{"id":3154,"date":"2015-03-18T21:15:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T11:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2015-03-18T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T11:22:26","slug":"seven-to-broadcast-easter-monday-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frostglobal.com\/?p=3154","title":{"rendered":"Seven to broadcast Easter Monday tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

After countless years on the Ten Network, Australia?s oldest and richest foot race the Stawell Gift is coming LIVE to the Seven Network on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n

Seven and the event promoter Twenty3 Sport and Entertainment and the Stawell Athletic Club have reached a multi-year agreement for coverage of the footrace that was first run in 1878 at Stawell’s Central Park.<\/p>\n

Seven, across its network will deliver two and a half hours of coverage on Easter Monday (prior to its Easter Monday AFL coverage), including the event’s marquee race the Stawell Gift – which is run on grass over 120m up a slight gradient. Unlike other races on the athletic circuit the race is a handicap race, meaning the athletes start off various marks.<\/p>\n

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Seven Melbourne managing director Lewis Martin<\/strong>?said:<\/p>\n

?We?re absolutely rapt to be broadcasting another iconic Australian event. It will make for a brilliant day of Easter Monday sport for our viewers with the blockbuster Hawthorn versus Geelong match to follow the Stawell Gift.?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The move to Seven coincides with the announcement of Woolworths as the new naming rights sponsor for the event, after Australia Post stayed on as a sponsor but did not renew its naming rights sponsorship.<\/p>\n

It is great to see that the annual Easter Monday foot race will remain on free-to-air with LIVE coverage nationally.<\/p>\n

The Seven Network’s broadcast?details for?the Woolworths Stawell Gift on 6 April 2015, are as follows:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n