Sports Partners - where good sports meet

Keeping up your favourite sport or exercise regime can be hard if you move to a new town – or travel for work or pleasure – but a great new Aussie website is taking the guess work out of finding a team or exercise partner.

Sportspartners.com.au is a fun site where people in Australia and all over the world can find each other for sports, hobbies or travel.

It’s for teams looking for players, players looking for teams and even individuals who want a running mate or gym partner.

Its simple postcode search function – and the fact it is completely free to register and to link up with like-minded sports people - makes it the perfect solution for those who want to keep healthy and fit while on the road, or moving town.

Founder and site manager Michael Vincent, had the inspiration to form Sports Partners during his many hours of travelling for his own work. So he knows from experience how hard it is to keep up with your sports or hobby while on the road.

“I had the idea to create a website – but no-idea where to start,” he said.

“I bought a bunch of second hand books off the internet (some might say ironically, or not) and began reading up on small business and internet marketing and the like.

“The website had to be in an area of interest that I would enjoy - I didn’t want it to be a labour of hate.

“With this in mind, I kept coming back to sport. Ever since I was a young child, I have always enjoyed playing sport, watching sport and reading about sport.

“After 6 months of dreaming (literally at times) up online business ideas I finally thought of something that had some potential, and more importantly hadn’t been monopolised yet, and Sports Partners was born.”

Just over 18 months later, SportsPartners.com.au enjoys 3000 individual visitors each month and has more than 2000 registered users – and these numbers are growing.

For more information, go to www.sportspartners.com.au or email admin@sportspartners.com.au