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The London Cup TESTIMONIALS

The London Cup 2016 is an international Men’s, Women’s “The London Cup is the strongest tournament in the UK
and Para Table Tennis invitational featuring the world’s featuring the best players from Great Britain and strong
best players. international competition” LONDON TABLE TENNIS LONDON TABLE TENNIS

Danny Reed, 2014 Commonwealth Games,

It is a unique and visionary event offering equal prize
Team England Men’s Silver
funds for Men, Women and Para players.

Established in 2012 as the Heritage Oil Cup, the event is “I thoroughly enjoyed playing in the London Cup
renamed the London Cup from 2016 and offers one of the (Heritage Oil Cup). The organisers did a brilliant job!
biggest prize funds in Table Tennis attracting the world’s Much appreciated. Hope to be there again next year!!
best players. Gavin Maguire Ireland No.2

The event was televised on BT Sport in 2014 and previous “The London Cup brings the excitement back in UK Table
winners have included current Men’s Champion from Tennis. Having the chance to play foreign opponents
Slovakia, Lubo Pistej and Women’s Champion from makes it so unique”
Monaco, Xiao Xin Yang in 2015. Ryan Jenkins, Table Tennis Wales
TIMING 26th & 27th November 2016 “The London Cup brings the highest standard players
VENUE Copper Box Arena, Olympic Park over to Britain raising the level of the British players.
Definitely the most professional event in the UK.”
COMPETITIONS Individual - Men, Women & Para Class 7 Charlotte Carey, Welsh No.1
PLAYERS 24 x Men, 12 x Women, 6 x Para Class 7
“The London Cup will inspire the
FORMAT MEN - 24 players: 8 Groups x 3 players top British players to perform at
Top player to progress to Quarters the very highest level, compete
WOMEN – 12: 4 groups x 3 players – against the worlds’ best players
Top player to progress to Semis. & inspire the younger generation
PARA - 6 players: 2 Groups 3 players – to practice hard for the future!
Top 2 progress to Final The London Cup will ensure
TV Global TV audience of 100 million top British players are as hungry
extending to China, Singapore, Brazil, as ever to practice with quality,
Japan and India intelligence and perform at the
peak of their game!”
PRIZE MONEY £179,000 Gavin Rumgay, Scotland No.1
MEN: Winner- £25k; Runner-up - £10k;
Semi-finalist £5k x 2; Quarter finalist
£3k x 4; 2nd in group £2k x 8; 3rd in
group £1k x 8
WOMEN: Winner - £25k; Runner up -
£10k; Semi-finalists £5k x 2; Group
stage: 2nd in group £2k x 4, 3rd in
group £1k x 4
PARA CLASS 7: Winner - £25k;
Runner up - £10k; Group stage:
2nd group £2k x 2, 3rd in group £1k x 2

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The London Cup – Men

The UK’s and world’s best players lining up for The London Cup could include:

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2014 Commonwealth Games

Mixed Doubles Gold Medal
Paul Drinkhall (age 25), 2014 Commonwealth Games
England No.1 Team Silver Medal
Spanish World Pro Tour Senior Winner 2014
Heritage Oil Cup runner-up 2015

2014 Commonwealth Games

Mixed Doubles Silver Medal
Liam Pitchford (age 22),
2014 Commonwealth Games
England No. 2
Team Silver Medal
Heritage Oil Cup winner 2013

Timo Boll (age 34), Highest World Ranking – 1

Germany No. 1 Current World Ranking – 7

Vladamir Samsanov (age 39), Current World Ranking – 8

Belarus Highest World Ranking - 1

World Pro Tour Finals winner 2014

Jun Mizutani (age 26),
Current World Ranking – 5
Japan
Highest World Ranking - 5

Zhang Jike (age 27), Current World Ranking - 4

China Highest World Ranking - 1

Ma Long (age 27),

Current World Ranking - 1
China

Other players could include: Sam Walker, England No.3; Danny Reed, England No.4;
Gavin Rumgay, Scotland No.1; Ryan Jenkins, Welsh No.1; Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany;
Gao Ning, Singapore; Tiago Apolonia, Portugal; Li Ping, Qatar; Quadri Aruna, Nigeria;
Omar Assar, Egypt; Alexander Shibaev, Russia; Wang Hao, China; Hao Shuai, China;
Chen Qi, China; Wang Liqin, China; Gionis, Greece; and Ma Lin, China.

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The London Cup – Women

The UK’s and world’s best players lining up for The London Cup could include:

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England No.2
2014 Commonwealth Games
Kelly Sibley (age 27), England
Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal
Heritage Oil Cup runner-up 2014

England No.1
2014 Commonwealth Games
Joanna Drinkhall (age 27), England
Mixed Doubles Gold Medal
Heritage Oil Cup winner 2013

England No. 3, 2014

Tin Tin Ho (age 16), England Commonwealth Games
Mixed Doubles Silver Medal

Charlotte Carey (age 19), Wales Wales No.1

Ding Ning (age 25), China Current World Ranking - 1

Liu Shiwen (age 24), China Current World Ranking - 2

Other players could include:

Ai Fukuhara, Japan;
Elizabeta Samara, Romania;
Georgina Pota, Hungary;
Xiao Xin Yang, Monaco;
Feng Tianwei, Singapore;
and Petra Lovas, Hungary.

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The London Cup – Para Class 7

Offering the biggest prize fund in any international disabled sports competition – even higher than Wimbledon!
The London Cup Para Class 7 will comprise six players.
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The competition will be run under the auspices of the British Table Tennis Association for People With Disabilities.

The event is an invitational only with the best players in the world being invited to compete.

They include:

WILL BAYLEY, 27, – UNITED KINGDOM

Will Bayley is current World Champion Para Class 7 and won Silver at London 2012
Paralympics. In 2011, he was voted the European Players’ Player of the Year and in
2012 he achieved the world number one ranking. Bayley was born with arthrogryposis,
which affects all four of his limbs. At the age of seven he was diagnosed with cancer,
during his recovery he began playing Table Tennis after his grandmother bought
him his first table.

BILLY SHILTON, 17, UNITED KINGDOM

Billy Shilton is a showing his best form to date having recently beat
China’s number 1 player in Para Class 7 event and will be a likely
member of Team GB Paralympic in Rio 2016. In 2015 he took Gold
at the Slovenia Open and Silver at the German Open in the Men’s
Class 7 Team events.

These players will be joined by four others from around the world.
Names are yet to be finalised, but include players from China,
Germany, Belgium and the Ukraine.

Other players could include:

PLAYER RECENT FORM

Jochen Wollmert, Germany
Maxym Nikolenko, Ukraine
Mykhaylo Popov, Ukraine
Ben Despineux, Belgium
Torsten Schwinn, Germany
Gold Medallist, London 2012 Paralympics Class 7
Ukraine’s No. 1 Para Table Tennis Player
Silver Medallist at World Championship China 2015
Bronze Medallist, London 2012 Paralympics Class 7
Belgium’s No. 1 Para Table Tennis Player
Gold Medallist at Spanish Open 2015
Germany’s No. 2 Para Table Tennis Player

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INVENTORY – THE LONDON CUP

TITLE CO- OFFICIAL
SPONSOR SPONSORS SUPPORTERS

TITLE RIGHTS

Rights to title “The London Cup in association with [Title Sponsor Name]” for PR & advertising use Yes

Rights to title “Co-Sponsor The London Cup in association with [Title Sponsor Name]” for PR & advertising use Yes

Rights to title “Official Supporter The London Cup in association with [Title Sponsor Name]” for PR & advertising use Yes

Category Exclusivity Yes Yes Yes

The identity of the space in connection with the Title Sponsor & Co-Sponsors must always predominate and take precedence over
7-16/22 boards 3/22 boards 1/22 boards
others

IMAGE RIGHTS

Right to generate & use The London Cup images (still and moving) in all Sponsor advertising & promotional materials LONDON TABLE TENNIS
Yes Yes LONDON TABLE TENNIS
Yes

EVENT BRANDING RIGHTS

Development of The London Cup composite logo Yes

Auditorium Boards (2.3m by 1.0m) 7-16/22 boards 3/22 boards 1/22 boards

Auditorium Gerflor Floor Yes

Table Net (either side) Yes

Table Tennis Table Stands Yes

Balls Yes

Scoring Machine Additional Additional Additional

Timer (Time Outs) Additional Additional Additional

Outside Venue; Venue reception Yes Yes Yes

Event Tickets Yes Yes

Officials - Umpires; Umpire Table; Referees Chest Sleeve

Players Clothing – Shirt Chest / Sleeve Chest Sleeve

At Events - Hospitality Functions – Launch, Build Up Events / PR Events Yes Yes Yes

Media Backdrops – logo presence Dominant Yes Yes

MEDIA & PROMOTIONAL RIGHTS

Promotional Campaign. Inclusion in…

- Press Materials; Press Conferences
- Social Media & Websites
Yes Yes Yes
- Email Newsletters
- Event Programmes
- Event DVD

Right to host press conferences and a launch event Yes Yes Yes

Opportunity to run promotions with other Partners Yes Yes Yes

BROADCAST RIGHTS

Opportunity to purchase broadcast sponsorship rights to events Yes

ATHLETE RIGHTS

Personal Appearances at venues of your choice X5 X2 X1

Exhibition Matches At Your Offices – Staff Pro-Am Competitions Yes Yes

Product and service endorsement by team and athletes Yes Yes Yes

Use Of athlete name/fame and imagery in advertising and PR Yes Yes Yes

HOSPITALITY & NETWORKING RIGHTS

Branding & presence at: Meet Player Events; Launch Event; Build Up Event; Networking with stakeholders Yes Yes Yes

VIP Passes to Opening Ceremony and Pre Event Dinner Yes Yes Yes

DATA RIGHTS

Mail list forwarding service access Yes Yes Yes

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

Provision of account manager to manage sponsorship and post event report Yes Yes Yes

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LONDON TABLE TENNIS EVENTS FEATURING THE UK’S & WORLD’S BEST PLAYERS
The Organisers
Established in 2015 London Table Tennis Limited is the rights holder and organiser of The London Cup
and the International Trophy.

Managing Director, Steven Pound has over 25 years experience in the world of Table Tennis and set up the
London Cup (aka the Heritage Oil Cup) in 2012.

Previous Sponsors
Existing and previous sponsors include: Heritage Oil, BT Sport, K2 Crawley,
Freedom Leisure, Tees Sport, Table Tennis 365 and Table Tennis Daily.

Contact Us
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Nigel Jones, Director

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m - +44 7980 213 122

LONDON TABLE TENNIS LIMITED

Steven Pound, Director

e - steven@londontabletennis.co.uk
m - 44 7710 400 451

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