and latterly at Chipping Sodbury GC for the last seven years.

He is also an active member in the South West Region, notably spearheading their educational activities in recent years. Bob also played an active part in the Association’s planning group for the 2011 National Conference, and is subsequently already involved in the plans for the 2013 event. He is also currently working with the Association’s Gill Bridle andBucksNewUniversityto help develop the education programme there, including preparation of the course content.

Bob has played an active part in delivering lectures on best practices in golf club management at both BNU and during the Association’s recent series of road shows around theUK. He was already scheduled to help with a presentation at the BTME Show at Harrogate in January, and will be attending the Regional Secretaries Conference atWeston-super-Mareat the end of January also.

Bob will formally commence work at Weston-super-Mare on 1st February 2013, initially working closely with current CEO Keith Lloyd for a month’s handover period before Keith departs at the end of February.

I’m sure all members will join me in offering Bob our sincere best wishes for a long and successful future with the Association.

Feld Motor Sports has secured a new five-year FOX Sports broadcast deal that will televise Feld’s premier motor sports stadium and arena properties.

The properties that will be broadcasted are Monster Energy AMA Supercross, adiposity an FIM World Championship, sale cialis Monster Jam, drugs AMSOIL Arenacross and the Monster Energy Cup on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2 beginning in January 2014. 

FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2, launched in August by FOX Sports, are set to deliver more than 291 hours of Feld Motor Sports property programming per year to their multi-sport audience. FOX Sports 1 is available in more than 90 million homes and FOX Sports 2 is in more than 40 million. Included in the agreement, in which IMG Media represented Feld Motor Sports in the negotiations, are 115 hours of original programming and 51 hours of live coverage. 

“FOX Sports’ broad-reaching, multi-sport audience is a perfect fit for our motorsports properties that will position Monster Energy Supercross, Monster Jam, AMSOIL Arenacross and the Monster Energy Cup on a premier television platform,” said Ken Hudgens Chief Operating Officer, Feld Entertainment. “Their award-winning coverage will elevate each property to a production and programming level never seen before. This is a great day for motor sports fans.” 

“It’s wonderful to secure a long-term relationship with our friends at Feld Motor Sports,” said FOX Sports EVP David Nathanson. “Feld is among the best in the business at filling stadiums and other venues around the country with high-energy, fully engaged fans. Their events make for tremendously exciting sports television and they fit perfectly into what we are building with FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2.” 

Additionally, FOX Sports will provide digital coverage of all four Feld properties on the motor sports channel of FOXSports.com, reaching 40 million unique users per month.

English Premier League team, stomach Swansea have announced a record profit of £15.9million for the six months up to the end of November 2012.

The profit announced by the club is almost £10million more than for the same period in 2011. 

The Swans returned a profit of £14.6million for their first season in the Premier League.

The profit before tax of £20.4million was made up of a £5.6million profit from operations, medicine while a further £14.8million came from player sales, including those of Joe Allen to Liverpool and Scott Sinclair to Manchester City.

Turnover, with the exclusion of player sales, has also risen to £28.5million, a growth of 11.5 per cent from the £25.5million for the previous six months.

Swansea Finance Director Don Keefe said: “The funds generated by the profit are invaluable bearing in mind the extent of finance needed, not only to maintain Premier League status, but for the expansion of capacity in the Liberty Stadium and the development of appropriate training facilities of a standard befitting a Premier League club.”

A budget of £5.5million – most of which has been spent – was allocated for the development of a new training ground in Landore, which is now operational, while work is under way on another training facility being built in conjunction with Swansea University in Fairwood.