DOMINO’S INTERNATIONAL ROOKIE MANAGER OF THE YEAR CROWNED IN PORTSMOUTH

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27 year old Jenny Price, a Domino’s Pizza store manager from Portsmouth has walked away with the prestigious company award of ‘ International Rookie Manager of the Year’. She beat off stiff competition from over 1500 rookie managers from across the globe, and was awarded her title at Dominos annual awards ceremony on Monday the 23rd of May.

The celebrated title is awarded to a manager of a store who has been in charge for 18 months or less. In order to qualify for the competition there are strict targets for both store standards and sales. Jenny, who manages the store in Fratton, Portsmouth exceeded these goals and has a great passion for pizza, making her a perfect choice for the award.

Having joined Domino’s in 2009, Jenny originally planned for the job to be a stop-gap but within a week, she knew she wanted to stay and pursue it as a fulltime career. Her great work ethic and hands-on approach saw her become store manager after just nine months. Jenny’s people management skills have seen her create a 60 strong team at the Fratton store and achieve exceptional staff retention rates, while delivering outstanding customer service to pizza lovers in the area. She has also been getting stuck into community activities to raise funds for local causes, not to mention delivering to Portsmouth Fire Brigade to keep them going on their busiest day of the year – Bonfire Night.

Jenny was initially called to the stage at Domino’s annual awards on Monday to be given the title for Rookie Manager of the Year UK and the Republic of Ireland, but was immediately summoned back to receive the award for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. The double win was then topped off with her being presented the coveted International Rookie Manager of the Year award.

Jenny said: “I knew I had been nominated for the UK and Republic of Ireland rookie manager award and was staggered to win that, let alone be called back to the stage to also take the award for EMEA and then the ultimate prize – international! It was a very emotional moment and one that really made all the hard work worthwhile. I called my parents straight away afterwards to share the great news and I’ve already hung up my plaque with pride in the store. I love my job and I am determined to carry on developing the business and delivering more to customers in Fratton.”

Kory Spiroff, Vice-President – Domino’s Pizza EMEA, said: “Jenny is a fantastic ambassador for Domino’s Pizza. Her unwavering commitment to the brand, unending passion for her job and her genuinely contagious enthusiasm make Jenny a truly inspirational winner. We are delighted to present her with this award, recognising the crème de la crème of Domino’s Pizza rookie managers worldwide.”

Domino’s Pizza’s international awards recognise the talents and hard work of the franchisees and in-store teams from the company’s 9,350 stores in over 65 countries.

 

 

Manager of the Month award winners for April from npower

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The Manager of the Month award for April has been announced by the sponsors of the Npower football league 1. The honour goes to Nigel Adkins, the manager of Southampton. He had brought his side to the brink of promotion thanks to brilliant wins against Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, Hartlepool United, Milton Keynes Dons, Brentford and Leyton Orient.

The judging panel for the Npower Football League Manager of the Month is the former boss of Charlton Athletic Alan Curbishly. He said that Southampton were maintaining their great form and had had 7 wins from their 8 games in April. He added that Nigel Adkins was doing a superb job and he fully expected Southampton to win promotion back into the Npower Championship league.

In League 2, Bury caretaker manager Richie Barker has been named npower League 2 Manager of the Month for April.

Barker took charge in March, and went on to lead his side through a six-game unbeaten run to ensure automatic promotion to npower League 1.

npower head of sponsorship Emma Collins added: “For the club to do so well with a managerial change late in the season is very impressive.

“Barker has hit the ground running, and fully deserves the award.”

Finally, in the Championship Norwich City striker Simeon Jackson has been named npower Championship Player of the Month for April.

Jackson netted eight times during the month to help the Canaries secure automatic promotion.

His impressive goal haul included hat-tricks against Scunthorpe United and Derby County.

Sky Sports’ Football League expert Peter Beagrie sits on the npower Manager of the Month judging panel. He said: “After going more than 20 games without a goal, Jackson produced a show of true marksmanship in April.

“He began May in similar style, scoring the most important goal of his career to secure Norwich an automatic promotion spot.”

The judging panel comprises former Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley, Sky Sports Football League expert Peter Beagrie, Football League chief operating officer Andy Williamson, BBC Sport’s Mark Clemmit, League Managers Association deputy CEO Olaf Dixon and npower head of sponsorship Emma Collins.

About npower:

npower are title sponsors of the Test Match Series in England, Women’s Test Series and the Village Cup, with results appearing on the npower cricket website.

npower are proud sponsors of the npower Football League, including The npower Championship, npower League 1 and npower League 2 commencing July 2010.

npower has 6.6 million residential gas and electricity accounts throughout the UK. npower is a market leader in renewable energy and aims to help customers with their energy efficiency. npower juice matches green energy primarily from off-shore wind farms for juice customers at no extra cost.

Player of the Month award winners for April from npower

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npower’s players of the month have been announced for April for the npower Football League. April’s npower League 1 Player of the Month is Neil Mellor, Sheffield Wednesday striker.

Mellor arrived via a loan from Preston North End and in April scored six goals including important strikes against Walsall, Swindon Town and Colchester United.

A member of the npower judging panel for the Football League Player of the Month is Peter Beagrie Sky Sports football expert and he commented that Mellor’s fine scoring has helped the Owls move up the table after they started the month in 17th position just above the drop zone and are now a full 11 points above it.

The npower League 2 award for April’s Player of the Month was given to Bury Striker Ryan Lowe. Lowe, the veteran skipper, scored four times helping lead his team to an automatic promotion.

Emma Collins the npower head of sponsorship commented that his quality of play and experience has been instrumental in the team’s success this season.

“His performances have been of the highest order in recent weeks, and he fully deserves the League 2 award.”

Finally, in the Championship Norwich City striker Simeon Jackson has been named npower Championship Player of the Month for April.

Jackson netted eight times during the month to help the Canaries secure automatic promotion.

His impressive goal haul included hat-tricks against Scunthorpe United and Derby County.

Peter Beagrie added: “After going more than 20 games without a goal, Jackson produced a show of true marksmanship in April.

“He began May in similar style, scoring the most important goal of his career to secure Norwich an automatic promotion spot.”

The judging panel comprises Sky Sports Football League expert Peter Beagrie, Football League head of communications John Nagle, BBC Sport’s Mark Clemmit and Emma Collins, npower head of sponsorship.

About npower:
npower are title sponsors of the Test Match Series in England, Women’s Test Series and the Village Cup, with results appearing on the npower cricket website.

npower are proud sponsors of the npower football league, including The npower Championship, npower League 1 and npower League 2 commencing July 2010.

npower has 6.6 million residential gas and electricity accounts throughout the UK. npower is a market leader in renewable energy and aims to help customers with their energy efficiency. npower juice matches green energy primarily from off-shore wind farms for juice customers at no extra cost.

Thomas Müller to receive “Hyundai Best Young Player Award”

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Germany’s talented midfielder Thomas Muller has been named as the winner of the prestigious FIFA/Hyundai best young player of the year award. Muller had an outstanding World Cup, with his 5 goals and 3 assists helping the Germans to claim 3rd place in the competition. He really came of age in South Africa, mesmerising football fans across the globe with his vision, pace and overall ability. The young players who finished behind Muller were Giovani dos Santos from Mexico and Andre Ayew from Ghana.

“As a committed supporter of football, we are delighted to join FIFA to support this special prize which has been a feature of the FIFA World Cups since 1958,” Werner H. Frey, Managing Director of Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH, said today at the handover ceremony. “We feel that the young and dynamic nature of this award fits perfectly with our brand,” he added.

Oliver Takahashi, FIFA head of Marketing Alliances and Event Management, presented the Hyundai BYPA trophy and the Hyundai ix35 compact sport utility vehicle (known as Tucson in some markets) to Thomas Müller. Müller is the third German national football player to receive the award since Franz Beckenbauer received it in 1966 and Lukas Podolski in 2006.

“It is a great pleasure for FIFA and our partner Hyundai Motor Company to officially recognize Thomas Müller as the brightest young star of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. His five goals and outstanding displays for Germany make him a very worthy recipient of this award. We would like to thank Hyundai for their support of the Best Young Player Award which continues the proud tradition of recognizing exciting talent at the FIFA World Cup™,” Takahashi said.

The Hyundai BYPA is one of FIFA’s official awards recognizing the most outstanding FIFA World Cup™ performances by footballers aged under 21 and is selected by the Technical Study Group, a FIFA-appointed group of top football coaches and analysts.

Judges look for certain technical qualities such as skill, style and charisma but also other important factors such as a sense of fair play and a genuine enthusiasm for the game.

Hyundai is extremely proud of its twelve-year strong association with FIFA, during which the company has demonstrated itself to be a reliable and effective partner by serving as the official automotive supplier to all FIFA-sanctioned events around the world.

Hyundai is currently esteemed as one of FIFA’s top partners and has extended its strategic sponsorship agreement with FIFA to cover 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil, 2018 FIFA World Cup™ in Russia and 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in Qatar.

Win Champions League tickets to Valencia v Schalke

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Win Champions League tickets to Valencia v Schalke Tour Spain and the Valencia City, Province and Regional Tourist Boards are giving British football fans a chance toto relive and share via Facebook their favourite Champions League moment, with the chance to win tickets to the Valencia CF v Schalke 04 match on the 15 February 2011.

‘My Champions League Moment’ would like to see football banter put in to action … instead of just talking about what was the best Champions League moment, show it.

Fans must upload a photo of themselves re-enacting what they consider to be a stroke of Champions League football genius or share their own treasured photo from a Champions League match to http://www.facebook.com/My.Champions.League.

From watching Liverpool triumph against AC Milan after being 3-0 down, to the heart-stopping two goals Manchester United scored in the last few minutes against Bayern Munich, or John Terry’s penalty miss that gave Manchester United the title – there are many ‘Champions League moments’ to choose from.

Entries must be uploaded and votes cast by the 23 January 2011. The photo with the most ‘likes’ will win this unique competition

The successful fan will win flights and accommodation for two people and the chance for two tickets to the match between Valencia C.F. vs. Schalke, on the 15 February at 20.45 at Valencia’s historic Mestalla Stadium

Visit http://www.facebook.com/My.Champions.League#!/My.Champions.L… for full information on the competition rules and regulations.