The last two weekends I have made the trip to Club 147 in Leicester. Probably the best pool club in the country with a management team fit for promoting pool and with it their own business.
Both weekends featured live broadcasts, the first on Cuesport TV and the second on new channel American Pool TV.
On both occassions I was on hand, with my wife, to broadcast two different challenge match evenings. This is something we have been banging on about in the UK for some time. We have, without doubt, got the best pool players in the world at this time. It was great to see both Darkside Promotions and Tonic Promotions creating these nights of entertainment.
There was a lot of similarity between the two promotions, the undercard matches were 9-ball featuring players from the lower ranks in the UK and the feature matches were both 10-ball.
I think the real success here in my eyes is that finally we produced a stream of quality, as ever there is work to do to improve, but the response from viewers has been excellent.
10-ball does seem to drag on a bit though, 3am and 5am finishes, I kid you not.
There needs to be more of these events but we as a company need to further promote the events long in advance. I would also say that there is a call to shorten the races.
The matches from both of the events mentioned will all be available on the channel shortly so keep checking back.
