My Club Betting have secured the services of one of the biggest names in European Tour golf and sports management, Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler.
The company focuses on driving badly-needed funds and providing sports kit to grassroots sports clubs, including golf.
My Club Betting recently launched an enhanced sportsbook that allows golf clubs and teams of any size to have their own customised betting site. The team’s members bet through the individual team’s service and 20% of the bookmaker’s net revenues return to the respective team or club.
The team also received free kit and equipment, dependent on the number of registered bettors.
The firm’s Managing Director, Neil Riches, said: “We are proud and delighted that Andrew is joining the My Club Betting ambassadorial team. Since leaving golf’s European Tour, Andrew has built ISM into one of the world’s leading and instantly recognisable Sports Management brands. To have him working with us will only benefit our existing and prospective golf clubs, and business partners.
“We will be working alongside Andrew in golf-related events around the country to help raise awareness of our contribution towards grassroots sport.”
The careers of many of the world’s top professional golfers, including Major winners Louis Oosthuizen, Darren Clarke, Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel, as well as Lee Westwood, David Howell and 2016 US Masters champion Danny Willett, are managed by ISM.
Candler said: “I am delighted to be joining a company that focusses on giving back to clubs at a grassroots level. It is a wonderful business model.
“If you like the odd flutter – and many people do – betting via your team’s own service is an excellent way of creating your own revenue stream. To be able to receive cash back and equipment is a great deal, and one that no golf club should pass up.
“I know of no other bookmaking service that directly funds sport in this way, so I hope that my appearances at the events organised by My Club Betting can allow more people to become aware of the company and how it can benefit their club or team.”
Chandler will join Sunderland AFC manager Sam Allardyce, former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan, Flat jockey Jim Crowley and top Jumps trainer Emma Lavelle as a Brand Ambassador for the Caterham-based company.
My Club Betting is also the largest supplier of bespoke betting sites into grassroots sport, with the potential of 8,000 golf clubs across the UK taking the service.
The company is positioning itself to be one of the largest providers of grassroots funding in the UK.
About My Club Betting.com Limited
MYCLUBBETTING.COM (MCB) provides a free betting service to any club, from elite to grassroots level. In minutes, it can supply any sports club with its own betting service featuring its own club logo, colours, and social media links on a desktop, tablet, or mobile phone.
The service enables clubs to retrieve a percentage of bookmaking revenues, which also aids grassroots funding. Partners supply the betting events, prices and bookmaking services. Supporters open accounts and place bets with them, whilst MCB manages the club relationship.
As well as grassroots clubs, MCB has also contracted with six Super League clubs. These are include Leeds Rhinos (also ground-sharing with Leeds Carnegie and included in the contract), Wakefield Wildcats and Huddersfield Giants (also shirt sponsors), Salford Red Devils, Castleford Tigers and Hull Kingston Rovers. Others clubs under the MCB umbrella include Club Doncaster – which incorporates Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Knights. MCB is also a stand sponsor at the Keepmoat Stadium.
MCB were the Official Broadcast Partner to Premier Sports TV’s coverage of the 2015 Copa America and also the Official Bookmaking Partner to the 2013 Rugby World Cup.
About Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler
Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler is a retired English professional European Tour golfer and current managing director of Cheshire-based sports management firm ISM (International Sports Management).
Born in Bolton in 1953, Chandler turned professional in 1974 and played his first European Tour tournament at the Italian Open, which was also the Tour debut of Seve Ballestros.
In 1986 he achieved third place in the Italian Open and while he never earned a Tour victory, he did triumph at the 1985 Sao Paulo International.
Chandler retired from the professional game in 1989 and set up his own sports management business operating with an initial overdraft of £10,000 out of a back room at Mere Gold Club.
In 1990, he was approached by a young amateur player Darren Clarke, who would go on to be one of his most successful players. As the business grew, so did the big names. Other golfers currently on the ISM books include Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Ernie Els, David Howell, Simon Dyson and 2016 US Masters winner Danny Willett.
Chandler’s firm also manages the careers of cricket legends Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Marcus Trescothick and Muttiah Muralitharan, and snooker greats that include Stephen Hendry, Graeme Dott, Peter Ebdon, Ken Doherty, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy.
