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Abu Dhabi STRONGMAN Event

Abu Dhabi STRONGMAN WORLD RECORD BREAKER 2007

Benefits of the World Record Breaker to Abu Dhabi:


  • Recognized as the Home of a World class International Event.
  • Smart Promotional Idea which will reach Over 400 million Houses worldwide.
  • Thousands of people come to the area to watch the event.
  • The series will be broadcast in over 180 territories in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  • More than 250 TV Hours International distributions.

About IFSA STRONGMAN:


  • The world governing body for the sport of strongman
  • Overseeing 38 National Federations
  • Managing the top 150 athletes
  • Hosting over 30 international events a year.
  • With a Commercial Division that produces an annual 13 hour television series reaching over a ½ billion households every episode.
  • IFSA Strongman is an exceptionally strong branding opportunity with fully integrated media platforms incorporating; events, athletes, TV, internet and licensing opportunities.

IFSA STRONGMAN World Championship Format

  • IFSA Strongman is the only true qualification system anywhere in the world that determines the strongest man in the World.
  • Starting with its National Championships, IFSA Strongman then sends the best of these National Champions to one of 3 global regional Championships. From here, 24 men qualify for the IFSA Strongman World Championship Semi-Final Heats.
  • In addition to these events, IFSA Strongman also hosts:
    - The 4-Man World Team Championships
    - The 2-Man World Team Championships
    - The World Record Breaker Event

Past Events:


Events

Past IFSA Strongman World Championship event locations include:
– 2007 World Championships - Geumsan, S. Korea
– 2006 World Championships - Reykjavik, Iceland
– 2005 World Championships - Quebec City, Canada



IFSA STRONGMAN Athletes:

Strongman Athletes

Top athletes involved in IFSA Strongman include:


  • Zydrunas Savickas - Lithuania
  • 2007 World Championships, 3rd place
  • 2005 and 2006 IFSA World Champion
  • Vasyl Virastyuk - Ukraine
  • 2007 IFSA World Champion
  • 2006 IFSA World Championships, 3rd place
  • 2005 IFSA World Championships, 2nd place.
  • Mikhail Koklyaev - Russia
  • 2007 IFSA World Championships, 2nd place
  • 2006 IFSA World Championships, 2nd place
  • 2005 IFSA World Championships, 3rd place

IFSA STRONGMAN disciplines:


IFSA
  • IFSA Strongman has introduced globally standardised stainless steel event discipline equipment.
  • Disciplines include:
    - Farmers Walk
    - Atlas Stones
    - Log Lift
    - Conan’s Wheel
    - Deadlift
    - Super Yoke

IFSA Global Broadcast Distribution:

  • Will produce a 13 hour television series from the 2007 event calendar. This series will:
    - Be broadcast in over 180 territories.
    - Cover 90% of the globe.
    - Reach a minimum of 500 million households per episode.
    - Be broadcast in 15 languages.

In addition to this massive television broadcast platform, the entire 2007 IFSA TV series will be available as a retail DVD package with worldwide sales.

As the world governing body for the sport of strongman, only IFSA Strongman can deliver the biggest and best of this fascinating sport to the largest global viewing audience possible.



IFSA will provide:


  • 12 strongest athletes in the world
  • All the event equipment
  • Event equipment shipping – 10,000 kgs
  • IFSA officials; head referee’s, timers, judge, scoring
  • Equipment manager and handlers
  • 40,000 Euro prize money
  • All flights
  • TV production supervisor, director and 2 cameramen
  • All event and TV licensing IFSA Strongman rights
  • q The event included in the 2007 IFSA Strongman International series as a 1 hour episode. Each episode of the series currently reaches over 500 million households worldwide.


World Record Breaker Hosting Rights:


  1. Presenting Rights to the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Record Breaker:
    “IFSA Strongman 2007 World Record Breaker presented by:
    “‘YOUR BRAND’ ”    .
  2. Integrated branding rights to five (5) event disciplines out of a total of six (6) per the event: “The ‘YOUR BRAND’ Atlas Stones”, etc. With graphics and voice support lead-ins.
  3. Additional rights include:
    – 75% of all event venue signage
    – Logo on all athletes, referee and interviewers clothing
    – IFSA Strongman website - front page banner and link
    – Full page ad in event programme
    – Inclusion in all event related PR
    – Interview backdrop
    – Podium branding
    – Use of all imagery from event plus IFSA Strongman logo in company’s marketing.
    – Access to athletes prior to the event for Promotional, PR and marketing purposes.
    – Complimentary VIP tickets for key clients and corporate customers.
    – Meet and greet and photos with competitors.


Local organizer of STRONGMAN World Record Breaker will provide:


  • Venue and all venue lighting, sound, staff and staging.
  • Hotels and meals x 24 (12 athletes and 12 IFSA Strongman officials and equipment handlers) for 4 days.
  • TV Production costs for the following: OB van and technical crew with 5 cameras one being a Jimmy Jib and 3 camera operators for 1 event day (IFSA provides a TV supervisor, director and 2 of the cameramen).
  • Sponsored athlete and official’s competition clothing.


IFSA STRONGMAN Representative Contact Details:
Rafil Hammoudi
Director, Business Development
Global Minds
Abu Dhabi

Tel: 00-971-50-6416250
Office: 00-971-2-6329232
Email: Events@gmindsuae.com



Special Rate for Group

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Tel: +9712- 6329296
Fax: +971 2-6316266

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