Month: September 2016

Super Rugby’s ACT Brumbies have begun overhauling their off-field operations after a horror year which culminated in former chief executive Michael Jones agreeing to a payout after a lengthy legal battle with the club.

The process has begun with the appointment of two new board members, Michelle Melbourne and Christopher Doogan, as part of the club’s boardroom shake up.

Intelledox Software co-founder Melbourne and Doogan, the first High Court registrar, have been appointed via an independent nominations committee.

As well as the new appointments, according to the Canberra Times, the Brumbies engaged the help of the Australian Sports Commission to change its board selection processes and draft changes to the constitution.

The changes include, axing the Brumbies chief executive’s position as a board member, changing the maximum term of directors to six years and simplifying the voting process. Yet any changes have to be approved by local Canberra clubs, who hold the balance of power in the boardroom with 14 of 23 votes.

Club stakeholders will vote on the boardroom set-up and constitutional changes in October.

While the club may be looking forward to 2017, another financial loss is expected to be reported for the 2016 financial year while the club’s board is yet to appoint a permanent successor to Jones, with applications being reviewed and interviews to start in October.

Read more at the Canberra Times.

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Football Federation Australia has signed on two more partners on the eve of the A-League season, the first of which is sports apparel brand BLK as their official referee apparel supplier for the next four seasons.

Staying with the FFA, Australian football’s governing body have announced a three-year extension to their partnership with UBIMET, a provider of severe weather warning technology.

The UBIMET Weather Cockpit system is able to provide advanced notice when severe adverse events may occur, and notifies when it is appropriate to implement the FFA Heat Policy in the interest of player and match official welfare for fixtures played during extreme heat.

FFA’s Heat Policy is implemented across all A-League, W-League and National Youth League matches.

The UBIMET Weather Cockpit system provides accurate site-specific weather information, including the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, which measures air temperature, humidity, wind and radiation to provide an indicator of the risk of heat related injuries.

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A round up of extra news and deals that you may have missed.

Endorsement: Jarryd Hayne has been signed as an ambassador for Fiji Airways and will also be on hand to support golf’s Fiji International, an Australian PGA sanctioned event.

Hayne will be a guest in the official tournament pro-am at Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course before the Fiji International gets underway from October 6-9.

Golf: The PGA of Australia has signed a three-year deal with the Australian Beer Company in which they will promote their Yenda and Pressman brands at the Australian PGA Championship.

Venda is the tournament’s official beer with Pressman the official cider with the deal giving both brands exclusive event pourage rights and course signage.

The Australian PGA Championship will be held at Royal Pines Resort from December 1-4.

Motorsport: Supercars team, Erebus Motorsport, has signed air conditioning group Ultra Air as their major sponsor for the Bathurst 1000.

Cricket: Former station boss of Channel 7 Brisbane Max Walters become the new boss of Queensland Cricket ahead of current interim chief Michael Kasprowicz.

Kasprowicz was in the interim role following the departure of Geoff Cockerill.

Walters has also been a long-time Queensland chairman of selectors.

Surfing: Qantas Assure, Piping Hot and Ohana have joined major partner Jewel Residences as sponsors of the inaugural International Beach Festival being held in Cronulla Beach, Sydney from November 3-6.

The International Beach Festival is run by Fitzgibbons International, an events company involving pro-surfer Sally Fitzgibbons.

The four-day festival is headlined by the new, season ending, WSL Sydney International Women’s Pro QS6000 surf event. The event will see some of the best female surfers compete for a place on the 2017 Championship Tour.

Qantas Assure will take the naming rights of the event.

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