The Marketing head is urging all persons to come and participate whether they are amateurs or professionals since, “It is a cause for life and surviving illness that they are in society, while we want to boost the awareness of breast cancer, we still want to celebrate since we have those persons who survived”.
The fifth edition of the annual Digicel Breast Cancer Cycle Road race will pedal-off on October 30 and the event will be in recognition of the work of staff member Sharon Khan.
The Telecommunication company recently held a press conference and Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James, disclosed that “we have taken the event to another level, it is not just about recognizing Breast Cancer but all Cancers because they are persons suffering from all different types of cancer in society and one such person is our very own Sharon Khan, whom I wish to dedicate the race.
James further stated, “She has been an inspiration to us here at Digicel and this is just us recognizing her passion and dedication towards Digicel and to the fight against cancer”.
The race will not only be used as test for local cyclist but the funds gained will donated towards the Cancer society.
“All participants are required to pay a registration fee of $1000 and Digicel will match the total fees collected and donate the money to the Cancer society on behalf of all racers and staff” James explained.
The Marketing head is urging all persons to come and participate whether they are amateurs or professionals since, “It is a cause for life and surviving illness that they are in society, while we want to boost the awareness of breast cancer, we still want to celebrate since we have those persons who survived”.
Similarly, Andrew Arjoon, Secretary of the organizing cyclist club, Team Evolution explained that there will be over seven categories contested and made an appeal to persons to participate in the novices event since it just 4 laps and caters for females and mountain bikes.
“We would like to use this to encourage people who cycle recreationally to get involved , relatively speaking it’s a short race and we are encouraging as many people possible to participate, Arjoon stated.
Meanwhile, club President Keith Fernandes thanked Digicel for allowing his club to manage this race for the second year in a row, stating that “last year we had our minor hiccups but it was a success”.
Fernandes revealed that he “expects in excess of 70 cyclist since everyone is looking forward to the event and it should be very competitive and exciting”.
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The feature event will consist of 30 laps around the outer circuit of the National Park, beginning at Camp Ayanganna, Irving Street heading into Carifesta Avenue then to Camp Street then up Thomas land.
The main event will commence after the novices and consist of juniors, seniors while the veterans (under 45 and over 45) will finish after 18 laps.
First to third place in the seniors will see competitors winning $250,000, $200,000 and $150,000 respectively.
Last year’s race was won by Raynauth Jeffrey in a time of 3:15:32, with Jaime Romeirs (3:16:01) and Marlon Williams (3:16:23) finishing in second and third respectively.