A gamified experiential activation that turned a sponsorship opportunity into something athletics fans actually wanted to be part of.
2,600+
Fans participation over two-day event
Turning athletics fans into champions with Novuna experiential brand activation.
Novuna is a modern financial services brand with a big ambition: to power progress for people and businesses across the UK. For 2026, Rocket Sports appointed us as their experiential activation partner to turn Novuna's British Athletics sponsorship into a distinctive, repeatable brand platform and content engine across channels.
The brief was to create a bold, memorable activation that would cut through at major athletics events and build stronger brand memory for Novuna. The answer was Novuna Champions, a gamified, high energy zone built around running, jumping and throwing, inviting fans to test themselves in a way that was fun, social and unmistakably Novuna.
The debut at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham delivered over 2,600 fan participations across the weekend, with many returning for multiple attempts, strong athlete advocacy and overwhelmingly positive sentiment on the ground.