The British Short Track Speed Skating team’s preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics has received a boost after Reeves accountancy and financial services will be a new commercial sponsor.

Financial backing from the London based business, tax and wealth management company Reeves, provides a timely boost for the team as the build up to the Games next February in Sochi, Russia is getting underway now with pre season training.

GB Short Track performance director Stuart Horsepool said, “We are delighted to have a new sponsor in an Olympic year. The sport relies almost completely on UK Sport Lottery funding, so the addition of commercial sponsorship from a company like Reeves is invaluable to us when it comes to the detailed planning of Olympic preparations.

“The interest in the team from major corporations such as Reeves, and reputable charities like Right To Play, is a credit to our athletes and their performances last season. We had a great season and we are looking forward to the Olympic year.”
Highlights from last season included Elise Christie finishing the season ranked world number one in the 1000m and being the first British woman to win a medal the World Championships, a European bronze medal for Charlotte Gilmartin, a silver medal for junior Kathryn Thompson at the European Youth Winter Olympic Festival and the men’s relay team challenging for gold at the Olympic test event in Sochi.

Elise Christie said, “It’s great that Reeves want to support the team. Knowing that people believe in us enough to put money into the sport is a big confidence boost in itself.”

Fergus Ross, Marketing & Sales Director at Reeves said, “We hope that our backing and professional expertise in all matters business, tax and wealth will help the GB Short Track athletes as they train to compete on the global stage and at the very highest level next year in Sochi.

“We see the talent of the individuals in GB Short Track and their amazing teamwork and we are inspired. It is a privilege to be involved with such a dedicated group of people, not just the athletes but their support teams too. We are all only as strong as the teams around us; Reeves is delighted to be a part of that big British team.”

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has extended its partnership with Qantas until 2016.

Under the partnership agreement, stomach Qantas will provide airline travel for the Australian Olympic Teams, buy competing at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

“The Australian Olympic Team is delighted to continue our long and valued relationship with Qantas for the next 4 years as we head to the Sochi and Rio Olympic Games, allergy ” said AOC President John Coates, when the extension was announced at the AOC Annual General Meeting Cocktail Function on Friday night.

Alan Joyce, Qantas Chief Executive, said: “We’ve been strong supporters of the Australian Olympic Team for over 60 years because we believe in the values the Olympic Games represent. It’s an honour to carry the Team home after they have done our nation proud.

“Sponsoring the Australian Team is a natural fit for Qantas. When we fly around the world, we promote Australian culture, tourism and, most importantly, the Australian people.

“We’re extremely proud to continue as the Official Airline of the Australian Olympic Team as they head to Sochi in 2014 and onto Rio in 2016.”

Qantas will also be the Official Airline of our Australian Youth Olympic Team as they compete at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in 2014 and the Lillehammer Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2016.

Qantas has a long history of involvement with the Australian Olympic Team, carrying the Australian Team to compete at every overseas Olympic Games since the 1952 Games in Helsinki.

Scottish Premier League (SPL) team Dundee United have announced sports apparel giant, Nike will continue to be the official kit supplier to the Club for the next three years.

The deal still includes selling Nike merchandise through the Club Shop which will continue to be operated by Nike UK’s professional football club service provider Just Sport Pro Club.

Dundee United Chairman Stephen Thompson said: “We are delighted to continue our relationship with such a world famous quality brand as Nike. We’re all looking forward to seeing the new playing and training kit for the forthcoming season, which will again be supplemented by a complete range of Nike products in the Club Shop, Dundee United Direct. Our partnership has been very successful over the last four years, and we’re very confident that will continue for the foreseeable future.”

Michael Heslop, Sales Director for Just Sport Pro Club, said: “It’s great to be working with Dundee United once more, we’ve had an excellent relationship with the Club and the fans have really supported the products in the Club Shop. We’re looking forward to another fantastic three years.”

Pubblicarrello, find the online company leader in the market of personalized clothes, gadget and accessories, has announced its sponsorship for the National University Championship, which will take place in Cassino, Italy, from the 18th to 26th of May 2013.

The sport event is sponsored by CONI (Olympic Italian Committee) president Gianni Petrucci and Ciro Attanaiese, rector of the University of Lazio.

It is expected that approximately 6,000 athletes will converge in Cassino from 25 universities across Italy, divided into 25 different specialties. The competitions will take place in various sport centers located in 8 cities in the province of Frosinone and Latina.

Among the main disciplines are athletics, football, soccer, karate, judo, basketball, boxing, fencing, taekwondo, archery, volleyball men and women, shooting, beach volleyball men and women. The official disciplines will be joined by some promotional activities such as baseball, hockey, swimming, horseback riding, female rugby, swimming, zumba.

The National University Championship was born in 1946, the year of the establishment of the CUS (Italian University Sports Center), in the midst of post-war reconstruction. The first actual edition of the National University Championship took place in 1947 between Bologna and Merano. In the following decades the Championship was held in almost every Italian university city, until the last edition of 2012, which took place in Messina.

American Canadian Tour (ACT) have announced VP Racing Fuels have sealed a deal to fuel the the ACT Late Model Series in New England, the Serie ACT in Canada and Thunder Road Speedway in Barre, Vermont.

“We’re excited to continue our partnership with Tom through 2015,” said Jim Kelly, Eastern Regional Manager-Racing Fuels. “Tom’s racing programs in the U.S. and Canada are very popular and feature some of the best racing on asphalt.”

As part of VP’s sponsorship program, C9 and VP110 are VP’s approved fuels for the ACT Tour.

“2012 was our first year fueling both series and Thunder Road,” Kelly added. “The racing was great and the engine builders and racers really liked using the new fuels.”

“When I raced I looked for every performance advantage, so when two items cost the same but one made more power it was easy to make the power choice,” Kelly continued. “C9 will make more power than VP110 and the other purple fuels on the market, so the teams that opt for C9 will have the power advantage.”

The ACT Tour opened at Lee, New Hampshire in April and the Serie ACT in Quebec opens May 25th at Autodrome Montmagny. For additional information visit acttour.com, vpracingfuels.com or call VP direct at 302.368.1500.

In addition to fueling ACT action in the Northeast, VP is the official fuel of Airborne Speedway, Lebanon Valley Dragway & Speedway, Lime Rock Park, New England Dragway, Seekonk Speedway and the Official Fuel Supplier of Rally America, American Le Mans, NHRA, GNCC and many other speedways and series. VP also produces ethanol-free VP Small Engine Fuels for sale in the United States and Canada.

iSkin, recipe a premium brand of fashion and technology lifestyle accessories, has announced it will sponsor American Le Mans Series driver David Cheng who has just secured PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport’s first ever win in the PC division.

David Cheng got PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport’s first P1 win at the grueling 12-hour long Sebring, even after an early spinout. After the race, he thanked his teammates, David Ostella and Mike Guasch.

David Cheng drove the iSkin #52 Oreca FLM09 for the Sebring event in the American Le Mans Series organized by Tequila Patron’s LMPC class. The Chinese-born Washington based driver, started his racing career for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports back in 2009 for the Pacific F2000 series, before securing his place in the teams GRAND-AM program.

Indonesian bank, bronchi CIMB Niaga have announced they will extend their title sponsorship of Asian Tour event, prostate CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters for a further three years.

The commitment from CIMB Niaga will ensure that the full field Asian Tour event continues to be staged on the region’s premier Tour until 2016. CIMB Niaga also promises to bring in international stars in every edition.

Since making its debut in 2011, the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters has grown into Indonesia’s most prestigious international golf tournament that is sanctioned by the Asian Tour, which is celebrating its 10^th season this year.

Over the years, the event has attracted a stellar field including Lee Westwood, a two-time Indonesian Masters champion, Major winners, Darren Clarke and Ernie Els as well as top Asian Tour stars.

Arwin Rasyid, President Director of CIMB Niaga Tbk is delighted to witness the growing stature of the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters and is confident that the event will continue to enjoy further success.

“Our commitment towards the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters underscores the success of the tournament to date and we’re confident that it will continue to grow as one of the premier sporting event in Indonesia,” said Arwin.

“We are delighted to have CIMB Niaga sign on as our Title Sponsor for another three years. It has been a pleasure working together with them for the past two years and we look forward to growing the tournament in the years to come. Our goal from the start was to establish an Asian Tour event in Indonesia that would become one of the most prestigious international golf tournament in the region.” said Grant Slack, Director, Indonesian Masters PTE LTD. 

Asian Tour Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han said the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters will continue to form part of the strong Asian Tour Schedule that showcase the best talents from the Tour.

“I would like to express our fullest appreciation to CIMB Niaga who has taken every effort to further raise the profile of this wonderful event to the world.  As a full-field Asian Tour tournament, our talented members will continue to be given the opportunity to compete against many of world’s best players,” said Han.

South Korean tyre supplier, recipe Hankook tyres have extended their exclusive deal to supply of tyres for the DTM motorsport series – up to the end of 2016.

Since 2011, generic the DTM cars have been racing on Hankook’s ’Ventus Race’ tyres. Furthermore, the forthcoming season will bring an innovation as it will be the first time since the series’ revival in 2000 that two tyre compounds will be used in the races. 

“The first two years of our partnership with Hankook absolutely convinced us of the competitiveness of this company,” says ITR e. V. Chairman Hans Werner Aufrecht. “Therefore, it was absolutely clear for us that we want to continue this successful partnership beyond 2013. The early extension of the deal is the logical consequence. We all are keen on finding out how the new option tyre will prove of value, this year,” continues Hans Werner Aufrecht. “The use of two different tyre compounds in the race certainly will make for more action and more overtaking manoeuvres. We have to thank the Hankook engineers: we asked them to design a tyre that allows for faster lap times for a short period of time but with a quickly decreasing performance level afterwards. And they delivered in great style.”

“Good, stable regulations, professionalism and an experienced, reliable management have always have been the basis for successful motorsport series,” says Mr. Hyun-Bum Cho, President & Chief Marketing Officer/Chief Corporate Management Officer at Hankook Tire. “DTM is one of the most popular and well organized race series around the world and as such has provided an ideal platform to demonstrate Hankook’s advanced and futuristic race tyre technology from the very beginning of our engagement. The early extension of our engagement as the exclusive tyre supplier to DTM therefore was never questioned.”