As an avid supporter of local talent and sporting professionals, Ducting Express Ltd are delighted to be sponsoring and supporting the Leicestershire County Pool Team, based at Club 147 in Leicester, for the season 2023 to 2026. In the group photo, you can see Rita, John, Tracy, and Graham meeting the team and the team in action wearing their custom Ducting Express tops. Recently, we had the pleasure of being invited to their county match, Leicester ladies team vs Nottingham A team, where we had the chance to chat and interview players and experience their team spirit in person.
Leicester based Club 147, where the County Pool Team are based, has been established for a number of years and is a great venue for cue sports such as Snooker and Pool and a lovely place to enjoy a drink or food with family and friends. Plus, it is a club that has helped develop successful sports players from a young age.
Within Club 147 there are multiple teams of players, this includes juniors, women’s, men’s, seniors & masters. Our sponsorship has allowed these teams to really become a family, for the first time they are able to wear all matching shirts for their uniform. Each team celebrates their own successes throughout the season, and it is great to see huge support between teams.
Within the UK, there are eight Blackball regions, within each region there is between six & eight teams. Each of the teams play and compete in different competitions, some of these competitions can lead to prize money and trophies. They work hard to qualify for nationals and other larger tournaments.
Super seven is a competition open to the East Midland’s teams and in 2024, Leicestershire are being represented by the A & C male teams.
The wheelchair championship, Leicestershire’s manager (Aslam) regularly competes within this tournament.
An in-house tournament they hold is a round robin, where they get to find out who their top player is within the club.
Tuesdays league, blackball, is played by the ladies and men; winning this tournament can win you prize money and trophies.
The International Pool Association (IPA) is an elite men’s & women’s tournament. It includes a lot of events where top players gather and the final is held in the Isle of Man.
These are some recent achievements individuals at Club 147 have achieved:
The women’s team are currently third in the league, if they get into the top two, they will then qualify for Nationals. Good Luck to the whole team, Ducting Express are rooting for you!
Aslam (Leicestershire’s manager) has held the wheelchair championship four times & has recently become the runner-up in the recent Blackpool tournament!
Two players from Club 147 ladies’ team, Emma & Jade, are currently in the ranking for the England trials. Good luck girls!
Club 147 support us by advertising our brand during training and matches, any time they are wearing their team shirts our brand is viewed by new people, reaching a wider audience. The more success the team achieve, the more coverage our advertising receives. Recently, Emma who competes in multiple leagues within pool wore the team shirt during a live stream within one of the matches.
Sponsorship has enabled Club 147 to feel like more of a community and a united family. This is due to the teams having the same shirts, men and women get to have identical team shirts and the same sponsors. Club 147 has not had this opportunity previously to have multiple teams supported by the same sponsors. Being sponsored is important for sports, as it can allow them to keep costs down so the players get to play and enjoy their sport without additional stresses about finding money to play. More importantly, it allows the junior players to attend regular sessions, with subsidised costs, as extra costs include travel expenses to matches and competitions and by supporting Club 147 where we can, it allows them to focus on competing and having fun.
Some of the most successful players within Club 147’s teams have played the sport for over twenty years, even up to forty-two years! Playing within the same team for so many years displays the loyalty between the members and their team. Staying within a team for multiple years gives the players a high level of experience playing pool, training regularly and attending matches.
Currently Club 147 have eighty-nine players altogether, they are looking to complement the existing junior team with a new junior team, and they are always happy to accept new players through trials at the start of a new season. The Juniors team is currently one team of eight players but may be expanded into two teams.
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