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Asics partners with National Schools’ Championships
– Int’l sport apparel brand announces local presence
Renowned global sport apparel brand, Asics has partnered with the 52nd Edition of the National Schools’ Championships that will result in them rewarding eight top athletes with either joggers or running shoes as a part of announcing their presence in Guyana.
The National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships gets underway at the National Aquatics Centre on Tuesday; an official Opening Ceremony will be held later at 5pm
Public Relations Manager at Giftland OfficeMax, Compton Babb displays the Asics joggers and running shoes that will be given to eight top performers at the National Schools Championships this week at the National Stadium.
on Tuesday at the National Stadium at Providence.
Public Relations Manager at Giftland OfficeMax, which is an authorised distributor for Asics in Guyana, Compton Babb, in a release, said that brilliance, energy and quality usually characterise the Asics brand and those are the characteristics of ‘Nationals’ where Guyana’s best student athletes will compete.
“We want the characteristics of Asics to be represented at ‘Nationals’ where over 1700 athletes will be vying to be Guyana’s best. There could not be any bigger forum than this to partner with Asics we welcome this opportunity,” Babb said in the release.
Babb believes that having an international apparel brand to partner with Nationals is historic for Guyana. “Giftland OfficeMax is honoured to be chosen by Asics to carry this brand at this level and we will maximise the opportunity to reward athletes,” he added.
The Giftland OfficeMax Public Relations Manager informed that Asics does not want to be on a shelf alone, but wants to engage the Guyanese landscape. As a result, he said that apart from the National Schools’ Championships, Asics will host a signature 5km Road Race and will also aim to partner with the President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic in Linden.
“We want the nation to know that Asics is here to stay and we will be engaging mega events for athletics in Guyana to promote the brand,” Babb noted. He said that apart from the gifts for eight athletes, those wishing to purchase sport apparel for nationals will benefit from 10% off all items under the brand until month end.
Babb said that Marketing and Public Relations Manager for the Schools’ Championships, Edison Jefford had worked closely with him on the modalities of the Asics arrangement for the Schools’ Championships and expressed thanks for the opportunity.
In the release, on behalf of the Management Committee for the Championships, which comprises Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and Ministry of Education Officials, Jefford thanked first, Asics choosing the National Schools’ Championships to announce its presence formally in Guyana and Giftland OfficeMax for facilitating the arrangement.
Jefford said that the relationship with Asics is a continued effort to raise the profile of athletics in Guyana and by extension lift the image of the National Schools Championships.
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