We covered the game at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham with live text commentary on the BBL Fans website, regular updates through Twitter and periodic Facebook posts.

After the game, we got on the court to conduct a number of interviews with a range of players, to provide fresh, unique content throughout the week for the website, which has enjoyed a successful first season in existence.

JDG Media client, Drew Sullivan, was unfortunately on the losing side, as his Leicester team were beaten 71-62 by Newcastle, who in turn completed a clean sweep of four trophies.

The pinnacle of the snooker season, televised by the BBC, has taken place at the famous venue in Sheffield since 1977, and we were down there on quarter-final day to do some research and consultancy ahead of next season.

James took in matches between eventual champion Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson, as well as the match between Jamie Jones and Ali Carter.

Plans are currently in place for an exciting new project to launch a new snooker website outlet, alongside one of our existing partners.

To assist with this development, the visit to the Crucible was vital to meet new people within the sport, network with existing snooker contacts and also check out how media coverage of snooker works behind the scenes.

The subscription channel added Championship rugby league to their portfolio ahead of the 2012 season, and continue to show the NRL exclusively live to UK fans.

The most popular part of their Championship coverage, heralded by both the fans and the RFL, has seen the video referee wired up, so that fans can hear the reasoning behind every decision which is sent upstairs by the on-field officials.

James Gordon from Love Rugby League said: “We loved the innovation shown by Premier Sports surrounding the video referee, and we were more than happy to get involved with sponsorship.

“It’s obvious to us that the people at Premier Sports love rugby league, and we look forward to seeing even more improvements and developments to their coverage moving forward.”

The Love Rugby League logo will appear alongside all video referee decisions, while a 30-second advert already appears regularly on the channel, courtesy of an existing partnership between the site and Premier Sports.

Richard Webb from Premier Sports said: “It is great to have the premier independent Rugby League website in the UK supporting our innovative coverage of the Championships. The investment they are making will go straight back into live games to improve further the viewer experience of video referee decisions.”

Love Rugby League is one of the leading rugby league websites in the UK, providing up to date news, views, stats and live scores from Super League, the Championships, the NRL and beyond.

Premier Sports broadcasts on the SKY platform, channel 433. This season they are showing over 200 games of Rugby League with 170 from the NRL and 32 from the English Championships. You can subscribe for all this action for only £7.99 per month at www.premiersports.tv or by calling 0871 663 9000.

Three students will start at the web, content and media company in May, taking part in a five week programme where they will receive training while working on a range of live projects, including the leading rugby league news website Love Rugby League.

It forms part of the course to spend time on placement, and the students will gain experience in tasks such as content generation, news article writing, web publishing, interviewing and research.

The foundations for the partnership have been built through JDG Media’s continuing commitment to networking within Warrington, and helping to improve the people and stakeholders of the town.

JDG Media Managing Director James Gordon said: “The time I spent on work placement during my own studies was invaluable, and the benefits I gained from that experience, I want to be able to share with current students to help their future careers.

“As a young and growing company, there is much potential for placement students to create opportunities for themselves, hopefully with the view to them joining the company at the end of their studies.

“If we can help add to a student’s skills and experience, whether it leads to them getting a job with us or elsewhere, then that is a positive for us.”

Professor Peter Harrop, Pro-Vice Chancellor at the Warrington Campus of the University of Chester said: “We are very pleased to work with JDG to expand our network of placement opportunities. Graduate prospects are very important to the University, and there is no doubt that these opportunities assist our students in developing their careers.”

A previous placement student, Rob Philbin, landed a copywriting job at the Latitude Group last summer, thanks in part to a spell on work placement at JDG Media. He had previously obtained a first class honours degree in Imaginative Writing.

He said: “Sports writing for JDG Media opened so many doors for me. It was the best decision of my life to get involved and now I’ve got the paid position I’ve always wanted.

“Working with JDG Media provided me with the opportunity to produce match-reports for the Liverpool Echo, interview top athletes from the British Basketball League and gain an infinite amount of social media experience.

“By combining my first class academic writing skills with JDG Media‘s high-profile contract work, I developed the ability to take on PR, article and advertorial requests from any industry.”

If you are interested in a work placement at JDG Media, visit www.jdgmedia.co.uk/careers

The new www.hunslethawks.co.uk website includes all the latest news and information from the Hawks, embedding its Youtube (Hawks TV) and social media channels, the official Supporters Trust website, and an online shop to buy tickets and merchandise.

The website utilises a custom-built admin system that was put together specifically to help sports clubs manage and update their own website efficiently and effectively.

Hawks director Gareth Evans said: “One of the main off field areas the new board wanted to improve at the club was our online and social activities. To bring us up to the level we are aspiring to, it meant we needed to revamp our existing website platform to align us with the rest of our fellow professional clubs. We believe, that with the new website, it will allow us to engage with our supporters, sponsors and partners more effectively, give them a superior browsing experience, and give the club a new professional impact online. I would like to thank James and the team for their support over the last 3 months which has enabled us to get to this stage.”

JDG Media Managing Director James Gordon said: “We are delighted to have had the opportunity to work with Hunslet. Their old website needed a bit of an upgrade, and we were more than happy to help. The system we have put together means it’s easy and affordable for any sports club to get a professional website that is easily updatable by anyone, be it them, us or a volunteer.

“As rugby league people, our priority is improving clubs for the better, and we look forward to this being the start of a long and successful working relationship with the Hunslet club.”

Warrington-based JDG Media offer a range of services to sports clubs, including their club website system, as well as social media management, website and matchday programme content, press releases, e-mail marketing and sports consultancy.

They own and operate the leading rugby league news website, www.loverugbyleague.com, and the site has sponsored Hunslet player Richard Blakeway for the 2012 season, as well as the recent Championship match against York City Knights.

Warrington Wizards currently compete in the Rugby League National 3, which is part of the third tier in the Rugby Football League’s four-tier pyramid structure. They are part of an elite group of community rugby league clubs that are required to meet high on and off field standards.

JDG Media have launched a new official website for the club at www.warringtonwizards.co.uk, taking advantage of our bespoke built sports club CMS.

We will also be managing the club’s new Facebook page and existing Twitter channel to help promote the club and increase brand awareness.

Our leading brand, www.loverugbyleague.com, will have its logo on the front of the Wizards playing jerseys throughout the 2012 season, where they will face teams such as Bristol Sonics, Bramley Buffaloes, Hemel Stags and South Wales Hornets.

Wizards Club Administrator Dave Whalley said: “This is a very exciting partnership that we have been able to secure and we are absolutely delighted. A lot of hard work has been done behind the scenes, especially by Paul Alcock, to secure this agreement and we look forward to increasing the exposure of the Wizards through the expertise that JDG Media have. We hope to have a long and very mutually beneficial relationship that will be the envy of many in the Rugby League world.”

JDG Media Managing Director James Gordon said: “As a company that is proud to have its roots in Warrington, we were keen to get involved with a local sports club, become part of the club and help them grow.

“We firmly believe that we can improve the Wizards stature within the town and beyond, as well as using the club as a way to try out fresh new ideas, as we continue to improve the services we offer.”

JDG Media will be covering all of the Wizards’ game at Wilderspool Stadium, the former home of Super League club Warrington Wolves. They will be providing exclusive content for the club’s website and social media channels, including match day updates on Twitter and Facebook so fans can keep up to date with everything that happens at the Wizards.

We are on the lookout for more professional and semi-professional sports clubs to work with, so if you are interested in us helping out for your club, please contact us.

The previous website has served its purpose perfectly in the first 18 months of the business’ existance, but the new site offers more in-depth information and clarity on the services we offer, as well as profiling the previous work we have done.

Each service is broken down and categorised, and browsing through our portfolio will enable you to filter out projects we have worked on per category – so if you want to see something we have done within social media, you can do.

Our blog will become more populated than ever, with announcements relating to client work, news from our clients and also some more tips for you, the user, relating to the industries we work in. We will also be presenting some more case studies, in the style of the LEGO rugby league video viral case study we produced a few months ago.

The revamped About section provides information about the business and the team, testimonials and details on how you can become involved with JDG Media, be it as a client, partner, freelancer or even employee.

It also gives you the opportunity to check out the businesses we currently or have previously worked with.

We want to make our business accessible and flexible for our clients and partners, and we welcome all user feedback and opinions on the site. If there’s anything more to add moving forward, we will do so!

Fans are able to get their hands on the limited edition Whitley Warriors and Durham Wasps replica shirts in the Legends shop.

Click here to find out more.

The new account @jdgmediateam will be operated by various members of the JDG team, letting you know what we’re up to in the office, any interesting client work or news, and details of networking events and meetings we attend.

Our Managing Director, James Gordon, can still be followed at @jdgmedia, which remains as his personal/business account.

Give both accounts a follow today!

Details of the opportunities are below. Both roles involve working on sport websites, so a knowledge of sport is preferable.

Front-end web developer/designer
We run a leading sports news website, which is powered by a bespoke content management system built using HTML, CSS, php and MySQL code on a Linux server. Over time, the site has developed considerably, both in its content and traffic going through the site.

While the back-end of the website is well structured and manipulates the data that we carry relatively well, its presentation and format on the front end of the website needs improvement.

Your tasks will be to freshen up the design to provide a polished, crisp and professional finish, as well as optimising the code to improve site speed.

This will be a temporary role while the project is completed, but may lead to further opportunities within the business. Preferably, work will be undertaken in our Warrington office.

Further details will be provided upon email. Please contact james@jdgmedia.co.uk.

Web graphic designer
We are also looking for a web graphic designer to assist with the creation of promotional and static graphics across our range of sport websites. In an ideal scenario, the candidate would be able to base themselves in our office for a short term period (e.g. a week), but there could also be scope for a long term arrangement (e.g. one day a week) depending on the quality of the work provided, and the volume of work required in the mid-term.

An interest in sport is preferable, and please include examples of your previous work when contacting us. Once again, email james@jdgmedia.co.uk.