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Fundraising for minor sports as you know is an important way to generate revenue. If you have had a child in sports or know family members that are involved with any teams or clubs, you likely have seen a few different fundraising events in the past.  With all that has happened with COVID-19 we now have to review these different ideas and realign with the new times. Read full article here.

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Sponsorship is a key component to the success of any event and getting your foot in the door of potential sponsors can often be a challenge. Companies are regularly contacted to sponsor sports, charitable and other local events and need to be selective in the ones that they choose to support. The economic climate has had an impact on sponsorship dollars over the past couple of years which has caused some further challenges in uncovering essential sponsorship dollars. As someone who has been on both the corporate side receiving sponsorship requests as well as requesting sponsorship, here are some key points that I’d recommend to consider when reaching out to potential sponsors.

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We can all learn from each other and this article is no different. Gymnastics Canada has launched a new online Values=Based Coaching Module in partnership with Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) as part of National Coaches week celebrations.

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In March 2020, Ottawa Canada hosted the Pan Am Championships and the Olympic Qualifiers for wrestling. FUEL Sports assisted Wrestling Canada with the bid from the beginning of the process by reaching out to the hotels and the Shaw Centre to secure the guestrooms and the meeting space for the competitions. The collaboration effort between the city, Ottawa Tourism, the Shaw Centre, Westin and Sheraton was instrumental in winning the bid and FUEL Sports played a role in the success of these events.  

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You have always done it this way!  Like many organizations you have always sourced and negotiated and contracted your hotels for your events.  Sourcing for your event and accommodation requirements may appear to be as simple as calling the nearby hotels to your preferred venue and securing a block for your athletes, officials, and attendees.   Well, it’s time to re-think this process as it can get complicated…”

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With the additional stress on the family unit during COVID women's rebound back into the work force has been slower than men according to the latest research. As we all go through many changes over the next few years it is important to sport organizations to start thinking and be proactive when approaching recruitment to ensure they are supporting and encouraging women to advance in coaching. 

Learn about five steps to support women in coaching.

What People Are Saying

Fuel Sports, a division of M.E., has looked after the hotel needs for Rugby Canada for a number of years and have always found us the hotels that best suit our needs whilst negotiating the best deal for us. Frank sources hotels in major cities across Canada for our international rugby events including the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver where we host 16 international rugby 7s teams for a week each year. Fuel Sports and Frank are experts at what they do and a pleasure to work with.

Sam Carter
Manager, Event Operations Rugby Canada