Bank Of Beijing To Sponsor China Open

The world ranking tournament runs from March 28 to April 3 and will be known as the Bank of Beijing 2011 World Snooker China Open.

Staged at the Beijing Student University Stadium, the event will see Mark Williams defending his title against the world's top players, including home favourite Ding Junhui.

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: "Our thanks go to the Bank of Beijing for showing their support of snooker by sponsoring this highly prestigious tournament. Our gratitude also goes to the China Billiards and Snooker Association and promoter International Sports Limited for their outstanding work in the delivery of this event.

"The growth of snooker in China continues apace - evident in the recent Masters final when Ding played Hong Kong's Marco Fu. We look ahead to another step forward for our sport in China with what is sure to be a superb event later this month."

Witz78 wrote:old news this :

was hoping the Bookies of Beijing were sponsors of this instead.

SnookerFan wrote:

Witz78 wrote:old news this :

was hoping the Bookies of Beijing were sponsors of this instead.

I know. All this branching out they do to other industries they do. It's a bucking disgrace.

SnookerFan wrote:You would think some kind of beer, or snacks company would get involved, wouldn't you?

The reason so many betting companies sponsor, is because you might go out and have a bet in between sessions. You may also buy beer, or crsips or whatever too. You're unlikely to buy fine quality watches or insurance from Saga are you?

Smart wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:You would think some kind of beer, or snacks company would get involved, wouldn't you?

The reason so many betting companies sponsor, is because you might go out and have a bet in between sessions. You may also buy beer, or crsips or whatever too. You're unlikely to buy fine quality watches or insurance from Saga are you?

Tesco/ASDA hatah

You might pop to Tescos or ASDA if you saw them advertised in the venue...........................

SnookerFan wrote:Ladbrookes are pretty mainstream.

And believe it or not, I thought Pukka Pies were an excellent sponsor. They had a real presence at the venue. You could buy the pies there, they were advertised all over the venue, and they had the Pukka Pies band turn up when we were queueing up to get in. Mark King had a go on the drums and everything.

What with Ding winning his body weight in pies, I thought their input as a sponsor was excellent.

Steve K wrote:I really like the sponsors that the Chinese get for theirevents. The Shanghai Masters is and has been sponsered for a while by Roewe which is a car company and the last year the China Open was sponsered by Sanyuan Foods and now the bank this year its a nice variety.

Hopefully in a few years we will be able to get some top-class sponsors for our events because at the moment the only "mainstream" name probably is Betfred and it would be nice to get away from bookies if possible due to all the scandals of recent years.

Wild wrote:

Steve K wrote:I really like the sponsors that the Chinese get for theirevents. The Shanghai Masters is and has been sponsered for a while by Roewe which is a car company and the last year the China Open was sponsered by Sanyuan Foods and now the bank this year its a nice variety.

Hopefully in a few years we will be able to get some top-class sponsors for our events because at the moment the only "mainstream" name probably is Betfred and it would be nice to get away from bookies if possible due to all the scandals of recent years.

yes but whats encouraraging is that bookies want to be involved with snooker after players are acused of scamming them lol