About Us
PicksPal UK has created a virtual gathering place for fans to prove who really knows their sport. PicksPal.co.uk is a free contest for sport fans to compete in a weekly game, earning points by picking real events based on real odds. All for prizes.
For centuries, fans have made impassioned picks about impending sporting events. Today, fans are bombarded with "experts" providing guaranteed picks with no accountability. Now, PicksPal says, "You think you know sport? Prove it."
Founded by Tom Jessiman, an online sport veteran, and Simon Burrell, who built the largest independent live sports scores & results operation in Europe in the mid 1990's, PicksPal UK takes the best from social networking and sport sites to create a competitive outlet for fans who want real bragging rights over their friends.
Management Team
Tom Jessiman, CEO
Tom Jessiman previously helped lead two of the most renowned online sports companies, CBS SportsLine.com and a larger sports portal in Europe. Under his operational direction, CBS SportsLine’s traditional fantasy sports and premium information services became the most popular on the Internet while the European sports portal, which he founded, became Europe’s leading online sports and entertainment portal, with 15 million monthly unique users and revenues of $4 million per month. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Simon Burrell, Director
Over the past ten years Burrell has built services and business functions for some of the biggest names in Sport and sports information including BSkyB, Reuters, AOL, Orange, O2, CNN, Sportal, Soccernet & Teamtalk. These services have included print, online, teletext, gaming & gambling, wireless and fantasy products. While at PA Sport he increased revenues on his business units by over 65% in 9 months and at Infosis Sport transformed a £400k pa operation into a £2M+ business in just over 18 months. He launched the first VOD & 24/7 sports news channel for the web with Sportbox.tv in mid-2004 and The Football Paper national Sunday newspaper in late 2006.
Entertainment & Sports Agency
ESA is an independent sports content business, specialising in the provision of bespoke services to companies operating across all traditional and digital media platforms. Over a decade of experience working with world renowned media owners, publishers and broadcasters has put ESA at the forefront of digital sports content provision. ESA provide operational and production support services to PicksPal UK.