Volvo Appoints New Commerical Director – Greg Miall

We are big fans of the Volvo Ocean Race. The last edition of the event saw huge professionalism and innovation brought to the sport of sailing. However, the latest news from the event has prompted us to create a new rule for 2010.

Rule 2010.1.27 – Any press release or news story containing the phrase “the [...]

New Man at the Helm of Singapore Sailing.

It’s a little early in the decade to be making predictions, but nevertheless, we are going to go out on a limb and say that one of the big trends for sailing over the next 10 years will be the increasing emergence of the sport in new markets. It is no accident that the popular [...]

Jobson’s Goals as President: Participation, Awareness and Visibility.

Gary Jobson has been elected the next President of US SAILING by the new board of directors at the AGM on Saturday.
In his acceptance speech, which will be posted on the US Sailing Website, Jobson explained US SAILING’s goal to create opportunities for more people to sail and encourage participation, especially among youth. He also [...]

Ancasta Appoint New COO – Richard Caland.

Ancasta has jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. At least that is what their website tells us. We were looking at the website to try and find some news about the appointment of Richard Acland as Chief Operating Officer, but came across the following story
The ‘Ancasta Group’ is excited to announce that it has recently made [...]

TeamOrigin Appoints Jon Teeman as Partner Development Director.

MarketingWeek reports that Teamorigin has hired Pitch Non-Executive Chairman, Jon Teeman to secure commercial partnerships for the outfit ahead of the 34th America’s Cup competition.
Before taking on his new partner development director role, Teeman was a sponsorship consultant helping O2, to broker the brand’s sponsorship deals with England Rugby Football Union and Arsenal Football Club. [...]

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