SGTV Productions recently went with the Matchplay Championships to Taba Heights in Egypt to film the Grand Finals of the mens and mixed pairs competition.

The lucky finalists landing a weeks free holiday at the resort with 3 days of golf to decide the 2009 Matchplay Grand Champion.

Clayton and Adam along with their team of expert golf cameramen followed the action during the course of the event as well as venturing to Cairo to film the Pyramids, the ancient art of papyrus paper making and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo, home to King Tutenkhamun’s treasures.

Both Adam and Clayton were kept busy all week making sure the required footage was captured, including interviews with the clients, John Woosey and his partner Norm. Colin Whitehead of Rewards for Golf , the Mayor of Taba Tarek Rihan , the Resort manager Jan Heesbeen and golf Pro James Shippey as well as all the competitors.

Adam also found time along with camera man Chris Flint, to find and film the family of falcons living in the mountains around the stunning Taba height golf course.

It was not all work, work, work though. Two days were given over at the end of the tournament to relax and enjoy the resort. Clayton experienced snorkeling for the first time and commented that it was like swimming in an aquarium. Never had he seen so many fish in such close proximity. Adam’s main goal was to get rid of his editor’s tan in favour of a bronzed look. In the end he settled on off white!!

If you fancy being the next matchplay Championships Grand Champion then visit www.matchplaychampionship.co.uk. Closing date for entries is end of June 09

The programme is first on SKY SPORTS 3 on 22nd June 2009 at 21:00
 

National league volleyball team SGTV Solent, have been promoted to division two after remaining unbeaten all season.

The team, which have been sponsored by SGTV since 2005, won all of their 16 matches this season against fierce opposition from teams such as City of Bristol and RAF Harriers.

Star players on the team include Simon Golding, former Great Britain beach volleyball coach, Clayton Lucas, former Great Britain player, and Adam Phillips from the SGTV production team.

Simon Golding, Managing Director of SGTV and one of Eurosport's leading commentators, has been in Val D'Isere for the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

This is Simon's second year as Eurosport's alpine skiing commentator and this year he is also following all the world cup races through Europe, USA, Japan and Canada.

Tune in to the alpine skiing on Eurosport for Simon's latest commentary.

Broadcast on SKY sports, the Trilby Tour has been hailed as "the best golf programme ever seen" by a number of viewers, and this year's show promises to be even better.

This is a unique event in the golfing calendar with a winner takes all format. There's a huge cash prize purse on offer, but more importantly there's a pro player contract to be won. Each year the Trilby Tour gives one aspiring golfer a genuine opportunity to make it as a pro.
The Amateur Final takes place on 13th July at The London Golf Club and the Professional Final takes place at The Buckinghamshire on 27th July.
For more information, or to enter, visit www.williamhunttrilbytour.com.

Check out the SGTV Productions catalogue of HD footage in our Vision Library. All licenses are available to buy just by contacting us for a quote.

Although we specialise in Sports Production you will be pleasantly surprised at the range of footage we have in our Library, everything from the Angus Countryside in Scotland to The Red Arrows. Feel free to browse through the 10 titles we have made available online.

All footage can be tailor made for your needs and can be produced in 1080i fully HD.

Clayton Lucas recently attended the FIVB World Championships Round 1 in Sheffield to produce the Great Britain Men’s and Women’s volleyball matches for distribution to Sky Sports and Channel 4.

Whilst there, Clayton was asked to give an insight into the sport and his expert opinion on the GB teams chances during the tournament.
Appearing in vision, Clayton talked with Olympic 400m silver medalist Iwan Thomas, who was presenting 4sports “Road to 2012”.

It was a great experience for Clayton to talk into the camera instead of being behind it, also it was an honour to meet Iwan and see his passion and enthusiasm for the sport of volleyball and indeed any sport that involves GB.