Digicel Continues Sponsorship Of Micah Franklin
Digicel has announced that it will extend its support of Micah Franklin, a Bermudian squash athlete, into 2014.
Digicel Bermuda began sponsoring Franklin in December 2011, when Franklin was 19 years old and just beginning his professional squash career.
With this sponsorship, Franklin has competed in international tournaments in Canada, the USA, Australia, and Brazil as part of the Professional Squash Association Tour.
In the coming year, Digicel Bermuda is proud to support Franklin in training camps in the UK as well as competitions in the USA, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, the Digicel 2014 Bermuda National Championships and representing Bermuda at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
“I would like to say a massive thank you to Digicel and everyone involved in my professional squash career,” said Micah Franklin. “I am truly blessed and thankful for such continued support in following my aspirations of being Bermuda’s best squash player in history.
“My hope is that someday squash will get the recognition it deserves as the healthiest sport in the world and be included in the Olympic Games. I will continue to train and improve and give it 100 percent of my time to be the best player I can be.”
BSRA Director of Squash, Patrick Foster, stated, “Micah is a fantastic role model for all the young kids on our squash program. Having come all the way through the program himself and now having reached a career high world ranking of #151, we at the BSRA couldn’t be more proud of him. Digicel’s generous support will allow him to continue to train, travel and fly the flag for Bermuda on the World Squash stage.”
“The growth we have seen in this young athlete has been remarkable,” stated Digicel Bermuda Sales Director, Shane McDonnell. “Last year, his goal was to be one of the top 200 squash players in the world; he is now ranked 170th. We at Digicel are very proud of Micah and his progress and we are pleased to continue providing support.”
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