Sports Management Issue 1 2012 - Leisure Opportunities

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UK Athletics (UKA) chair Ed Warner has
been appointed chair of the London 2017
IAAF World Athletics Championships
Organising Committee.
Having led the successful bid to host
the event in London, Warner will submit
a proposed corporate structure and
governance framework to the IAAF for
approval and will work with Sports Minister
Hugh Robertson and London Mayor Boris
Johnson to appoint the rest of the board.
Warner said: “I am absolutely thrilled to
have the opportunity to fulfil the promises
we made in the bid. From the very start
London 2017 has been a partnership
Ann Hogbin, the former chief executive
of Commonwealth Games England
(CGE), has been appointed as the deputy
chef de mission for operations for the
ParalympicsGB team at London 2012.
Hogbin, who led CGE for nearly 20 years
before stepping down at the end of last year,
was selected for the role by ParalympicsGB
chef de mission Craig Hunter.
The move is no surprise as Hunter and
Hogbin forged a successful partnership at
the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games when
Hunter served as chef de mission for Team
England. They led the country to third place
on the medal table, despite several logistical
challenges in the lead up to the Games.
between UKA, the DCMS, the Mayor’s
Office and UK Sport and I look forward to
continuing that collaboration as we move
into event delivery mode.”
John Steele has become chief executive
of the Youth Sport Trust (YST)
following his departure as head of the
Rugby Football Union (RFU.
He replaces Steve Grainger who
left the YST last March after he was,
ironically, headhunted by Steele to
become the new rugby development
director at the RFU.
The main task for Steele will be to
oversee the new School Games – the
government’s flagship school sport
policy – which is due to take place at
several Olympic Park venues in May.
He said he admired the YST’s work
and that part of his motivation for
joining is due to it’s “exceptional record
of delivery and expertise”.
The Chartered Institute for
the Management of Sport and
Physical Activity (CIMSPA)has
appointed chairs of its national
and regional management boards
– to unify a million UK sport and
physical activity professionals by
representing their interests at a
national level.
The boards will be chaired by
Lloyd Conaway, director/CEO
of team BEDS&LUTON County
Sports Partnership. Other chairs
include: Ian Phelps, director Serco
Leisure; Sheila Forster, director
Urban Balance Consultants; Ian
Gray, leisure operations manager
Hartlepool Borough Council;
Michael Hunt, CEO Leisure in
Hyndburn; Paul Lyness, head
of leisure services Ballymoney
Borough Council; Fiona Grossart,
director CoachesInfo.com; John
Stride, CEO Inspire Leisure; Lesley
Coulton, head of sport and active
leisure University of Plymouth;
Julian Leybourne, CEO ICON
TRAINING; Sue Briggs, sports
project manager University of
Birmingham Sport; and Lorenzo
Clark, director of operations at
Sheffield International Venues.
Ian Richie has left the
All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club to take
up the role of chief executive
at the Rugby Football Union
(RFU). He also stands
down as the independent
non-executive director of
the Football League and
from the board at Wembley
Stadium.
Richie said: “I’m very
much looking forward
to working with new colleagues and partners at the RFU.
There’s much to be positive about, seeing a new generation
of players emerge in the RBS Six Nations and seizing the
unique chance to grow the game when hosting the Rugby
World Cup in 2015.”
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