Bartercard’s new digital currency arm Qoin has signed a new major sponsorship deal with the NRL’s Wests Tigers, while also taking over the majority of Bartercard’s existing portfolio.
The Melbourne Storm will look to better leverage its shareholding in top netball club the Sunshine Coast Lightning, when long time Storm director, Matt Tripp, simultaneously becomes chair of the Storm and the Sunshine Coast Lightning.
New data from Nielsen Sports shows Melbourne United had the highest growth in social media engagement among 100 leading professional teams tracked by the research.
With the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, Surfing Victoria has focused heavily on its online operations, which has opened up some additional sponsorship opportunities, according Surfing Victoria CEO, Adam Robertson.
The Brisbane Bullets’ newly-launched Business Assist program to support businesses through COVID-19 has attracted a lot interest and could potentially generate new sponsorship leads for the NBL club.
Although COVID-19 is having an impact on the entire sponsorship market, the Melbourne Stars are confident about finding a new principal partner for next season, says general manager BBL, commercial and marketing at Cricket Victoria, Nick Cummins.