11 August 2011                                  

Sportech PLC ("Sportech", "the Company")

Director update

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14(2), the Company today announces that Peter Williams, Non-Executive Director of the Company has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director and interim Chairman of Blacks Leisure Group PLC.

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Contacts:

For further information, please contact:

Sportech PLC                                                                                             0207 268 2400

Ian R Penrose, Chief Executive

Steve Cunliffe, Finance Director

Pelham Bell Pottinger                                                                                    0207 861 3232                             

David Rydell / Emma Kent / Rosanne Perry