TV Coverage of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby is to double in 2016 with an agreement signed yesterday between RTÉ and the Irish Greyhound Board.
There will be live coverage of both the Semi Finals and Final on successive Saturday nights in September, the first time that all three of the closing races in what is Europe’s richest greyhound race will be shown live.
The broadcast will be shown live from Shelbourne Park on RTE2 television, and online on RTÉ Player and RTÉ.ie. The two 90 minute programmes will transmit on Saturday 12th & Saturday 17th September.
Fans across the globe will also have the opportunity to follow the racing action live online both for the semi-final and final nights via the RTE.ie and both programmes will be broadcast for 90 minutes each evening.
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The Irish Greyhound Board will itself stream the earlier rounds of the competition which gets under way in August and there is also coverage live into betting shops in the UK.
“RTÉ Sport is delighted to continue our support of Irish greyhound racing which remains important for us and represents part of our public service broadcasting remit,” said RTÉ Group Head of Sport Ryle Nugent.
“We look forward to bringing the public all the thrills and spills of the 2016 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby.”
“It’s fantastic that in our third year of sponsorship of the Irish Greyhound Derby, it will now be accessible to even more fans in Ireland and abroad,” added Leon Blanche of Boylesports.
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“The calibre of competitors in the Derby is such that the interest in the Semi-Finals is often as high as the Final and this new agreement will ensure that fans won’t miss any of the action.”
“The BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby captures the imaginations of racing fans across Ireland, the UK and indeed the World,” said Patrick Flynn, Sales, Commercial & Operations Manager at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium.
“While nothing can match being here on the night, this new agreement will allow tens of thousands more to be part of the excitement on both Semi-Final and Final nights.”
