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William Hill Betting Women’s World Cup Will Be A Winner
Over £5m to be gambled on tournament for first time:
The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) are set to be handed up to £73,000 from William Hill to commemorate the greatest ever accomplishment in British women’s sport, ought England obtain the FIFA 2011 World Cup,
nikes, which gets underway this weekend, and is set to chance the biggest betting accident in women’s team sport.
The WSFF has teamed up with Britain’s biggest bookmaker to highlight England’s opportunities at the World Cup in Germany; a tournament which experts claim could prove crucial in shoving the profile of women’s sport in England, and lead to more women playing the game.
Sue Tibballs, Chief Executive of the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation, said: “If England win the World Cup it will be a real game changer for women’s sport in this country, so we’ve teamed up with William Hill to celebrate what we think would be the greatest ever moment in women’s sport.
“It couldn’t come at a better period, with women’s sport merely accounting for 5% of sports newspaper coverage and the digit of women playing sport falling all the time. We kas long asseeing our sportswomen do well, inspires women to participate, so we wish Hope Powell’s team the best of luck for the tournament – we’re backing them all the direction.”
William Hill Media Relations Director Graham Sharpe said: “Women’s football namely definitely ashore the up immediately - the FA Women’s Super alliance has had a magnificent begin and now we’re off apt Germany to deliver the merchandise for a citizen team. Our clients are truly getting behind England,
sports shoes store, who have been the best backed country in the tournament. We’re elated to advocate the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation’s vital work aiding to get women into all fashions of amusement and fitness.”
Hills are confident that women’s football has the potential to be 1 of the fastest growing places of sports betting – ‘The World Cup will definitely be the biggest betting event ever in terms of women’s football, with over £5m being gambled on the result manufacture wide for the premier time’ added Sharpe ‘Only women’s tennis rivals turnover like that, yet not additional team sport can’
William Hill has installed England as 16/1 coupler fifth favourites to win the World Cup. They make hosts, Germany Even money favourites and also attempt 9/2 Brazil; 6/1 USA; 14/1 Japan; 16/1 England; France, Norway, Sweden; 25/1 Korean DPR; 40/1 Canada; 50/1 Australia; 66/1 Mexico; 80/1 Colombia; New Zealand; 150/1 Nigeria; 500/1 Equatorial Guinea.
William Hill has placed £5000 worth of bets on behalf of WSFF as follows;
£2000 on England to win the tournament
(at 16/1 that would produce a £32,000 profit);
£1000 on Kelly Smith to be tournament top scorer
(at 20/1 that would produce a £20,000 profit);
£1000 on Kelly Smith to be player of the tournament
(at 20/1 that would produce a £20,000 profit);
£1000 that England will no have any athlete sent off during the tournament
(by Even money namely would produce a £1000 profit).
If all of these bets are successful the profit will be £73,000.
William Hill has also pledged that they ambition donate the stake money from any of the bets which may certify unsuccessful to the WSFF, who willtherefore benefit along a minimum of £5000.
To brand the start of the World Cup, WSFF has chosen their all-time top 5 achievements in women’s sport, and would like to hear from sports fans as to what would make their menu. Email info@wsff.org.uk or send a tweet @wsff_uk.
If England’s women are successful, the money will be provided into inspiring more women to activity sport, including movement to help increase participation.
For beyond information please adjoin
WSFF - Tim Woodhouse
tim@wsff.org.uk or 0207 273 1740
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