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It gives us great pleasure to announce that Keith Atkinson, the 11-time British Formula windsurfing champion & former BBC Sports Personality of the Year, has signed with KENNETT to become the latest Sports Ambassador for the watch brand. The 28 year-old joins golfer Chris Hanson and a number of racing drivers in what is now a substantial group of talented UK-based sportsmen who will be representing the KENNETT brand.  

Tom Kennett, founder of the Kennett brand, said of the deal: “To have a presence in golf, motorsport and now windsurfing is a great reflection of how the brand has grown and gives a great representation of the diversity and quality of our products. Keith’s record in the sport is outstanding; to be a British champion in your field just once is impressive, but to have eleven titles to your name is almost unheard of. We now have a great stock of champion sportsmen in our ranks and I look forward to Keith, and all of our ambassadors, adding many more titles to their names with KENNETT alongside them,” said Tom.  

Atkinson was pleased to be working with the brand: “I have long admired the KENNETT brand as I feel we share a passion for outdoor, high-intensity sports which is what I live and breathe for. I have a number of exciting competitions in the calendar this year and cannot wait to expose the brand to the rapidly expanding sports of Formula windsurfing. I look forward to sharing many years of success with KENNETT,” Atkinson said.

To find out more information on Keith’s stellar windsurfing career, please visit: http://www.keithatkinson.com/Windsurfing_-_home/Windsurfing_-_home.html

Tom Sharp, the runaway championship leader in the Ginetta GT Championship has recently partnered with Kennett, a designer of original cufflinks, watches and unique accessories.

“It’s great to know people believe I’m worth investing in and have faith in me to succeed in the championship and I will be proud to be wearing a Kennett watch for the rest of the season. Recently my racing career is going from strength to strength with new sponsors, being awarded a BRDC Rising Star and winning 8 out of 9 races so far. With this Kennett watch partnership I hope to continue to have great success in the near future,” explained Sharp.

The collaboration between Tom Sharp and Kennett will not only provide the perfect platform to promote the company’s expanding range but also help establish their brand through the association with this high profile sport.

“Tom has raced to a huge early lead in the Ginetta Championship, underlining his quality as a driver. We are delighted to be working with such a huge talent and take this chance to wish him all the best for the rest of the season,” commented the young entrepreneur Tom Kennett.

Tom Sharp will now turn his attention to rounds 10 and 11 of the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup at Oulton Park, where he will be hoping to increase his lead in the championship and gain added publicity for all of his sponsors.

It gives us great pleasure to announce a continuation and expansion of our partnership with European Challenge Tour golfer, Chris Hanson, which began last year. Chris took the Europro Tour by storm in 2011, winning three times and taking the Order of Merit title by over seven thousand pounds.

Throughout 2012, Chris will be travelling the world wearing Kennett watches on his wrist on numerous continents at various different tournaments, making him a fully global ambassador.

On the deal, Chris said: "It is fantastic to be associated with such an exciting brand who really do have the passion and desire to succeed in such a competitive market. I’m a huge fan of their products and it is fair to say the KENNETT brand sits comfortably in the aspirational golf environment."

Tom Kennett, founder of the Kennett brand, was equally pleased: "Signing Chris as a full ambassador for the brand completes a brilliant week for KENNETT and reaffirms what an exciting period this is for the company at present. We now have a presence in golf and motorsport as our list of sports ambassadors goes from strength to strength. We at KENNETT look forward to building a strong relationship with Chris and wish him all the best for the coming season"

To keep in touch with news on the remainder of Chris’s season, follow him on Twitter @hansonprogolf and like the KENNETT Sports page on Facebook.

We are delighted to announce that British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) driver, Frank Wrathall, has become the latest high-profile KENNETT Sports Ambassador. Wrathall joins fellow drivers Jake Cook and Tom Ingram in a burgeoning group of talented UK-based sportsmen who will be representing the KENNETT brand.  

Wrathall was buoyant on the news of this new partnership: “I am a huge fan of the KENNETT watches and really like how ambitious the brand is to grow across the world and become a major player in their industry. Their aspirations resonate with me as I continue to work up the racing ladder and strive to improve season-on-season. I hope to share many successes with KENNETT over the course of my career,” Wrathall said.

Speaking about the acquisition of Wrathall to the list of KENNETT Sports Ambassadors, Tom Kennett, founder of the Kennett brand, said: “Frank is hugely talented and has a number of impressive accolades to his name, particularly his Ginetta G50 Championship win and subsequent membership of the BRDC rising stars. He is a real leader and trend setter amongst his peers; just the kind of individual we want to associate the KENNETT brand with,” said Tom.   

To read more about Frank’s impressive racing career, please visit: http://frankwrathall.co.uk/about.cfm

On the back of his opening round success in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain, Jake Cook is pleased to announce a new partnership with Kennett watches.

Jake will be acting as ambassador for the Kennett name, as he strives to continue his strong start to his 2012 campaign. “It’s fantastic to get involved with the Kennett Brand. To be an ambassador is a role I’m honoured to fulfil,” Jake said.

Speaking on behalf of this new partnership, Tom Kennett, founder of the Kennett brand said: “Everything Jake does is of the highest quality, both on and off the track. He's made a great start to the Formula Ford Championship and we are hopeful he will still be at the top of the pile come the end of the season.

“He carries himself well with the media and shares Kennett's commitment to precision and accuracy in his driving, making him a great ambassador for the brand. We wish him the best of luck for the season and hope to play a big part in realising his Formula One dream," he added.

Jake’s next round of the 2012 season takes place at Brands Hatch during the 18^th-20^th May. 

In a sport in which results are invariably determined by split-second precision and minute gaps on the timing screens, Tom Ingram’s newest sponsor should come in ‘handy’ indeed – as the talented High Wycombe-based speed demon has been appointed a brand ambassador for up-and-coming watchmaker Kennett.

Founded and run by young entrepreneur Tom Kennett, in an effort to further broaden its burgeoning popularity and appeal, the ambitious and eponymously-named timepiece company is branching out into the sporting sector.

Kennett has targeted the realms of motor racing, golf and polo amongst other high-end disciplines – and having been impressed by Ingram’s title-winning prowess in both the Ginetta G50 Cup and Ginetta Junior Championship in recent years, the 18-year-old MSA Academy member was an obvious choice to help propel the business into the fast lane.

“To be selected as an ambassador for Kennett is both a tremendous honour and a huge opportunity for me,” enthused the former British Karting Champion, already a winner in his JHR Developments-run Ginetta G55 in the ITV4-televised, British Touring Car Championship-supporting Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup this season.

“Kennett is a relatively new company, but also one that is proving to be extremely successful, and I’ll be proud to be wearing one of their watches on my wrist. Hopefully, we can help to raise each other’s profile and go on to enjoy a long-term relationship together.”

“It is great to have Tom Ingram as an ambassador for the Kennett brand,” concurred Tom Kennett. “His passion for motorsport and other outdoor, high-thrills pursuits is a great fit with our brand. On the track, he has been a serial champion throughout his career and has been rightly rewarded a British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Rising Star. We think he has the potential to go right to the top of the racing ladder, and we look forward to getting behind him every step of the way.”

You can follow Tom on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomingram80 and keep up-to-date with his latest career news and results at www.tom-ingram.com

To view Kennett’s full selection of watches, please visit www.kennettonline.com

KENNETT, One of Britain’s fastest growing lifestyle brands have launched their first watch model for the female market; The Lady Savro Chronograph.

The Kennett Lady Savro Chronograph launches officially this weekend and takes inspiration from the increasing success of the KENNETT Savro watch series; initially only envisaged and released in a male size.

The new ladies model has been scaled down in diameter from a 43.5 MM male size to 34mm to better suit the female wrist and is constructed with a Rose Gold 316 stainless steel case, encapsulating a high grade white mother of pearl dial adorned with Swarovski elements. Driving the watch is a Miyota Chronograph movement – as used in the rest of the existing Kennett fashion watch collections.

“I launched my brand thinking that we would just cater for the male market however we have been increasingly told by the female partners of our male customers that KENNETT watches were wanted in female varieties and in particular a smaller, feminine version of the Savro watch would be very well appreciated. After several months of development we are really pleased with the result of our first ladies model and excited to see how the Lady Savro performs for us – the initial reaction has been tremendous!”

With high ambitions, the Lady Savro will be first of several new models to be released by KENNETT, with one new design due to be launched for female sector each quarter of this year. Developments will include a luxurious ceramic model and a female version of their highly popular Altitude model – currently only available in a larger case.

KENNETT have increasing export sales in over 10 countries and recently started selling online in the UK via ASOS.com. The brand was started by 26 year old Scottish Entrepeneur; Tom Kennett in 2009 and has so far attracted a great deal of celebrity following from the likes of Gerard Butler, Ashley Walters, Iain Wright, Nick Cannon, Scott Maslen.

The female range is set to attract the eye of a number of female stars too – with Alesha Dixon – judge on this year’s Britain’s Got Talent being first female celebrity to have a KENNETT Watch – “We heard from Alesha’s stylist on Twitter last night that she loves her KENNETT Lady Savro watch and we are very pleased to have Alesha as one of our first female celebrity followers.”

The Lady Savro watches are available as chronographs in Rose Gold case and have leather straps in white, brown and black. They have mid sized cases and RRPs upwards of £270.

Today we are delighted to announce a strategic partnership agreement with sports marketing and sponsorship specialists, Williams Harfield Sports Group. WHSG will be planning and implementing a broad reaching sports sponsorship strategy for the Kennett brand, which will include activity within motorsport, golf and other high profile sports.

Tom Kennett, founder of the Kennett brand, said of the agreement: “We are extremely excited to be working with WHSG and feel they can play a major role in continuing the growth of the Kennett brand both in the UK and across the world in our other key territories. The sports market has long been of interest to us as there is such a high level of brand loyalty amongst fans and the high-achieving athletes themselves are such a great fit with our brand, making them ideal Kennett ambassadors. We will use this push into the sports market to promote the synergies between our brand values and the aspirational lifestyles of sportsmen and women, and also the importance of precision and timing which are synonymous with sports such as golf and also the quality of our watchmaking. WHSG have a wealth of expertise in the sports sponsorship sector so we very much look forward to developing this relationship over the coming months with them and we are hugely excited by its potential.”

Joe Williams, Director of Sponsorship for WHSG, said: “It is great to be working with such an ambitious and forward thinking brand as Kennett at this stage of their company development. With so many obvious synergies between the brand and the sports sector, we are confident that we can initiate a marked swell in brand awareness and sales in the coming months.”