Doing Our Bit

posted on 06 March 2011

Sky High Sports have formed an exciting allegiance with True South Management, a London based Sports Management Company specialising in player & sports event management. Their excellent website can be viewed at www.truesouthmanagement.com

The company is run by Tongan Rugby Legend Epeli Taione, who has been an ambassador of Sky High Sports since 2009. "Working with Sky High Sports has been a fantastic part of the early success of True South Management," commented Taione. "They're expertise, ethics and ambition complement our own abilities and together we make up a dangerous team."

TSM are the management company for the recently formed Pacific Barbarians, a team made up of professional rugby players with origins in the Pacific Islands. In March 2011, with the help of Sky High Sports, the Baa Baa's played their inaugural match in Richmond to raise money for the Christchurch Earthquake and Queensland Flood Appeal with legends Jerry Collins and George Smith lacing their boots up for the game.

"The first Baa Baa's game was a huge success, and I'd like to thank Richie and Sky High Sports for all their help," said Taione. "We raised in excess of £20,000 for the two disaster funds, and the work of Sky High Sports was a big factor in the success of the event."

On the tour scene, TSM are assisting Sky High Sports launch their Rugby Tours to the Pacific Islands. Available from September 2011, Sky High Sports will be able to provide high-quality, once-in-a-lifetime tours to Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.

"We are very excited about our Pacific Tour options," said Richie Gledson from Sky High Sports. "We see it as the final frontier of touring, as it is the last major Rugby playing region that is not widely available for School Rugby Tours. We have been working closely with the Tourist Boards and Rugby Unions on the Islands to ensure that everything meets our requirements, and cannot wait to start sending UK-based school teams down there," continued Gledson. "The itineraries look magnificent, and the benefits will be wide ranging for both the tourists and the people on the islands."