Paul Walters

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  Paul Walters, Event Director for The Hi-Tec World Squash Championships - Manchester 2008, said, "It's fantastic that we've been able to launch the website a full year in advance of what promises to be the biggest and best World Championships ever staged.

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  Published on: 4/1/2008    Last Visited: 7/4/2008  

  Fears for the future of the championships were allayed earlier in the year by the revelation that the PSA had concluded a seven-year agreement which will see the prestigious annual event re-launched under the joint-stewardship of Ziad Al-Turki, Vice-President of the ATCO Group, and Paul Walters, founder of the internationalSPORTgroup. Following a highly successful staging of the event hosted by Manchester in August, which saw Ramy Ashour win the prestigious championships on his debut, the joint promoters have announced that the ATCO Super Series Finals will return next year to the Broadgate Arena in the heart of London's Square Mile from the 19th to 23rd May. First staged in Switzerland in 1992, the championships first moved to the unique location of Broadgate Arena in 1999.The five-day ATCO Super Series Finals - London 2008 will feature two pools of four players, leading to finals which will produce a 1-8 finish, and will boast one of the richest prize funds in the sport. "Since acquiring the rights to this major event, we have been working very hard at finalising a solid and sustainable commercial platform from which the championships can prosper over the short, medium and long-term," said Ziad Al-Turki. "This year's championships in Manchester were one of the most exciting and eagerly contested in Super Series Finals history and provided the perfect kick start to a very exciting period for the event.London has been chosen for its significance in helping the Finals attract commercial partners, combined with additional marketing, PR and promotional opportunities which would obviously help drive the success of the championships at all levels," added the promoter of the Saudi International, the world's richest men's prize money event. Paul Walters of internationalSPORTgroup added: "The Super Series Finals is without question one of the most important events on the Men's World Tour and Ziad and I are very grateful for the support of Visit London, the official visitor organisation for the UK's capital, who shown a great deal of interest in bringing the event back to London." "The ATCO Super Series Finals - London 2008 will offer one of the richest prize funds in the sport and a comprehensive programme of TV coverage will ensure that the event is distributed to the largest possible global audience." Professional Squash Association Chief Executive, Gawain Briars concluded: "The return of the Super Series Finals to London is a natural fit.Ziad Al Turki and Paul Walters are demonstrating their forward vision in bringing the event back to the English capital, whose squash market will soak up the dynamic match play of this pinnacle eight-man event of the PSA world tour.

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  Paul Walters, International Marketing Manager, Slazenger

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  Published on: 10/8/2007    Last Visited: 10/8/2007  

  I have known Paul and Sarah for a few years after treating Sarah at the 2 British Opens held in Birmingham where I worked as a sports masseur and injury therapist.
  
  As soon as I new of this event I phoned Paul who very kindly offered 2 semi final tickets to this years British Open, with John and Debbie Armitage placing the winning bid.
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  I would like to especially thank Paul Walters and ISport Marketing for their generous donation.
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  Sorry, I know I'm going to look like I'm really insisting, but I just love being here, in the University setting that Paul Walters and his team have magnificently organised for squash lovers from all over the world ...
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  No, not because of all the dozens of volunteers that are doing a fantastic job around here - I tell you something, one of the greatest talent of Mr Paul Walters is that he knows how to choose his team - not because the venue where the glass court is now mounted seems to have been built for the occasion, not because from the first round, the matches are stunning and full of upsets and surprises, not because I just keep on banging on old friends that actually seem genuinely happy to see me, not that I'm lucky enough to be "event staff" of one of the most prestigious event in the calendar, not because the buzz here is actually stunning.No, none of that ...

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  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 12/20/2007  

  "Off-court, I am grateful for the belief and confidence shown in me by Paul Walters, particularly when I was a young professional and there was no guarantee of success, and to my sponsor Wilson, whose rackets, footwear and clothing have made a crucial difference to my performance," added Ricketts.
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  Tributes to the young Australian acknowledging the achievements of his eleven year playing career have been received from many of those who have worked with the former World No.3, these include Paul Walters of internationalSPORTgroup, the squash specialist marketing and management company who have represented the Australian star over the past four years; Gary O'Donnell, Squash Australia Chief Executive Officer; Alex Selch, Wilson Sporting Goods Global Business Director Indoor Racquet Sports; Peter Fricker, Director of the Australian Institute of Sport; Gawain Briars, Professional Squash Association Chief Executive; and Australian squash legend and eight-time British Open Champion Geoff Hunt.
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  Paul Walters added: "Very few professional players have been able to match Anthony's level of intensity and desire to be the best.

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  Published on: 10/19/2007    Last Visited: 10/19/2007  

  Dunlop is the dominant force in the marketplace and Paul Walters, Dunlop's International Racketsports Marketing Manager, confirms that ball sales have remained fairly static in recent years.

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  Published on: 6/1/2007    Last Visited: 9/15/2007  

  An agreement has been forged with Gawain Briars, chief executive of the PSA and the joint collaboration of Ziad Al-Turki, vice-president of the Saudi-based ATCO Group, and Paul Walters, founder of the interna tionalSPORTgroup. A five-year contract, with the first option for two further years, the tournament will provide one of the richest prize funds in the sport, a minimum of $675,000 over the committed period to the top eight playerswho annually qualify from the PSA Super Series World Tour.
  
  To be entitled the ATCO Super Series Finals, it is a unique tournament on the men's professional squash calendar."Squash can not afford for a tournament as important as the Super Series Finals to be lost, and since the announcement that this year's event had been cancelled, Paul and I have been working very hard to not only secure the rights for the event but to put in place a solid and sustainable platform from which it can prosper over the short, medium and long term," Ziad Al-Turki said.
  
  Paul Walters of internationalSPORTgroup added: "The Super Series Finals is without question one of the most important events on the PSA World Tour and Ziad and I are thrilled to be promoting the championships as part of this seven-year agreement.
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  "PSA gratefully acknowledges the continuing commitment of Ziad Al-Turki to the tour and thanks both he and Paul Walters for their joint vision and plans in what will represent a new era of promotion for the PSA Super Series Finals," Gawain Briars concluded.
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  Paul Walters, a leading figure in the sport, was also the prime mover behind the new look British Open, a self-confessed ‘squash fanatic' who established a reputation as an innovator in marketing and promotion during a highly successful seven-year tenure with Dunlop.He launche internationalSPORTgroup in the UK in 2004 and, in addition to managing a number of the top players, also promotes the British Open, as well as the UK Wolverhampton Open and new English Grand Prix.

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  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 11/9/2007  

  Paul Walters, Event Director for the Hi-Tec World Squash Championships - Manchester 2008, said, "It's fantastic that we've been able to launch the website a full year in advance of what promises to be the biggest and best World Championships ever staged.

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  Published on: 12/6/2007    Last Visited: 5/25/2008  

  "Off-court, I am grateful for the belief and confidence shown in me by Paul Walters, particularly when I was a young professional and there was no guarantee of success, and to my sponsor Wilson, whose rackets, footwear and clothing have made a crucial difference to my performance," added Ricketts.
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  Tributes to the young Australian acknowledging the achievements of his eleven year playing career have been received from many of those who have worked with the former World No.3, these include Paul Walters of internationalSPORTgroup, the squash specialist marketing and management company who have represented the Australian star over the past four years, Gary O`Donnell, Squash Australia Chief Executive Officer, Alex Selch, Wilson Sporting Goods Global Business Director Indoor Racquet Sports, Peter Fricker, Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, Gawain Briars, Professional Squash Association Chief Executive, and Australian squash legend and eight-time British Open Champion Geoff Hunt.
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  Paul Walters of internationalSPORTgroup, said: "Very few professional players have been able to match Anthony`s level of intensity and desire to be the best.

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  Published on: 10/8/2007    Last Visited: 10/8/2007  

  The man who has achieved this is Paul Walters, the neatly ubiquitous founder of internationalSPORTgroup, which kept the British Open going during the last two difficult years, brought it to familiar surroundings in Manchester this year, and signed an uplifting five-year deal from next year until 2012.
  
  With support from title sponsor Dunlop, alongside UK Sport, the Northwest Regional Development Agency and Manchester City Council, Walters has made the British Open a fixture in the Men's Super Series, committing the tournament to a record prize money total of $120,100, with likely annual increases.
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  "Paul has to be commended for the holding action because it must have been very difficult for him; but to take this on board and perform an upgrade in such a short time is terrific," Barrington enthused.
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  "I think Paul has done a fabulous job," said Peter Nicol, the champion in 1998 and 2002.

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