9th October 2019

iPRO Hydrate Announced as Official Hydration Partner for Fast5 All-Stars and All-Stars Basketball

Matchroom Multi Sport are delighted to announce that iPRO Hydrate will be the Official Hydration Partner of the British Fast5 All-Stars Championship and the British Basketball All-Stars Championship for the second year in succession.

As Official Hydration Partner, iPRO Hydrate will deliver healthy hydration and aid recovery of the competing athletes at both events. The sold-out Fast5 All-Stars takes place from 1-6pm on Saturday, with the All-Stars Basketball taking centre stage on Sunday. Both competitions will be staged at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

iPRO Hydrate will also sponsor the Golden Buzzer Power Play during both events. Each team can hit the iPRO Hydrate Golden Buzzer once per match and when they do, all points scored are doubled for the next two minutes.

Among the All-Star players taking part in this weekend’s Fast5s is England star Jo Harten, who returns to Loughborough Lightning for one day only, Jamaican captain Jhaniele Fowler (Saracens Mavericks) and former Australian Fast5 captain Erin Bell, who will line up for Manchester Thunder.

The British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship and British Basketball All-Stars Championship will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, DAZN and broadcast partners around the world. Teams are playing for their share of a £100,000 prize fund per event with Wasps Netball the defending Fast5 Champions. Surrey Scorchers hold the All-Stars Basketball title.

iPRO Hydrate Commercial Director, Sophie Christy says:

“We are really excited to return to the British Fast5 All-Stars Championship and to extend our sponsorship of the British Basketball All-Stars Championship as well this year. We are proud to provide players with healthy hydration at an event where they are pushed to their limits and are in need of a top-quality product to maintain optimum levels hydration. We wish all of the teams the very best of luck this weekend!”

Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn added:

“We are thrilled that iPRO Hydrate will be the Official Hydration Partner of the both the British Fast5 All-Stars Championship and the British Basketball All-Stars Championship this year.

“We have partnered with iPRO Hydrate on a number of our major sporting events and they are always a great, fun team to work with. The iPRO Hydrate Golden Buzzer is without doubt one of the standout features of the Fast5 All-Stars and Basketball All-Stars and, as history has shown, the teams who use their powerplay to full advantage are usually the teams who go deep into the tournaments.”

Tickets for the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship are now sold out, with a limited number of tickets for the British Basketball All-Stars Championship still available via http://www.allstarsbasketball.co.uk