Sports Business Awards Release Shortlists

March 31, 2017

The Sport Business Awards has announced its shortlisted organisations for their first edition.

 

Best Business Serving Sport (more than 20 employees)

  • adi.tv
  • Goodform
  • MTD International B.V.
  • School Lettings Solutions
  • StreamAMG
  • The Jockey Club Services
  • The O2
  • The Ticket Factory

Best Small Business Serving Sport (less than 20 employees)

  • All Sport Insurance
  • Beyond 90
  • Designwerk
  • FKPro
  • HRP Equestrian
  • Icons Shop Limited
  • ILG Business Ltd
  • Traveleads

Best Fan Engagement Programme

  • Arsenal Football Club – Junior Gunners
  • Chelsea Football Club – Chelsea FC Junior Fan Engagement
  • EXTREME international – Lochdown
  • Kick It Out and the Football Supporters’ Federation – Fans For Diversity
  • Liverpool FC – LFC WORLD
  • NTT DATA – NTT DATA / The Open Championship
  • Rewards4Racing Limited – Rewards4Racing

Best in Sports Media

  • Dunsar Media – insidethegames.biz
  • Football Whispers
  • InCrowd – Aston Villa FC – Official App
  • iSportconnect
  • Liverpool Football Club – LFCTV Documentaries
  • Olympic Channel
  • Sky Sports – Sky Sports Snapchat

 

Best Mass Participation Event

  • British Canoeing – National Go Canoeing Week
  • Cancer Research UK – Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Pretty Muddy
  • Human Race – Cancer Research UK London Winter Run
  • International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) – World Table Tennis Day
  • Royal Bank of Canada – RBC V Series
  • Royal Parks Foundation – Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon

 

Best Match (or Game) Day Experience

  • Cardiff City Football Club
  • Chelsea Football Club
  • Manchester City Football Club
  • NTT DATA / The Open Championship
  • Premiership Rugby – The Aviva Premiership Rugby Final 2016
  • Professional Darts Corporation – World Darts Championship
  • Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. – 2016 Formula 1 PETRONAS Malaysia Grand Prix

 

Best Non-sporting Use of the Venue

  • Emirates Old Trafford
  • Everton Football Club – Goodison Park
  • Manchester City Football Club – City Football Academy
  • Silverstone Circuit Ltd – The Silverstone Wing
  • The Kia Oval

 

Sports Tech of the Year – for Sport and in Sport

  • adi.tv & Supponor
  • CFC Express
  • Football Whispers
  • Kick It Out – Updated Reporting Application
  • Peak UK – Racer ST
  • STATSports
  • StreamAMG – StreamMP
  • Tottenham Hotspur Football Club – Stadium Project Virtual Reality Suite

 

Best Operations Team

  • Brighton & Hove Albion FC
  • Cancer Research UK Events Team
  • MTD  Olympic Games Rio Project Team
  • The O2

 

Best Professional Services Firm in Sport

  • haysmacintyre
  • KSS
  • Onside Law – Tennis
  • PKF Francis Clark
  • Shakespeare Martineau LLP
  • Sportscover Europe Limited
  • The Jockey Club Services
  • The Sports Consultancy

 

Best Sports Charity, Community and CSR

  • Access Sport CIO
  • Albion in the Community
  • Everton in the Community
  • GreaterSport
  • Kick It Out
  • Premiership Rugby – Hitz
  • The Arsenal Foundation in partnership with Save the Children
  • The Sporting Memories Foundation

 

Best Sports Club/Sports Event Hospitality

  • Arsenal Football Club – Matchday Hospitality
  • Keith Prowse – The Gatsby Club – The Championships, Wimbledon
  • Lord’s Cricket Ground – Captains’ Lounge Hospitality package
  • Manchester City

 

Best Sports Event of the Year

  • British Cycling – 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  • EA SPORTS – EA SPORTS FIFA 17 Launch
  • Harlequins – Harlequins Big Game 9
  • ONE Championship
  • Premiership Rugby – Aviva Premiership Rugby Final 2016
  • Professional Darts Corporation – World Darts Championship
  • Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. – Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix 2016

 

Best Sports Governing Body Initiative

  • British Canoeing – National Go Canoeing Week
  • England Hockey – To become a Nation where Hockey Matters
  • Euroleague Basketball – Euroleague Basketball launches first ever true league in European professional sports
  • European Tour – Access All Areas – social media campaign
  • International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) – World Table Tenis Day(WTTD)

 

Sports Innovation Award

  • British Rowing – Go Row Indoor
  • Coleman Racing
  • InCrowd – TribeCast
  • Jockey Club Services
  • Levy Restaurants UK
  • runbritain Click Your Clock
  • Table Tennis England
  • TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme

 

The distinguished panel of judges will be deliberating over the next month or so to decide the winners.