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SPORTSCOVER
NAMED
OFFICIAL
PARTNER OF
UK SPORT
ON
ROAD TO RIO
Sportscover has become an Official Partner of UK Sport, the
nation’s high performance sports agency, under a four-year
partnership deal.
With over 25 years’ experience of underwriting a range of
insurance products and delivering risk management solutions
for the sports and events industry, Sportscover, as a partner
to UK Sport, will bring a wealth of expertise to the UK high
performance system. As part of their rights, Sportscover will
also become the Presenting Partner of UK Sport’s Gold Event
Series Workshops and Governance events through to 2017.
Paul Thomas, Business Development Director at Sportscover
commented: “Sportscover are delighted to be working with
such a prestigious partner as UK Sport. Given our focus on
sport it is a natural fit for both parties. This represents a
further step forward towards our ultimate goal of becoming
synonymous with sport in this country. We look forward to
assisting UK Sport and its beneficiaries with the continued
delivery of excellence across the sporting landscape”.
Liz Nicholl, CEO of UK Sport, said: “It’s fantastic for us to be
able to announce that Sportscover will act as a key partner to
UK Sport on the road to Rio.
“Their investment will allow us to continue to provide key
learning and development opportunities to coaches, event
managers and governance specialists as we look to build a
stronger more sustainable high performance sports system in
the UK.
“Sportscover will be sharing their time, experience, and leading
industry knowledge at many conferences and events to come,
and we look forward to working with them on a number of
exciting projects.”
Sportscover are the third organisation to become an Official
Partner to UK Sport since London 2012, alongside BAE Systems,
Official Research & Innovation Partner, and Bupa, Official
Health Insurance Partner. These partnerships complement
and add value to the core funding UK Sport receives from the
Government and National Lottery, enabling record investment
in Britain’s athletes on the road to Sochi, Rio and beyond.
Jill Douglas, television sports broadcaster and journalist, was MC at
UK Sport’s annual World Class Performance Conference. Sportscover
will be the presenting partner of the event for the next four years.