Epson’s top resellers retreat at Old Trafford Stadium
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12 teams of Epson resellers across the globe came together for a legendary weekend of football, Manchester United Legends and festivities at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
Epson resellers from around the world were brought together to take part in the Epson World Cup football tournament, and to celebrate their sales success with Epson’s Workforce Pro RIPS (Replaceable Ink Pack System) business inkjet printer range. The UK and Ireland team consisted of RIPS channel partners including ASL, Bytek, In-Doc, Ingram Micro UK Ltd, Misco UK Ltd, Printware and Scan DB. The event, which took place at Manchester United’s Old Trafford home, fell on the same weekend that Epson and Manchester United announced an extension of their existing global partnership.
Chosen from 15 countries across Europe, Asia and South America, the players arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester on Friday 22nd May. Epson’s guests were treated to a busy weekend, starting with a special dinner at Old Trafford, hosted by BBC 5 Live presenter Georgie Ainslie and renowned Manchester United stadium announcer Alan Keegan, who were joined on stage by Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal and assistant manager Ryan Giggs. Manchester United Legend and 1968 European Cup winner Denis Law was also in attendance.
After receiving their kits and taking time to plan their match tactics on Saturday morning, the teams were taken to Manchester United’s Aon Training Complex where they competed in four groups for places in the quarter finals. Throughout the weekend, the teams were assisted by Manchester United Legends Quinton Fortune, Dwight Yorke, Ronny Johnsen, Jesper Blomqvist, Bryan Robson, Denis Irwin and Louis Saha who joined them on the pitch.
Sunday was the opportunity for all the teams to step out onto the hallowed turf of the Old Trafford ‘Theatre of Dreams’, to compete for the Epson World Cup trophy. Each team was led out onto the pitch by a Manchester United Legend before playing 11-a-side games on the full pitch. Games were close and spirited as the teams became swept up in football fever. Some early favourites met with enthusiastic opposition, but in the end there could be only one winner. True to so many full international football tournaments of the past, victory went to Germany in a penalty shoot-out, this time against Italy.
