The UK Golf Course Owners Association (UKGCOA), viagra 40mg the leading source of information and market intelligence for golf facility operators, asthma has announced a new corporate partnership with Pulse Golf Recruitment.

The agreement sees the start-up golf-specialist, based in Kent, become the UKGCOA’s first recruitment partner.

James Cameron, the new UKGCOA general manager, said: “It can be challenging for golf operators to hire new personnel in the specific sectors required for professional facility management. The Pulse Golf Recruitment team has inside knowledge of the golf industry and the expertise necessary to improve the recruitment process for UKGCOA members.”

Jill Perkins, from Pulse Golf Recruitment, said: “Through this partnership, we will be offering facility operators a personalised, customer-focused recruitment service that will benefit individual courses and the UK golf business community.”

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed a partnership deal with the Brownlee brothers that will see its Lucozade and Maxifuel brands sponsoring the brothers.

Maxifuel, viagra sale which is part of Maxinutrition group, medicine will provide the brothers with individually-tailored nutritional support to complement their lifestyle, training and competition cycles in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The Lucozade Sport team will support Alistair and Jonathan with Lucozade Sport Elite, GSK’s specialist hydration range.

Following the Olympic podium performance of Alistair and Jonathan who took gold and bronze, respectively, at London 2012, the new long term deal will support their performance in the run up to Rio 2016.

Alistair says: “With endurance sports such as Triathlon, nutrition is key and can really alter the outcome of a race. Jonny and I have had our fair share of incidents when we have pushed our bodies to extreme exhaustion. It is great to be supported by experts like Maxifuel and Lucozade Sport who will help ensure that we are race ready.”

Jonathan says: “Triathlon demands a lot from the body both in competition and in training. When we are out training in the Yorkshire Dales for hours at a time the sports nutrition that Maxifuel and Lucozade Sport provide is essential to keep us going, especially when Alistair gets us lost.”

Charles Leslie, Marketing Director of Functional Beverages at GSK Nutrition said: “The Lucozade Sport Elite range has been developed to support top athletes in their everyday performance requirements in training and competition, ensuring they have the right fuel, hydration and focus to perform at the highest standard. The Brownlee brothers are no strangers to a tough challenge, we look forward to working with them to ensure that they are in the best condition possible as they take to the start line.”

Mark Morgan, Maxifuel Senior Sponsorship & PR Manager said: “We are excited to be working with two such incredible athletes and are sure that our products and expert nutritionists will be able to support their performances in the build-up to their next big challenge.”

International retail chain, Spar has announced it will sponsor Netball South Africa in a new three-year deal.

The sponsorship, which runs from January 2013 to December 2015, is worth R20 million. The sponsorship covers the national team and the national championships, and will also include the Under 21 and Under 19 teams.

“For the past 10 years, we have had a strong and close relationship with netball, which has become our flagship sponsorship,” said Spar’s group human resources director Alison Zweers.

“Sport provides an exciting platform on which to build our brand and women’s sport presents an excellent channel for this.

“A huge majority of our customers are women, and we believe we have a duty to support them in return. Netball provides us with a great opportunity to demonstrate our support for our customers.”

“We are delighted to renew our very strong relationship with Spar,” said Netball South Africa (NSA) president Mimi Mthethwa.

“They have been with us through thick and thin, and have helped the Proteas to improve their world ranking. We are now fifth in the world, and with their help we believe we can break into the top three.”

Mthethwa said NSA was particularly pleased that the sponsorship was being extended to include the Under 21 and Under 19 squads.

“They are the stars of the future and the players that could take us right to the top,” she said.

Five professional Nigerian Professional Football League teams have inked sponsorship deals with Guinness Nigeria Plc.

The clubs, generic Sunshine Stars of Akure, arthritis Dolphins of Port Harcourt, Lobi Stars of Markudi, Heartland of Owerri and Enugu Rangers, now have shirt branding contracts with one of Guinness Nigeria’s brand, Harp Premium Lager. However, financial details of the contract were not revealed.

Speaking at the ceremony in Lagos, MD/CEO Guinness Nigeria, Seni Adetu said the criteria for choosing the five clubs was because they are among the best teams in the country.

Adetu said, “The financial terms remain exclusive and at the clubs disposition to disclose. We’ve chosen these clubs because they are among the best and are among the traditional clubs in the country.”

The General Manager of Dolphins FC, Dumbor Awanem, in a chat with Ventures Africa, said the clubs are grateful to be among the five clubs chosen.

“I want to thank Harp for finding it right to identify with the five clubs. We want to assure Harp that we will be a good brand and try to do our best to make sure Harp achieves what they intended to with the deal.”

Speaking specifically about Dolphins, Awanem says, “This is the beginning of a new beginning for Dolphins because most corporate organizations have been sitting on the fence and by Harp leading the way, we will try to get multi-national companies in Port Harcourt to come identify with the club and improve our clubs and local league.”

For Heartland’s GM, Fan Ndubuoke, identifying with the club even when it has not won any continental competition is a good development. According to him, “This is unique because most times corporate bodies only identify with successful teams at the end of international competitions. But Guinness Harp has proven to be different. We are hopeful that after this contract, we will renew it next year.”

For Lobi Stars vice Chairman Dominic Iorfa, attending the signing ceremony feels like being in Europe.

“I’m proud of what Guinness have done. I’m happy that they’ve partnered with us not by popularity. It’s like I’m in Europe with this kind of event,” Iorfa said. However, Enugu Rangers CEO Ozor Paul reckons that “This is the first of its kind since I came back from the USA. This is good for the clubs as the sport cannot be backed by government alone.”

Sunshine Stars coordinator, Mike Idoko used the opportunity to call on other corporate organizations to join hands and partner Nigeria football.

Idoko said: “We are calling on other corporate bodies to join this trend so that it will encourage the talents in the country and it will lead to having more than six players from the league in the national team.”

USA Synchro, the National Governing Body for announced A-1 Awards as its Official Awards Supplier.

“USA Synchro is very excited to be partnering with A-1 Awards. Stephen Capper and his team bring years of experience of working with National Governing Bodies and creating exquisite awards for them,” USA Synchro Executive Director Julie Fabsik-Swarts said. “We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.”

A-1 Awards, a manufacturer and retailer of trophies, medals, plaques, ribbons and other recognition items based in Indianapolis, will provide awards at USA Synchro’s five national events each year.

A-1 Awards has won 14 international and national awards for design and creativity and is a 2005 International Awards Hall of Fame Inductee.

The International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) marketing partner, TMS International, has signed China Unicom on a four year event sponsorship deal, which starts from the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France on 13-20 May 2013.

The Chinese telecommunications operator joins LIEBHERR and Enlio in recently becoming long-term sponsors of ITTF events.

“The ITTF is delighted to have China Unicom as a long term sponsor of ITTF events. China Unicom supported the ITTF since 2006 and are very good friends of our sport. We will do our best to provide maximum value to China Unicom through this sponsorship agreement” stated ITTF President Adham Sharara.

TMS Managing Director Anders Thunström stated: “TMS is pleased to have been able to convince China Unicom and its representatives to extend the current one year agreement into a multi-year agreement for an additional four years being a sponsor of World Title events. The long-term commitment gives us a better chance to serve China Unicom with a long-term vision, it also gives both parities some kind of assurance that we have a deal in place for the next four years, which benefits both parties.”

In addition to sponsoring the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, China Unicom will also sponsor the 2014 Men’s and Women’s World Cup, 2014 World Tour Finals, 2015 World Table Tennis Championships and 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The Fiji National Rugby League has signed Asco Motors as its automotive partner for the next two years.

FNRL chairman Peni Musunamasi said they were pleased with the announcement.

“We thank Asco Motors for coming forward to support us. We have approached quite a few companies to provide us with a vehicle and we are thankful to Asco Motors for standing by us, recipe ” Musunamasi said.

Asco Motors sponsored a Toyota Hilux four-wheel drive which was bought at a low cost of $27,500 to assist FNRL set up rugby league in rural areas. Asco Motors financial controller Jay Kumar said they had confidence in FNRL.

“We are very proud and excited to sign up this sponsorship with FNRL to become their automotive partner,” he said.

FNRL general manager Tomi Finau believes FNRL is building a strong foundation for the growth of the sport.

“This is such an exciting time for rugby league. We have in place a strong foundation for growth and there are tremendous opportunities ahead for everyone in the game including our corporate partners.”

British Athletics has announced that The National Lottery will be the Event Partner for the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in July.

The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games will be held at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 26-28 July and will see some of the world’s best athletes in action as Olympic and Paralympic champions compete in the two-day IAAF Diamond League and a one-day IPC International Challenge. 

The National Lottery’s support of the UK Sport World Class Performance Programme for more than 15 years has been an integral part of the success of British athletics, advice giving athletes access to the best coaches, facilities and support services in the world as they prepare for major championships. 

As well as British Athletics benefiting from a record level of National Lottery funding delivered through UK Sport, both parties will work in partnership to ensure that British athletes maximise the support of the lottery-playing public in Rio 2016 and London 2017. 

Camelot Managing Director Andy Duncan said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with British Athletics for this event that celebrates the anniversary of the Games and to be able to recognise the unique role that National Lottery players had in supporting London 2012, where nine out of 10 of Great Britain’s medallists benefited from lottery support. With British Athletics set to receive a record level of National Lottery funding through to 2017, as part of a £37m UK Sport funding package, we look forward to an exciting ongoing collaboration on the road to Rio and the World Championships in London in 2017.” 

UK Athletics Chair, Ed Warner said: “We are excited that The National Lottery will be partnering with us on the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games and it is entirely appropriate that the event will offer an opportunity to recognise the unique role of lottery players in delivering an incredible summer of sport last year. Beyond that, athletics has never been so well supported as it is now through the lottery-buying public and we look forward to ensuring that investment is recognised over the coming years, through our long term partnership. 

“As Event Partner to the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games and ongoing supporter to British Athletics over the next four years, once again they are benefiting our World Class Performance Programme athletes and, by helping support major events in the UK, they are going that extra mile to ensure our athletes have the best possible preparations for major Championships.”

British Athletics has announced that The National Lottery will be the Event Partner for the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in July.

The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games will be held at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 26-28 July and will see some of the world’s best athletes in action as Olympic and Paralympic champions compete in the two-day IAAF Diamond League and a one-day IPC International Challenge. 

The National Lottery’s support of the UK Sport World Class Performance Programme for more than 15 years has been an integral part of the success of British athletics, advice giving athletes access to the best coaches, facilities and support services in the world as they prepare for major championships. 

As well as British Athletics benefiting from a record level of National Lottery funding delivered through UK Sport, both parties will work in partnership to ensure that British athletes maximise the support of the lottery-playing public in Rio 2016 and London 2017. 

Camelot Managing Director Andy Duncan said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with British Athletics for this event that celebrates the anniversary of the Games and to be able to recognise the unique role that National Lottery players had in supporting London 2012, where nine out of 10 of Great Britain’s medallists benefited from lottery support. With British Athletics set to receive a record level of National Lottery funding through to 2017, as part of a £37m UK Sport funding package, we look forward to an exciting ongoing collaboration on the road to Rio and the World Championships in London in 2017.” 

UK Athletics Chair, Ed Warner said: “We are excited that The National Lottery will be partnering with us on the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games and it is entirely appropriate that the event will offer an opportunity to recognise the unique role of lottery players in delivering an incredible summer of sport last year. Beyond that, athletics has never been so well supported as it is now through the lottery-buying public and we look forward to ensuring that investment is recognised over the coming years, through our long term partnership. 

“As Event Partner to the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games and ongoing supporter to British Athletics over the next four years, once again they are benefiting our World Class Performance Programme athletes and, by helping support major events in the UK, they are going that extra mile to ensure our athletes have the best possible preparations for major Championships.”