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- The six footballers take a break from training to take in the sights of Manchester
Thursday, Octobe1 8th 2009 – Manchester, England: The six Digicel Kick Start Clinics footballers - who are currently spending one week training at Manchester City’s Academy - had a day off from training today and were taken on a tour of Manchester by Academy Coach, Nick Power.
This is the first time that the Central American footballers have visited the United Kingdom and Man. City made sure that they had an action-packed day. Kicking off with the Imperial War Museum, the boys learned all about World Wars I and II before taking in Manchester Cathedral, the Urbis Museum, Manchester City market, and the Museum of Science and Industry, and then jumped on the Manchester Big Wheel which gave them a panoramic view of the city. Man. City’s TV crew also accompanied the boys on their tour of the city as it is filming a documentary about their trip to Manchester.
Speaking about the tour of the city, Kevin Mendoza from El Salvador said: “It’s been a tough week physically with all the training sessions at Man. City’s Academy, so it was great to have a day off to take a tour of Manchester. This is my first time in the UK and Nick Power, one of the Academy’s coaches, showed us all of the sights.”
Digicel Sponsorship Manager for Central America, Vittorio Gotuzzo, said: “The boys have worked very hard all week so it was good for them to have today off so that they could take in the sights of Manchester. The feedback from the coaches has been very positive about their performance during the training sessions and the club has gone out of its way to make sure that they have been learned all about how the Academy is run and what they need to do to make it as a professional footballer.”
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ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP
After eight years of operation, Digicel has 8.6 million customers across its Caribbean and Central American markets and is renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior customer care, a wide variety of products and services and state-of-the-art handsets. By offering innovative wireless services and community support, Digicel has become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the cutting-edge of wireless communications – the company is also a new entrant to the Central American and Pacific markets.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and now has operations in 32 markets world-wide. Its Caribbean and Central American markets comprise Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. The Caribbean company also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barths. Digicel Pacific comprises Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.
In total, across its 32 markets, Digicel has over ten million subscribers.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean and Central American sports teams, including the West Indies Cricket Team and Special Olympics teams throughout the region. Digicel is also title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel, which are the Caribbean and Central American qualifiers to the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information on Digicel.
