DIGICELFIJI BRAND AMBASSADORS TOP SPORTS PERSONALITY RANKS
January 3rd 2012 - DIGICELFIJI BRAND AMBASSADORS TOP SPORTS PERSONALITY RANKS
Contact:
Joji Fatiaki
PR & Community Manager, Digicel Fiji
+679 701 5805
jioji.fatiaki@digicelgroup.com
DIGICELFIJI BRAND AMBASSADORS TOP SPORTS PERSONALITY RANKS
Tuesday 03rdJanuary 2012, Fiji: Digicel Fiji congratulates Digicel brand ambassador BanuveTabakaucoro on winning the Fiji One “2011 Sports Personality of the Year” award.
Banuve topped the ratings with fifty four percent of text votes from Fiji One viewers. Atthe 2011 Coke Games, Banuve became the fastest school boy in Fiji by making a clean sweep in the 100m, 200m and 4 X100mraces and setting a new record in the 200m sprint.
Dubbed “The Bauan Bullet” by the media, Banuve continued his winning streak at the Pacific Games in Noumea by winning gold medals for all his events in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay.
Banuve is currently enrolled in the Sports Science Academy at the Marist Brothers High School.
Digicel Fiji 7s captain Setefano Cakau was runner up in the competition. Cakau is another Digicel Fiji associated athlete and led the Digicel Fiji 7’s team to their triumphant opening win at the Gold Coast leg of the IRB sevens series.
Digicel Fiji CEO David Butler said:“We are delighted for Banuve and Setefano, this is a tremendous achievement and testament to the hard work and dedication they have both shown. Digicel wishes them both, the very best for 2012.We will continue to support their future endeavors.”
Ends
ABOUT DIGICEL GROUP
About Digicel
After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 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. 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.
Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information.
