Welcome to the December issue of On The Pulse, the newsletter for SportingPulse administrators and mySport members. In this issue...

MERRY CHRISTMAS
• A message from SportingPulse CEO Nick Maywald

LATEST NEWS
• Aussie hoops stars join mySport
• New Zealand Football launch Championship website
• Table Tennis Australia sign deal with SportingPulse

PRODUCT NEWS
• FIBA Organizer solutions showcased at NSBT
• Samsung announces SportingPulse-powered Oceania initiative

EVENT NEWS
• World Masters Games pre-registration system goes live
• Event news round-up

COMPETITION
• Grassroots Greats - the unsung heroes of sport

REGULARS
• Help and support



MERRY CHRISTMAS
A message from SportingPulse CEO Nick Maywald

It's thanks to your passion for sport that SportingPulse exists and at this time of year SportingPulse CEO Nick Maywald pays tribute to all grassroots sports participants, takes a look at the highlights of the year for SportingPulse and looks forward to an exciting year ahead for grassroots sport.

To read Nick's Christmas message, click here.

 



LATEST NEWS
Aussie hoops stars join mySport

Two of Australia’s hottest basketball stars have joined SportingPulse's social networking platform, mySport. Patrick Mills and Erin Phillips are two rising talents that already share many awards and achievements, including representing their country.

To check out Patrick and Erin's mySport website and add them as your friend, click here.

New Zealand Football launch Championship website

New Zealand Football (NZF) has launched a SportingPulse-powered website for the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC), which also incorporates the eight teams involved. The websites are designed to deliver NZF's most comprehensive coverage of the domestic showpiece.

To find out more about the New Zealand Football Championship website, click here.



Table Tennis Australia sign deal with SportingPulse

Another sporting national governing body has joined the long list that have signed up with SportingPulse. Table Tennis Australia intends to utilise SportingPulse's Sportzware products to help promote table tennis in Australia in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

To find out more about how TTA will be using SportingPulse products to promote table tennis, click here.

PRODUCT NEWS

FIBA Organizer solutions showcased at NSBT

SportingPulse's full suite of FIBA Organizer products were on show at the 2007 National Schools Basketball Tournament in Geelong this month. The NSBT is Basketball Australia's largest junior tournament with 150 school teams, more than 1500 competitors and 300 coaches and officials taking part.

 
To find out more about FIBA Organizer at the NSBT, click here.



Samsung announces launch of SportingPulse-powered Oceania initiative

Samsung Electronics Australia has announced the launch of the Samsung Oceania Sports Development Initiatives to identify and provide the funding needed for Oceanic athletes to achieve their goal of competing internationally. As a joint partnership between Samsung and the Oceania Foundation, the arm of the Oceania National Olympic Committees, this new initiative will involve the use of SportingPulse software to help identify athletic potential as part of the Samsung Oceania Talent Identification Programme.

To find out more about the Samsung Oceania Sports Development Initiatives




EVENT NEWS

World Masters Games pre-registration system goes live

The Sydney 2009 World Masters Games got a boost this month with the launch of the pre-registration system built by SportingPulse. The system allows participants to register their interest in the Games and sign up for the new state-of-the-art 'myGames' platform.

To find out more about the World Masters Games pre-registration system, click here.

Event news round up

The registration system for the 2008 European Masters Games is now live and the Port Pirie Pura Light Start State Masters Games have engaged SportingPulse to develop its online registration system.

To find out more about the EMG and Port Pirie State Master Games, click here.

COMPETITION

Grassroots Greats - the unsung heroes of sport

For every sporting champion who reaches the top of their chosen sport, there’s an army of unsung heroes playing, coaching or working behind the scenes to keep clubs and leagues going. Grassroots sport provides the strong roots for stars to flourish and is filled with people who give their time, commitment and passion week in and week out, season after season.

mySport wants to hear about the unsung heroes of your club or league. All entries will be collated into a Grassroots Greats section and linked to from the new mySport home page.

To find out more about Grassroots Great, click here.

REGULARS