Sport
28 April, 2024
New CQU- Taipans contract
CENTRAL Queensland University (CQU) is continuing its 10-year support of the Taipans NBL club with a first.
It has agreed to an inaugural high-performance partnership which involves CQU sports science, allied health (physiotherapy) and psychology students working with Taipans players who in turn will benefit from student research and monitoring of their fitness, conditioning and recovery.
CQU vice-chancellor and president Professor Nick Klomp said the university’s relationship with the Taipans began more than 10 years ago and “we are excited to continue our longstanding partnership with the club”.
He said the new partnership, not only reflected the university’s commitment to the Taipans and the Cairns community, but also to fostering high-performance and excellence in sports sciences and research.
Taipans CEO Mark Beecroft said CQU had been an integral partner to the club for over a decade “and we are so pleased to see our partnership evolve into this next phase”.
A CQU spokeswoman said the high-performance partnership was the university’s new and only sponsorship and the financial agreement was “commercial-in-confidence”.
A Taipans spokeswoman said CQU had relinquished the naming rights of the club but she would not disclose whether a new naming rights sponsor was being negotiated.
