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Tuesday, November 01, 2011: PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – The launch of the inaugural 2011 Digicel Kick Start Academy was held at Aura on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Media, athletes and the Honourable Minister of Sport, Anil Roberts turned out to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity provided to 37 talented young athletes from seven countries across the region. The culmination of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics led by Liverpool and England football legend John Barnes, the Digicel Kick Start Academy will provide the players with the opportunity to experience life as a professional footballer while benefiting from the international experience of Coach Barnes as well as Kevin Ball and Carlton Fairweather of Sunderland AFC.
Geared towards young players who have a strong desire to succeed on the football pitch, the Digicel Kick Start Academy continues Digicel's drive to provide aspiring athletes with opportunities to achieve their dreams. The programme consists of a week-long full immersion in football training that will leave them with an understanding of the discipline, determination and organisational skills needed to excel in any field – athletic or otherwise. They will also be observed by scouts from US prep schools who will have an eye out for talented players to be invited to play abroad.
The itinerary will include a mix of fun with the necessary drills and training. On Friday, November 4, the players will be treated to a road trip that will begin at the recently opened Digicel IMAX theatre. There, they will engage in the Digicel IMAX experience at the only facility in the Caribbean to offer the enhanced picture, sound and 3D for which the theatres are known world-wide. They will then journey to Maracas beach for an afternoon of fun in the sun. On Saturday, November 5, they will engage in a Hot Shot competition, which will allow them to show off some of the new skills and techniques learned during the preceding week. At this session we will invite the public to participate in the Hot Shot competition also so please come and join us at the Savannah from 10am to 12 noon.
Sunday November 6 – the last day of the Digicel Kick Start Academy – will culminate with the closing ceremony, where the players will be presented with their awards and commemorate a week well-spent becoming better athletes and learning the techniques and life skills necessary to succeed in any and all endeavours.
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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP
After ten years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11.5 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.
Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.
In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.
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