Rounders England
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SIP: What are your plans for the rest of 2017?
HH: We’ve got several things planned. We are rolling out
our new branding ‘WE ARE ALL ROUNDERS’ across our
digital channels, communications and via our partners.
Our Members’ Club is picking up pace and we are
connecting with teams and leagues who haven’t been members
in the past, as well as with our workforce. We now offer an
attractive membership package and are keen to form a closer
alliance with everyone in our Rounders community.
We are also working on a toolkit for teams and leagues and
this will form part of the first class customer service we aim to
provide.
Commercially, we are working closely with our partners
Aresson, iProSports and GripGrip, and there are new products
in the pipeline for 2018.
Our competition strategy review is due to be completed in
October and we are looking forward to seeing what arises from
this piece of work. We envisage many more competitions and
festivals in our future plans.
SIP: How important is youth development to the organisation?
HH: Youth development continues to play an important
part in our ambitions and we intend to deliver on programmes
for young people within this strategy. We also continue to
strive for the return of Rounders to the list of assessed sports
for GCSE/A level.
We have a large pool of schools that belong to our
Members’ Club as Education members. We engage with them
regularly and we hear some very positive news about the place
of Rounders in their schools.
SIP: Have you got any advice for people interested in getting
involved in the sport?
HH: Just do it. You won’t regret it. Please visit http://
www.roundersengland.co.uk/play/ to find out whether there
is organised Rounders in your area and if not, why not start
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