The Middle East’s fastest growing indoor game is getting a major boost during the region’s biggest interiors event taking place at Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre.
Dozens of visitors – including members of the United Arab Emirates national team – have been competing in a week-long eight ball tournament with the first prize of a championship standard pool table valued at $5,500.
“We are sponsoring the World Eight-ball Championships, which will be held in the UAE for the next five years, and we are at INDEX to raise awareness of the game,” said Oswald Behram, Marketing Manager for Knight Shot, a Dubai-based pool table and accessories company, co-organising the event with Max Interiors.
More than 120 people entered the competition with members of the UAE national pool team on hand to give advice. “There is no doubt that pool is taking on in a big way in the region as it one of the few games that can be played indoors,” he added. “It is the fastest-growing indoor game in the region.”
The World Eight-ball Championship – with a prize pot of $235,000 – take place in Fujairah in April next year
Knight Shot’s championship pool and billiard tables assembled in Dubai are truly international using slate from Italy, cloth from Spain and the UK, and wood from Malaysia and Taiwan.
Sponsors of the INDEX tournament include GBS Holding, Knight Shot and Max Interiors along with cue makers Poison, Predator and the Sino Chai restaurant, with runners up prizes including a $3,400 billiard table, cues and vouchers.
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The world's major suppliers of furniture, fixtures and fittings are taking part in INDEX. Nearly 1800 companies from 60 countries are exhibiting in this year’s event, which closes today (Sunday 7 December 2008). The show is open to the general public after 5 pm for an entrance fee of AED 50.
About dmg
INDEX is organised by dmg World Media Dubai, an acknowledged leader in the region’s exhibitions industry since 1999. dmg’s portfolio includes some of the largest exhibitions in the Middle East – The Big 5, Index and ADIPEC are all recognised internationally as the most important events for construction, contract interior design and the oil and gas sector in the region and have developed a rapidly growing portfolio of vertical market shows including The Hotel Show, The Office Exhibition, InRetail, The Facilities Management Show, Big 5 PMV and GulfBid.
dmg World Media Dubai Limited is a division of dmg World Media - an international exhibition and publishing company that produces more than 350 market-leading trade exhibitions, consumer shows and fairs each year. Employing more than 700 people, dmg World Media maintains a worldwide presence through more than 30 offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
dmg World Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail & General Trust plc (DMGT), one of the most successful international media companies in the United Kingdom and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
