PRESS RELEASE: HAT TRICK OF SPONSORSHIPS FOR MIDLANDS MEP

 

 

HAT TRICK OF SPONSORSHIPS FOR MIDLANDS MEP

Issue Date: 30^th January 2012

Tonight’s matchup between Worcester City FC and Histon will once again be sponsored by football mad European Politician.

Ms Sinclaire, who is one of 7 MEPs for the West Midlands region, has embarked on a football sponsorship programme this season which has seen her sponsor 14 players from across her region. Her sponsorship has branched out to match ball and game sponsorships, and Nikki is making her third visit to St Georges Lane tonight.

Nikki is paying for her whole football sponsorship scheme out of her own salary, and is delighted to be working with the various local clubs, “Football is one of the bedrocks of our community and engages people of all ages. I think this is a worthwhile endeavour and wish all the West Midlands clubs success for the forthcoming season”.

Nikki is sponsoring Simon Brown of Worcester City this season. She has previously sponsored the home ties Worcester vs Solihull Moors and Worcester vs Colwyn Bay.

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For anybody who is in the area tonight, Worcester City have reduced ticket prices for tonights match.

Adults - £7, Concession - £3 (Over 60's, Students and the unemployed) Junior Under 16s - £1

Worcester City are a great club and have given me a warm welcome everytime I have been to St Georges Lane. If you want to watch a great match of football on a Monday night then come along.

Nikki says no to EU legislation on Motorcycles

After a busy week in Strasbourg and a busy weekend of football (don't mention the Worcester or Liverpool scores....) I have arrived back to my office to a full inbox once again. We regularly receive emails on the following issue and I have decided to post this on my blog, with the response I have been sending to people.

"I am very concerned about  the content and progress of a piece of European Legislation, currently timetabled for Plenary vote on 14th March.This will affect my primary means of transport (motorcyling) and a valuable leaisure activity (riding, repairing and mainaining
motorcycles. It will also affect my children who are keen fans of the sport/mode of transport.

This issue is also important in terms of UK control over legislation. I consider myself to be an Englishman within Europe rather than a European living in England. I do not want to take an anti-Europe stance gebnerally but believe that some legislation (particularly in respect
of vehicles) needs to be kept within UK control.Article 18a is of relevance here.

The proposed EU Regulation on Type Approval and Market Surveillance motorcycles passed  Committee stage on 5th December despite an incomplete impact assessment.

New elements including the  mandatory ABS for all motorcycles, the introduction of a new Article 18a (see below) and the Delegated Acts have moved beyond the scope of the Commission's original proposal. ABS technology is not as advanced as for cars and there are many riding conditions where combined braking systems (in which the industry has
invested heavily) are more suitable.  The Commission’s mandating of ABS is therefore not feasible for motorcycling at this stage. Articles 17 and 52 directly affect motorcyclists as consumers, controlling the sale and availability of after-market parts within the EU and the modification of certain aspects of the machine to suit riding conditions. This includes simple service items and is akin to forcing car drivers to buy only genuine parts down to the level of
service items.

A significant plennary vote is timetabled for  14th March 2012. This is too soon to enable sufficient discussion  permits no time within the chamber for debate.

Clearly a debate is needed as there are many parts of this Regulation which I, as a rider and consumer, welcome, so this cannot be a yes/no vote on the acceptance or rejection of the proposal as a whole.

 Article 22 aims to have CO2 emissions published at point of sale for motorcycles is welcomed.  Also of interest and in need of debate/representation is Paragraph 9 (page 11) which aims to over-turn previous decisions relating to power limits for motorcycles (1995).

This debate my be informed by the fact that  no evidence can be found of a correlation between safety and power. This assertion rather undermines one of the central tenets of the whole proposal, that speed or 'tuning' has a detrimental effect on safety, again forcing the
assumption that the Commission’s proposals appear to be less  evidence based and more a matter of crass and uninformed (public) opinion."

The following is the response that is being sent back:

"Thank you for your email concerning the EU regulations on motorbikes. We have been against these proposals from the very start, supported the MAG staged protest last year and shall oppose these proposals at every opportunity when they come before us in the EU "parliament". These proposals only adds to the growing already very BIG list of reasons why'd we'd be better off out the EU !!

 The motorcycle community needs EU intervention like a fish needs a bicycle –  It is outrageous that the EU should try to dictate to them or anyone else on the basis on which their bikes must be repaired and even if changes needed to be made, changes should be taken by our democratically elected politicians in Westminster, not by faceless bureaucrats in Brussels."

Further information on this proposal can be found on the following website: http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2011-26/

Sponsoring Worcester City FC

After a hectic week in Strasbourg, I drove back Thursday to get back into my Birmingham office on Friday. Friday is a day of catching up with paper work and getting back into UK time.

My weekend is also busy! With Liverpool not being at home this weekend, I am sponsoring local team Worcester City this weekend.

Worcester City play at St. Georges Lane in Worcester and this is my third visit to the Lane this season. The first visit was on a sponsors evening, where I watched Worcester City take on over 50 children in a match – I’ve never seen so many children trying to claim a goal before! It is where I had my picture taken with the Worcester City first team.

My second visit to the Lane came back in September when I sponsored the Worcester City vs Solihull Moors match, where Worcester came out 3-0 winners.

Tomorrow I sponsor the match against Colwyn Bay FC. Worcester City are currently 8^th in the Blue Square North, whilst Colwyn Bay are just 2 points behind them in 9^th.

As a Liverpool fan I feel an affinity with Worcester City football club. Worcester City beat Liverpool in the 1958-1959 FA Cup, and shortly after this defeat Bill Shankley was appointed as manager. This lead to the reshaping of Liverpool football club, and we know the successes Liverpool have enjoyed since.  

Football unites people from all sectors of society, and my football sponsorship scheme I hope has helped some of those clubs who do need the extra financial support. I've paid for all my sponsorships out of my own cash and I get a real buzz out of my local teams doing well. Last time I watched Worcester, Simon Brown who is my sponsored player, had a fantastic game - more of the same please.

Here’s to a great win for Worcester tomorrow – come on you Blues!!

PRESS RELEASE: Nikki sponsors football in the community

With the Worcester City FC fist team

A local politician has taken unprecedented steps to support all of her local non-Premier League teams in the 2011/2012 season.

Independent MEP Nikki Sinclaire has taken up sponsorship deals with 13 league and non-league football teams in her constituency, from the Championship to the Blue Square North, in a bid to back league football across the region.

As a huge football fan, Nikki has decided to show her support to the teams in her constituency and has arranged a number of sponsorship deals which will cement her as a politician who is fully behind local football.

One player from each of the teams will now be sponsored by Nikki Sinclaire for the season, and Nikki and her team are hoping that further links can be formed with the clubs throughout the season. Other planned sponsorship deals include match day sponsorships and match ball sponsorships.

Nikki will use some of the corporate benefits of the sponsorship packages to raise money for charity.

Since being elected as one of six MEP’s for the West Midlands region in 2009, Nikki Sinclaire has campaigned on a number of local issues including jobs, training, protection of greenbelt land and preservation of local communities.

Nikki Sinclaire is delighted to be working with the various local clubs and said “Football is one of the bedrocks of our community and engages people of all ages. I think this is a worthwhile endeavour and wish all the West Midlands clubs success for the forthcoming season”.

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