Sports Book Awards 08 - Sporting Lunches & Dinners

The National Sporting Club and the British Sports Book Awards are delighted to welcome our corporate sponsors for the 2008 awards. The 2008 Awards sponsors are as follows:

Overall the largest betting company in the UK and largest retail bookmaker in the world, Ladbrokes owns over 2,200 retail betting shops divided between the UK, Ireland and Belgium. It also operates several online gambling websites offering sports book, online poker and casino games.

The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the UK since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. For much of its history it has been regarded as Britain's newspaper of record and preserved in the British Library's newspaper library in that capacity.

Sky Sports is the dominant sport network on pay-television in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1990, sometimes playing a large role in inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the creation of the FA Premier League in 1992.

First bottled in 1999, Llanllyr Source is widely recognised as one of the most contemporary products on the market. The first Llanllyr bottle won many admirers and a prestigious world wide design award. Pulling together distinctive design and a cool refreshing spring water, Llanllyr water has rapidly become one of the premium waters on the market.

One of the leading book distributors in the UK, Littlehampton Book Services provides its publishers and customers with dynamic and service oriented, leading edge, IT and operational excellence. LBS' commitment and pro-active approach to operational service quality through its management information systems and hands-on management provide the No. 1 package in book distribution.

Established almost 200 years ago, Clays is now part of St Ives plc, Europe's leading print group. Clays Ltd is the UK's leading printer of monochrome books. With an unrivalled reputation for quality, service and innovation, Clays is the first choice supplier for leading publishing houses.