Former World Snooker Champion and current World Number 6 Peter Ebdon is amongst the favourites to win the first Corporate Masters event to be held in the UAE – the inaugural Middle East Entrepreneurs Cup presented by Abu Dhabi Duty Free.
Ebdon appears as the guest of British property entrepreneur Danny Lubert of First Group, whose first UAE projects are both in Dubai Sports City – the presenting sponsors of the second event to be held at The Montgomerie a week later.
Both being highly competitive and with equal 17 handicaps they will be a tough act to beat in at the Troon-managed Abu Dhabi National Course this Wednesday.
Amongst the leading Emirati golfers playing the event is radio entrepreneur Mohamed Al Murad who plays off five partnered by the Nick Pomeroy, the Circulation Director of ITP who plays off two. Adel Zarouni (handicap 17) the Emirati Entrepreneur behind the Rivoli Group - a sponsor of the event – will also play with his partner James Norman (16). Hani Abdulnour (6), the Chairman of the Abu Dhabi National Catering Company, is playing with Emily Gordon whilst Abu Dhabi Golf Club Champion and leading entrepreneur, Alex Charwani, should also feature with his guest, William Low.
The Corporate Masters was established by Jamie Cunningham and the Professional Sports Group back in 2000 and now consists of 14 events across Europe plus a Grand Final. The event is designed to offer Chief Executives, Entrepreneurs and Senior Corporate Executives the chance to entertain a key client or potential client on the golf course whilst also providing ample opportunities to network with their peers.
The format is a betterball stableford in teams of two and the winning team from each event goes forward to the World Final, hosted by Jean Van de Velde, at the Algarve’s premier new golf development, Monte Rei this November.
The Middle East Entrepreneurs Cup presented by Abu Dhabi Duty Free will be followed by the Middle East Corporate Cup presented by Dubai Sports City, which is being held at The Montgomerie on May 23. The events are supported by Rivoli with additional category partners including African + Eastern, AME Info, DHL, ITP, Sporte Leisure, Titleist and Troon Golf.
Mohamed Mounib, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Duty Free, the presenting sponsors of the Middle East Entrepreneurs Cup, said: “It’s a great field of 50 teams, including some of the UAE’s leading entrepreneurs, and Wednesday is set to be a truly competitive event. I think that such is the quality of the golfers taking part any one of the teams can end up representing Abu Dhabi at the Corporate Masters World Final at Monte Rei in November.”
For further information, please contact Jamie Cunningham on 050 657 6927 or Beth Nutting 050 657 6225 at Professional Sports International.
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About Abu Dhabi Duty Free
Abu Dhabi Duty Free (ADDF) opened its doors in 1984 and has gone from strength to strength to become recognised as one of the world’s finest duty free operations, having already won several prestigious industry awards.
ADDF is not only known for its outstanding promotions, top quality stores and superior service but is also renowned for its innovative designs. Over the years ADDF’s various refurbishments, renovations and extensions have increased the retail space offering from just six shops to the current area of over 5,000 square meters
ADDF is famed for its exciting promotions, competitions and prize draws and the most popular of them all – The “Big Ticket” – enters into its 15th anniversary year in 2007. With a total prize fund of AED 1,500,000 (USD 407,830), tickets are available for only AED 500 (USD 136) and give the ticket holder 10 chances of winning.
For further information, please contact Andrew Chupeau, PR Manager, on +971 2 5757288.
About Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City (DSC), the cornerstone project of Dubailand, is a $3 billion, 50 million square feet mixed use metropolis which will be the world’s first integrated purpose-built sports city.
The development will be centered around four magnificent stadia:
• a 60,000 capacity multi-purpose outdoor stadium for football, rugby, track and field and other sports and non-sports events
• a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena suitable for all hard court sports as well as concerts and other events and also including a removable ice rink
• a 25,000 capacity dedicated cricket stadium
• a 5,000 seat field hockey stadium
In addition to the stadia, Dubai Sports City will feature a series of major sports academy facilities including:
• the first purpose-built Manchester United Soccer Schools anywhere in the world
• a David Lloyd Tennis Academy
• a Butch Harmon School of Golf, the first such facility outside the United States
• the International Cricket Council’s own ICC Global Cricket Academy
• top class multi-sport training facilities including gymnasium and a 50 metre swimming pool
• the WorldHockey Academy, a first of its kind partnership with the International Hockey Federation
• a world renowned sports rehabilitation centre
For further information, please contact Dubai Sports City PR Contact, Mohammad Shaban, at Wallis Marketing Consultants on +971 4 390 1950.
About Professional Sports International
Professional Sports International is the Middle East division of the UK based sports marketing group, Professional Sports (www.profsports.com). Professional Sports consists of three divisions: Representation (Sponsorships and Governing Bodies), Events and Consulting. In the UAE, PSI is retained by Etihad as its sole sponsorship consultant, manages Yasin Ali – the Asian Tour Player in the UAE and publishes Emirates Golf Magazine amongst other sports activities.
For further information, please contact Jamie Cunningham on 050 657 6927 or Beth Nutting 050 657 6225 at Professional Sports International.
