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MATCHROOM SPORT SIGN NEW DEAL WITH SKY SPORTS

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Date: Friday, April 05 2013 @ 22:09:34 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball



Matchroom Sport Limited
Mascalls
Mascalls Lane
Brentwood
Essex
England
CM14 5LJ
www.matchroomsport.com

Friday 5 April 2013


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FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT COVERS TEN DIFFERENT EVENTS

MATCHROOM SPORT is delighted to announce an exciting new five year agreement with Sky Sports to bring a variety of outstanding events to the world’s premier sports channel.

Commencing this year, the deal encompasses ten events in total producing nearly 200 hours of high quality programming per year up to the end of 2017.

The agreement is an extension of an ongoing relationship between the two organisations that goes back to 1991 and Sky Sports’ inaugural year.

Commented Matchroom Sport chairman Barry Hearn; "Our long-standing relationship with Sky Sports has been a vital ingredient in the Matchroom story over the years and we are very excited to be continuing it into the future.

“Without doubt, Sky Sports have always been the pioneer in sports TV with production values and levels of creativity that leave the competition in their wake.

“We are excited to be providing them with a variety of events in a variety of sports which showcase these sports to huge UK audiences.”

Events include the 20 year-old Mosconi Cup, the Ryder Cup of pool; the recently produced World Championship of Ping Pong which put old school table tennis back on the map; Fish’O’Mania, the nothing Cup of fishing which is now entering its 20th year, as well as the Fish’O’Mania International event.

Also included is the popular World Seniors Snooker Championship which sees legends of the baize compete once again; the PGA EuroPro Tour, the 15 event developmental golf tour that has produced some of today’s golfing superstars and the Weber Cup which pitches Europe and America’s finest tenpin bowlers in a Ryder Cup-style competition.

Other events include the World Pool Masters, pocket billiards oldest invitational event; the World Cup of Pool which sees 32 nations compete and FLW Outdoors Bass Fishing, the big-money US-based tournament fishing circuit.



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In addition, Matchroom Sport has exclusive long-term agreements in place with Sky Sports for major boxing promotions including the exciting Prizefighter series, as well as 50 days of top-rated PDC Darts tournaments each year.

All events are also available via Sky Go, which offers Sky customers access to live and on demand programmes and films from up to 43 channels on a wide range of internet-connected devices including laptops, smartphones, tablets and games consoles.

Luke Riches
Matchroom Sport


2013 PARTYPOKER,COM WORLD POOL MASTERS

Back in the UK for first time since 2005


THE 21st annual running of the PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters will take place from 25th to 27th October at the Metrodome in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. This represents the first time in eight years that one of pool’s longest running tournaments takes place in the UK.

In its 20 year history, the Masters spent the first ten years in Britain before moving to Holland for a four year spell, interrupted by a return to the UK in 2005 when Raj Hundal lifted the title in Doncaster, a few miles up the road from Barnsley.

The last five years have seen three Masters in Las Vegas, one in Manila and then Kielce, Poland last year where local man Karol Skowerski shocked some big names to lift the title.

Yorkshire is currently a hotbed of pool with the likes of Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Kelly Fisher and Chris Melling all hailing from the northern English county.

Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn, “We are delighted to be bringing the Masters back to the UK after a long spell away. After the huge sell-out successes of the Mosconi Cup in London in the past few years, I’m sure pool fans will be eager to support the Masters and we will be doing our best to bring the biggest names in world pool to Barnsley.”

The Masters will once again sport a $20,000 top prize, and the event will be produced by Matchroom Sport Television who will be making 15 x 1 hour programmes of the tournament for international syndication.

The 2013 PARTYPOKER.COM World Pool Masters is sponsored by PartyPoker.com, the world's leading online poker school. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis and the Official Balls are Super Aramith.









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