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Junior X Games Event Fact Sheet The inaugral Disney Channel/ESPN Junior X Games presented by Toyota, will take place prior to the Asian X Games Qualifier on November 1st and 2nd. The two day event will provide "competitive fun" for children aged 10-14 from 12 different countries throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. These future stars will compete in events modeled after the X Games. The Junior X Games seeks to develop and build extreme sports at grass roots level, as a complementary extension of the Asian X Games Qualifier. The Junior X Games will include clinics and X Games workshops with professional X Games athletes. The competitions will use modified ramps, smaller climbing walls and a mini-halfpipe. Date Sunday 3rd December to Tuesday 5th December Sports 4 Sports Categories: The 4 overall winners will win a trip to Disneyland The overall runners up; winners and runners up of the 14 events will receive medals and prizes Venues Half Pipe & Mini Half Pipe Vert Bicycle Stunt, In-line, Skateboard Street Course & Mini Ramps Bicycle Stunt, In-line, Skateboard Sport Climbing Wall & Mini Walls Bouldering, Speed Site Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand. Having successfully hosted the Asian X Games in 1998 and 1999, Patong Beach, Phuket, Asia's most popular holiday destination, with a strong international sporting infrastructure will be the host and venue for 2000. Athletes Approximately 80: aged 10 - 14 from twelve different countries Countries Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and the U.S. Programming 4 hours and 30 minutes: 7 x 30 minutes programs 1 x 60 minutes highlights on Disney Channel & terrestrial tv Television Coverage Disney Channel Asia Pacific The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) The TAT will be working closely with the organizers as one of the sponsors for the Asian X Games, with the support of the Governor of Phuket and the Mayor of Patong. ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR TV. We are Asia's leading sports broadcaster that reaches over 46 million households for ESPN and close to 45 million households for STAR Sports. Our networks bring the world's premier live sports and leading regional events to viewers 24 hours a day. The ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group, formerly Sports Corporation, stages, manages and promotes sporting events around Asia. Walt Disney Television International (Asia Pacific) is responsible for the consolidated international free and pay television activities of The Walt Disney Company and ABC Inc. in the region. These activities include program sales (Buena Vista International Television), production and the development and management of Disney Channels and other international broadcasting investments in the Asia Pacific. To date, four of the country-specific Disney Channels outside of the United States have been launched in the Asia Pacific via the uplink facility in Singapore: Disney Channel- Taiwan (March 1995), Disney Channel - Australia (June 1996), Disney Channel - Malaysia (October 1996) and Disney Channel - Middle East (April 1997). In addition, locally hosted and produced Disney branded programming blocks on terrestrial television can be seen across the region. Based in Bristol, Conn., ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader In Sports, includes four domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS), ESPN International (20 international networks and syndication), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Regional Television, SportsTicker, and ESPN Enterprises, overseeing brand extensions such as ESPN Zone, pay subscription packages, consumer products and ESPN - The Store.  Send this story to a friend
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