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Wednesday, October 7th 2009 – Manchester, England: The six Digicel Kick Start Clinics footballers from Central America were today treated to a tour of Manchester City’s stadium.
Following an intensive training session this morning, which saw the boys being put through their paces in two challenging sessions with visiting teams from Abu Dhabi and Soweto, the boys boarded the Academy’s bus this afternoon for a tour of Manchester City’s stadium.
First stop was a visit to the Sky Box so that the boys could get the best – and highest - view of the stadium. Following that, the footballers went down into the heart of the stadium and toured the media centre, the visiting team’s preparation area and – most importantly – Man. City’s changing room’s, where each boy had his picture taken beside the photo of his favorite footballer.
The next stop for the boys was a walk through the widest tunnel in the English Premier League which brought them right onto the pitch and the dugouts for the home and visiting team. The tour guide, who was specially assigned to the boys, shared some inside tips about the history of the stadium, which was originally built to host the Commonwealth Games in 2002.
Speaking about today’s tour, Julio Segundo from Panama said: “This week keeps getting better and better. The training sessions on Monday, Tuesday and again today have been so much more than I could have hoped for. The coaches have opened my eyes to a whole new way of playing football and I’ve already learnt so much in just three short days. And to cap it all off, today’s tour of Man. City’s stadium was fantastic. Seeing the changing rooms where the likes of Tevez and Robinho get changed for matches every week was amazing.”
The six footballers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama, took part in the Digicel Kick Start Clinics and were selected by Liverpool legend, Ian Rush, to spend one week training with Manchester City’s Academy.
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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.
