Campaigners Call for Wimbledon To CANCEL Range Rover Sponsorship Deal
Anti-SUV projects have required Wimbledon's organisers to stop shuttling tennis gamers and their entourages around London in Range Rovers and rather require the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Emma Raducanu to take television or a bus to travel to and from Centre Court.
In an open letter sent to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) today, the SUV Alliance required the immediate termination of its 10-year collaboration with the British car maker and for it to motivate gamers to utilize 'London's world-renowned public transportation network'.
The letter states 'harmful supersized' Range Rover hybrid SUVs deployed for tennis pros during the competitors pose a 'substantial threat for children, pedestrians and bicyclists' in the capital.
The group - in a different statement - linked its concerns to the death of two eight-year old-girls, Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, who were killed outside their primary school in July 2023 just streets far from where the Championships were occurring at the time.
Claire Freemantle, 48, crashed her Land Rover Defender into a crowd collected for an end-of-term tea ceremony at the close-by The Study Preparatory School, costing the lives of the two kids and hurting 10 others. Medical assessment had actually initially shown that she had actually suffered an epileptic seizure, leading to the loss of control of the ₤ 80,000 automobile and was not charged. However, Freemantle was rearrested in January on suspicion of causing death by harmful driving, with a full investigation ongoing.
The AELTC today reacted to the letter, saying it requires bigger automobiles to carry players, their entourages and their 'substantial travel luggage, set bags, equipment, and racquets'.
Anti-SUV projects have required Wimbledon's organisers to stop shuttling tennis gamers and their entourages around London in Range Rovers and rather require the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Emma Raducanu to take television or a bus to travel to and from Centre Court.
In an open letter sent to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) today, the SUV Alliance required the immediate termination of its 10-year collaboration with the British car maker and for it to motivate gamers to utilize 'London's world-renowned public transportation network'.
The letter states 'harmful supersized' Range Rover hybrid SUVs deployed for tennis pros during the competitors pose a 'substantial threat for children, pedestrians and bicyclists' in the capital.
The group - in a different statement - linked its concerns to the death of two eight-year old-girls, Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, who were killed outside their primary school in July 2023 just streets far from where the Championships were occurring at the time.
Claire Freemantle, 48, crashed her Land Rover Defender into a crowd collected for an end-of-term tea ceremony at the close-by The Study Preparatory School, costing the lives of the two kids and hurting 10 others. Medical assessment had actually initially shown that she had actually suffered an epileptic seizure, leading to the loss of control of the ₤ 80,000 automobile and was not charged. However, Freemantle was rearrested in January on suspicion of causing death by harmful driving, with a full investigation ongoing.
The AELTC today reacted to the letter, saying it requires bigger automobiles to carry players, their entourages and their 'substantial travel luggage, set bags, equipment, and racquets'.