Sport In Profile UK Issue 01 | Page 27

NEWCASTLE VIKINGS We have a small commercial “team” – indeed you are speaking to 100% of it now, so it is difficult to exploit all opportunities particularly when all of the management team are “volunteers”. Our challenge is the same as all minority sports – attracting people to participate and retaining their interest. Our ambitions are simple - we want to be National Champions in 5 years, we have some of the best coaches in the UK including 4 GB coaches. We have access to 5 university teams for recruitment of “raw” talent, all but 2 of our existing roster are less than 30 years old – so we hope that within 5 years we can mould a winning team.” www.sportip.biz 27