There is a new force in British sports photography - the Football Photographers' Association. Launched last week, the FPA is an inclusive, non-profit representative body comprising the best professional football photographers in the UK. It represents the interests of professional football photographers in all areas of the industry, from freelance [...]
Unless you have been living in a cave, the extraordinary COVID-19 pandemic will have affected you this year. Pearce International has been no exception. We were actually present at an event, the Six Day Manchester, when it was cancelled. With only hours to go, and 10 days before the UK [...]
It has been another flying visit to Japan for Jayne as she finishes up her work on this year's IOC Press Committee. The main remit of this is to look ahead and strategize on all matters to do with media working practises, services and operations. Meeting once each year there [...]
We're very pleased to be continuing our work with Madison Sports Group as the Six Day event returns to the home of British Cycling. Six Day brings top class track cyclists together in a great party atmosphere. The cycling? Tough. The partying? Hard. The atmosphere? Fantastic! This continues a connection begun [...]
Pearce International are delighted to continue their long association with athletics, having now signed a contract to plan and deliver press operations for the World Athletics Championships Oregon21. Despite the many marvellous US track and field athletes over the decades, this is the first time ever the outdoor World Championships [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Show is 804 years old this year. It comes down to us through centuries of turbulent London history, from its origins as a way to keep London under control through mediæval carnival and imperial spectacle to become the world’s first live outdoor broadcast and its longest-running TV show. Pearce [...]
We have had a long involvement with rugby. Some might say it started with Andrew's childhood visits to Lansdowne Road to watch his Godfather captain the Irish rugby team, but for sure we have been involved with several Rugby World Cups since the foundation of Pearce International. 2019 proved to [...]
We were really very excited to be involved with the Netball World Cup; after all, it is Jayne's personal sport and it took place in a city we know well thanks to the work with UEFA and Liverpool Football Club. Because it was netball Jayne took a very hands-on role [...]
The Pearce International Lima 2019 Press Operations School grew from work that we did in Baku, Azerbaijan for the inaugural 2015 European Games and the 2017 Islamic Games. In both of those events PI was determined to leave behind a social legacy of young Azerbaijani people who had received world [...]
These days we find that more and more sporting organisations and events struggle with accreditation to a greater or a lesser extent. Who should we accredit? Who are genuine journalists? What defines a freelance? What defines a professional? Who will get us the maximum coverage for our sport and our [...]
