Business News Games strike deal over shooting event
--The Commonwealth Games Federation has struck a deal with India to host a shooting and archery championships, which will run separately from Birmingham 2022. The Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships will be a separately organised and funded event, taking place in Chandigarh in January 2022. Birmingham 2022 organisers
won't be involved with the Chandigarh event. However, medals won in the shooting and archery competitions will be added to the final 2022 Games medal table following the conclusion of the Birmingham games. Ian Reid, chief executive of Birmingham 2022, said: “We are pleased to hear that the Commonwealth Games Federation Executive Board has approved Commonwealth Games India’s proposal for a separately organised and funded Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships, which will be held in India in January 2022. “We would like to wish the
Indian Government, CGI and all of the organisations and governing bodies involved in organising and funding the Chandigarh 2022
Games panel (left to right): Mike Chamberlain, Lucy Sutcliffe, Ian Reid, Rebecca Halbert and Paul Faulkner
Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships the best of luck and we look forward to a wonderful year of Commonwealth sport in 2022.” The news comes after Mr Reid
answered questions on the subject at the first Birmingham Chamber Big Breakfast, attended by 170 delegates at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre. Mr Reid also outlined the “huge opportunities” available for businesses, adding: “There will be
direct and indirect opportunities available, especially for service industries, for businesses of every size across the West Midlands.” He advised businesses seeking
Games-associated work to visit the dedicated business portals at
www.birmingham2022.com Mr Reid joined a business panel
Q&A along with Mike Chamberlain, chief executive of Sport Birmingham, Rebecca Halbert, marketing manager in the property management team at Avison Young, and Lucy Sutcliffe,
director of national customs duty at Baldwins Group. Asked about the involvement of
women in the Games, Mr Reid said the event will be the first to have more female medals that male.
There will be another three Big Breakfast events. The next will be on 27 May at the Edgbaston Park Hotel and further details will be available on the Chamber website
www.greaterbirminghamchambers .com
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