Small businesses come on board for CARIFTA Games

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WEDNESDAY was a very special day for the Local Organising Committee for the Oaktree Medical Centre 50th CARIFTA Games.

Three small businesses, represented by four women, came on board as partners for the games scheduled for April 7-11 at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium as they made their commitment during International Women’s Day.

The women - Sieska Adderley, Sonia Brown, Patrece Adderley and Rian Sands - shared the platform with Fern Hanna, the marketing manager for the LOC during a press conference in the Cultural Village being set up for the games in the eastern parking lot of the stadium.

Sieska Adderley, a former journalist turned public relations officer for Kanoo, said they are proud to be a sponsor of the games and as a digital payment app, it’s their responsibility to connect Bahamians across the archipelago, ensuring that they have financial inclusion.

“A part of that connectivity and a part of what we do is giving Bahamians and residents everywhere the power to progress and there’s no better way to progress than to invest in our youth, who are going to lead our nation in the next few years,” she said.

“As a proud sponsor, as a young woman, as a professional and as someone who is not athletic, we are proud to be a part of this great initiative and what is more significant is that it is happening in our 50th year of Independence.

“And so I couldn’t be more proud as a woman, as a Bahamian, as a professional to be a part of the great Kanoo team.”

Without going into any details or letting the cat out of the bag, so to speak, Adderley indicated that Kanoo will be gearing their involvement in the games with that of junkanoo as