English League Two club, Mansfield Town have announced Riley & Co. Ltd have agreed to continue their support of the team heading into the new Football League season. 

The painting and decorating contractors have been big supporters of the club for the last five years, during which time they have pledged sponsorship in numerous ways.

Director Steve Devine-Bradbury said: “As a local company and with the directors being life-long Mansfield Town supporters, we feel it’s a worthwhile cause supporting our local team.

“Hopefully, we can contribute to a successful and sustainable future for our town and professional football club, which has been through difficult times in recent years.

“Nevertheless, through the sheer determination of the existing chairman, management, staff, sponsors and loyal supporters, the club has returned to the Football League.

“On behalf of Riley & Co. (Mansfield) Ltd, we would like to congratulate the club on its success and look forward to an exciting season ahead.”

Mansfield Town Commercial Manager Paul Nyland said: “It’s a great pleasure to have Riley & Co. on board for another season.

“To have the continuous support from Steve and everyone at Riley & Co, just proves that we are working with some outstanding local companies.

“We would like to thank Riley & Co. not only for their unquestionable support of Mansfield Town, but also for their work in helping us with our ongoing ground improvements.”

Getty Images have extended their long-term partnership with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) until the end of 2016.

As part of the deal, pharm Getty Images will continue to act as the Official Photographic Agency of the IPC and will cover the upcoming Paralympic Games in Sochi and Rio, viagra cheap | as well as a number of other major para-sport events. 

In addition, the IPC may access Getty Images’ extensive digital content archive and use all wholly owned images from the Paralympic Games and other para-sport events for all “below the line” communication purposes. 

“I am delighted to continue our successful partnership with Getty Images, the Official Photographic Agency of the International Paralympic Committee,” said Craig Spence, IPC Media and Communications Director. 

“By providing their images to a wide selection of media organisations worldwide, Getty Images is a vital partner in making the Paralympic athletes known around the world and spreading the message of the Paralympic Movement.” 

”We are honoured to renew our partnership with the IPC at this exciting time in the development of the Paralympic Movement. Getty Images is committed to capturing the world’s best sports photography to help the IPC communicate the values and achievements of Paralympic sport to the widest possible audience,” says Ken Mainardis, Vice President of Sports Imagery and Services at Getty Images. 

The first agreement between Getty Images and the IPC was signed in 2004 before the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games and ever since Getty Images has been a valued partner of the Paralympic Movement.

Yamaha Motor Europe will continue as an ‘Official Supplier of Toyota Racing’ for the 2013 season in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The agreement will see Yamaha providing 16 Yamaha EC-03 electric (2-wheeler) vehicles for team mobility. Yamaha will also supply two ATV machines to the team.

Yamaha Motor Europe began their positive collaboration with Toyota Racing in 2012, medic providing the EC-03 electric vehicles in the racing team’s first year in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The season proved to be a hugely successful one with the team’s TS030 HYBRID car competing and winning three of its six races. Toyota Racing took an impressive three wins from six races, nurse receiving the Team Rookie of the Year Award from the FIA and ultimately being named as the best new WEC team of 2012.

Andrew Smith – Vice-President, prostate Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Motor Europe, said:
“We are very pleased to be able to continue to work together with Toyota Racing through 2013.

Whilst their TS030 HYBRID racing car is bringing tomorrow’s hybrid technology to the race track, we continue to pioneer electric vehicles for the street, contributing to a cleaner, low carbon society. It makes our EC03 electric vehicle on 2 wheels a natural choice for Toyota Racing. As two of Japan’s most respected automotive manufacturers with amazing histories and current exploits at the highest levels of international racing it’s also a pleasure to be connected with an eye on the future! We would also like to congratulate Toyota on reaching an incredible milestone this year, having now produced over five million hybrid cars!”

Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Toyota Racing Team President added: “Our TS030 HYBRID has been developed using advanced motorsport engineering. It is the result of extensive research and development at both at Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Cologne and Toyota’s Motor Sport Division in Japan. Toyota, like Yamaha, has a long history in motorsport; we both continue to write new pages as we develop and move forward with the next generation of machines.”

Dave Winfield, and a 2001 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, pills will serve as the official ambassador for the 2013 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby.

The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, medstore July 3, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (Neb.) and will air nationally on ESPN at 7 p.m. CDT on Thursday, July 4.

One of only seven players in the history of baseball to accumulate more than 3,000 hits and more than 450 home runs, Winfield is listed among all-time leaders in hits, home runs and RBI. He played college baseball at the University of Minnesota, where the 12-time All-Star was voted MVP of the 1973 College World Series as a pitcher.

He made history as the only athlete to be drafted in three major professional sports: basketball (Atlanta Hawks and Utah Stars), football (Minnesota Vikings) and baseball (San Diego Padres). Winfield is currently an Executive Vice-President/Senior Advisor for the San Diego Padres.

Plymouth University has agreed a naming rights deal with the South West’s premier basketball team, the Plymouth Raiders.

The three-year agreement will see the team named the Plymouth University Raiders as they compete in the UK’s premier competition, the British Basketball League.

The partnership will heighten the national profile of both organisations, opening up a range of opportunities for University staff and students, the Raiders’ squad and organisation, and schools and community groups across the Plymouth area.

Professor Wendy Purcell, Vice-Chancellor of Plymouth University, said: “This exciting new partnership sees the teaming up of two like-minded organisations aspiring for further success at a national and international level. Sporting excellence has the power to inspire, and we are confident this partnership will do just that, both for our staff and students, and the wider community. It also reinforces our commitment to our home city, and will generate genuine impact in Plymouth and across the wider region.”

As part of the partnership, there will be a range of opportunities for staff and students on courses from the arts and business, to health professions and sciences.

Bob Widdecombe, Chairman of the Plymouth University Raiders, said: “We are absolutely delighted with the partnership between ourselves and Plymouth University. The agreement will see both parties benefit enormously, and we will be proud to take the University’s name and identity to all corners of the UK during the BBL season. The Raiders are one of the South West’s most successful professional sports teams, and are Plymouth’s only professional premier league team. With the full commitment from both parties, the partnership is set to go from strength to strength over the coming years.”

Skechers USA, Inc. today announced a multi-year partnership with the Houston Marathon Committee, Inc. with the footwear manufacturer’s performance division becoming the official footwear and apparel sponsor for the Chevron Houston Marathon.

As part of the agreement, the Skechers Performance Division will have a high-visibility presence at all race events including the annual Houston Marathon EXPO. The Company will also exclusively design, distribute and sell products featuring the Chevron Houston Marathon logo. This includes outfitting course volunteers with branded merchandise and providing the finishers’ shirts for runners.

“This partnership further solidifies our position as a major player in the performance footwear business,” began Michael Greenberg, president of SKECHERS. “Since launching the Skechers Performance Division in 2011, our award-winning innovative footwear has been embraced by the media, elite runners like Meb, and casual fans of the sport. The exposure created via this sponsorship is a huge opportunity to engage with runners as we continue to develop the next generation performance products on our Skechers GO platform.”

“We’re extremely thrilled to welcome the Skechers Performance Division to our team,” added Steven Karpas, managing director for the Houston Marathon Committee. “Skechers shares our vision and is totally committed to ensuring that Chevron Houston Race Weekend is a can’t miss event on the running circuit for years to come.”

Moto-X 338, generic host of the sixth round of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, has signed Chaplin Kawasaki to serve as title sponsor of the 35th annual Moto-X 338 National scheduled for Saturday, June 29th, in Southwick.

Additionally, Crotty & Sons Body Works will serve as the event’s presenting sponsor.

Southwick has hosted a round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship since 1976, making it the fourth-longest running event in American Motocross. Just a few weeks ago, it was announced that this season’s race at Moto-X 338 would be the final one at the iconic facility. 

“We are very excited to welcome the support of Chaplin Kawasaki for our final event at Southwick,” said track president Diane Peebles Pittello. “They have always made their presence felt at our events and its only fitting that they receive top billing as we close out three decades of racing at Moto-X 338.”

“Since this will be the final year of the Moto-X 338 National, I figured the best way for me to show how much that track and this sport means to me is to give the event all the support I can,” said Kenny Ives Jr., owner of the Connecticut-based Chaplin Kawasaki dealership. “When you think of motocross in New England you think of Southwick and we want to do everything we can to make sure this year’s event is bigger than its ever been in over 30 years.”

Crotty & Sons Body Works, located in Charlestown, R.I., is one of the premier auto body shops on the Rhode Island coast.