Maestra Group has provided a complete turnkey technical solution to the Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Saeed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (SMK) Emeriti Ladies Tennis
Tournament in Abu Dhabi for the second consecutive year.
The competition, staged in a private residence in the city, is held under the
patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Miriam bint Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
and was founded by Sheikha Shaikha Bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan in 2009.
Central to this year’s event was a 23m x 5m 10mm outdoor LED video wall provided
by Maestra and run on the company’s new Dataton 6 Watchout servers which were
linked with Hawk-Eye Innovations software to provide real-time game feedback,
analysis and results to spectators.
Maestra designed and produced a range of custom video content that played during
the opening of the tournament each evening.
Inside a private pool-house also on the property, Maestra provided a further 6 x
6mm LED screens running from a separate Watchout Server. This was used to show
stunning visuals and more custom content around one of the key pre match event
areas.
Tom Clements, Managing Partner at Maestra Dubai commented, “The SMK tennis
tournament presents its own unique set of challenges in asking us to deliver large-
scale event production in the confines of a private residence with a female-only
team. Detailed design, preparation and planning on our part helped ensure
everything onsite went smoothly and efficiently”.
The LED feature was complimented with an impressive lighting rig comprising over
60 Martin and Clay Paky moving lights all run from a ChamSys MQ100 Pro console.
Sarah Drakeley, Director at SMK Tennis, said: “Maestra is unique in its ability to
turn our seemingly impossible requests into reality, without issue, despite a degree
of technical difficulty! We know that our projects are in safe hands … and would
highly recommend the Maestra team to anyone thinking of staging an event”.
