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Wharton to address UK Sport / EIS Talent Team
Neil Tunnicliffe has been invited to address the UK Sport / EIS Talent Team at the beginning of May on the subject of competition structures, and the principles which Wharton Consulting has applied within the review projects that it has conducted in recent times; also to share some of the findings that typically emerge from such…
GB Canoeing
Wharton Consulting has been commissioned by GB Canoeing to conduct a wide-ranging review of competition structures in the Slalom and Sprint disciplines. The principal purpose of the review is to ensure that talented athletes have a clear competitive pathway from their first beginnings in the sport through to the Olympic and Paralympic Games – but it…
Josoor Institute
Wharton’s Sarah Rowell was one of a number of high profile international speakers at the recent Josoor Institute short course on Career Management for Athletes. As part of the commitment to leaving a legacy after the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in Qatar, the Josoor Institute has been established to educate, empower and support the people…
Athletics Competition Review
Wharton Consulting have recently been commissioned by Welsh Athletics to conduct a competition review with the overall objective of producing a strategy for competitions to complete the organisation’s Strategic Plan for the period 2013-2017. The project scope covers all the athletics disciplines (track and field, cross country, road, trail, mountain and ultra) and will look…
Irish rugby prepares for new era
Following the publication of its Club Sustainability report earlier this year (see http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/29039.php), the Irish Rugby Football Union has been making preparations for the onset of a new era of amateur rugby with the support of Wharton’s Neil Tunnicliffe. Detailed documents have been prepared which include new regulations prohibiting the payment of players below the elite…
England Netball commissions Wharton research
Wharton Consulting has won through a process of competitive tender to conduct a research project on behalf of England Netball to support the modernisation of its governance structure. Wharton has been asked to survey EN’s Regional Management Boards and County Netball Associations to assess their awareness and understanding of the responsibilities and accountabilities which have…
Funding confirmed for Coomes & Buckland
Following its annual review of winter sports, UK Sport has confirmed funding for ice dance pair Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland through to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The pair, who have already qualified for Sochi, are supported by funding secured through UK Sport’s Small Squad Investment Programme, which was accessed by Wharton Consulting…
Women’s Sevens Rugby World Cup
Ireland’s women rugby players head to Moscow this weekend (29-30 June) to contest the Women’s Sevens Rugby World Cup for the first time. For Ireland, this is an important staging post within a four-year programme set out by Wharton Consulting on behalf of the IRFU, and aimed at qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games….
Baseball Softball UK
At the end of March Wharton Consulting completed a governance project on behalf of BSUK which had two aims: first, to ensure that the Board of BSUK is populated with individuals with the right skills and experience to manage the business of the organisation; and second, to review and comment on the set-up of BSUK,…
