The Sports Journalists’ Association and BT Sport are staging a special international media reception on September 15, before the Rugby World Cup.
The event is free for SJA members, is being staged in conjunction with the Rugby Writers’ Club, and is an outstanding opportunity to network with sports journalists from France, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and other participating nations just a couple of days before England play Fiji at Twickenham in the tournament opener.
The BT Sport-sponsored event is being held on Tuesday, September 15 at the Stokes and Moncrieff pub on Richmond Road, Twickenham – a short walk from the stadium’s media centre and close to the railway station – and starts at 6pm.
The event follows the SJA’s international media reception staged in 2012 ahead of the London Olympics and last year’s event in Glasgow for journalists working at the Commonwealth Games.
The Stokes and Moncrieff has a significant link to rugby.
On March 27, 1871, at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, the first recorded rugby international, between England and Scotland, was played in front of 4,000 spectators. The tmen leading out their teams – Frederick Stokes and Francis Moncreiff.
The SJA/BT Sport Rugby World Cup international media reception represents another terrific benefit of membership of the Association, and provides an outstanding opportunity for correspondents from websites and regional newspapers, as well rugby correspondents and broadcasters, to meet in a relaxed environment to exchange notes on the up-coming tournament.
How to book your place
To attend the event, you need to register by sending an email to maryfitzhenry@hotmail.co.uk
Please ensure that you write “RWC media reception” in the subject field, and state your name, address, contact phone number and SJA membership number in the body of the email, plus the name of the media outlet you are working for at the World Cup.
- The SJA is the largest member organisation of sports media professionals in the world. Join us: Click here for more details
- This year, the SJA’s nominated good cause is The Journalists’ Charity. To find out more and how you can donate on a one-off or regular basis, go to www.journalistscharity.org.uk
UPCOMING SJA EVENTS
Mon Sep 14: SJA Autumn Golf Day, Muswell Hill Golf Club
Tue Oct 6: Entry forms for 2015 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards published
Thu Dec 17: SJA British Sports Awards, sponsored by The National Lottery
2016
Mon Feb 22: SJA British Sports Journalism Awards dinner, sponsored by BT Sport