It is very nearly upon me, for the second year in a row I will be making the journey to the Irish sea where I will find the Isle of Man.
Last year the Villa Marina venue, in Douglas, hosted the Isle of Man Festival of Pool, this year it goes one better with the EBA European Blackball Championships being hosted in the magnificently refurbished venue.
Watch our short promo video here to get a feel for the place: European Blackball Championships 2009.
Last year we simply provided a basic live stream, this year will be so much better with much more interaction with our viewers. It is planned to shoot and edit a number of short ‘diary’ videos to be uploaded each day, so if you miss the live stream you can still catch up with some of the action. In addition, there will be multiple camera’s, live scoring, commentary and also competitions. Look out for the Cuesport TV promo girl, Emma, who will be doing the rounds selling subscriptions and competition entries.
The first day will be completely free to watch, subsequent days will only be available as part of a Cuesport TV subscription, due to the contract with Sky Sports we do not know until the actual day whether we will be able to stream the finals live, we hope we can!
Look out for a special subscription promotion as well which will tie in with the work Emma is doing for us.
