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Matchplay Championships, Egypt |
| Posted by SGTV Productions (sgtv) on May 24 2009 at 12:00 AM |
SGTV Productions were contracted to film the Matchplay Championships at the Marriott Taba Heights Golf Resort in Egypt.
The lucky finalists landing a weeks free holiday at the resort with 3 days of golf to decide the 2009 Matchplay Grand Champion.
Specialist golf producers Clayton Lucas and Adam Phillips 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 (Library footage now availalble).
The programme will feature highlights action from all three rounds at the spectacular golf venue. Organising sponsors were included in every step of the production, with JRW's John Woosey, Paul 'Norm' Wilson and Colin Whitehead all contributing to the programme. 
Once the competition was over and the competitors were relaxing SGTV Productions were afforded the opportunity to film away from the course capturing the magic of Egypt.
You can watch the programme on Sky Sports in June and if you think you could be the next Matchplay Championship winner then visit www.matchplaychampionship.co.uk. Closing date for entries is the 30th of June 09.
Sky Sports programme schedule:
22/06/09
21:00 - 23.00 - Sky Sports 3
02:00 - 04.00 - Sky Sports Xtra
23/06/09
11:00 - 13.00 - Sky Sports 2
23/06/09
15:00 - 17.00 - Sky Sports 3
23/06/09
7.00 - 09.00 - Sky Sports 3