For sports like squash, social media and digital content gives the ability to reach out to a significant audience. With Premier League football dominating the traditional media, most have resigned themselves away from competing for that space.
James Gordon
RFL Programme Column: Looking at French rugby league
With Oldham rightly grabbing the headlines for their terrific win at Hull KR, two other results went slightly under the radar. Catalans re-affirmed their title credentials with an away win at St Helens, their fifth on the road already this season, and perhaps more significantly, Toulouse saw off Leigh 10-8 in the Challenge Cup.
Forty-20 Magazine: Wolves take Cheshire derby
As a sell out 15,008 crowd settled in to watch Super League’s top two battle it out on Good Friday, it was hard to believe that this derby has been missing from more than half of Super League’s 21 seasons to date.
Widnes’ lengthy stints in the second tier, from 1996 to 2001 and more recently 2006 to 2011, has meant Warrington’s local rivalry focus has shifted towards St Helens and Wigan, particularly in the last five years or so as they’ve fought for honours at the top table.
But this year, the “Cheshire derby” was arguably the most hotly anticipated of the whole weekend.
The Canadians are coming
The decision to bring a Canadian team in to League One is an absolute nonsense. There, I’ve said it. Billed as a pioneering first for sport, a trans-atlantic competition, further details are set to be announced this week. It’s pioneering because no other sport is stupid enough to do it.
The world’s most popular sports
An interesting infographic showing the world’s most popular sports – determined by which is the leading sport in each individual country in the world.
Five things we can learn from working in sport
It’s sometimes easy to forget the life lessons that you can get from working in sport.
It only occurred to me recently when someone asked me what makes a successful sports team, and how those theories could be applied to my own life – both personally and in business.
The first State of Mind annual dinner
The first State of Mind Sport annual dinner took place at Langtree Park, St Helens over the weekend.
More than 340 people attended to enjoy a three course meal, bingo, raffle and auction to raise funds for a fantastic charity.
Being part of a winning team
Our hometown club Warrington Town secured the most prestigious league title in their history and with it promotion to the seventh tier of the football pyramid at the weekend.
