Aggregate company Bardon Vectis join the list of supporters for the 2011 NatWest Island Games. Ed
Isle of Wight based, Bardon Vectis, has announced that they will be supporting the NatWest Island Games 2011, an international event taking place on the Island next year (25 June – 1 July) by becoming the title sponsor of the Athletics.
Thousands of international and world class athletes and officials from 25 member islands around the world will compete in several hundred events across 14 sports during the course of the week, making it the largest international multi-sport event ever held on the Isle of Wight, and the biggest Games to date.
Olympic Games Organising Committee give support
The Isle of Wight Island Games Association, responsible for organising the Games, has also received support from the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games who will be using the Games as a test bed for their sports officials involved in the Olympic programme.
Colin Jones, General Manager with Bardon Vectis, is looking forward to getting involved with the Games and commented: “As an Isle of Wight business, we are always very keen to promote the Island and support Island events. Teamwork is a key part of our success which makes this sponsorship especially relevant to our employees, many of whom are big athletics fans.”
Working hard
Athletics Team Manager, Nick Groocock said “We have a wealth of talented athletes on the Isle of Wight, and to have this support from Bardon Vectis, an international company with a long standing base on the Island, is superb. It will help to guarantee that we are able to put on an International event of the highest calibre.
Technical expertise will come from the mainland but we are busy training local volunteers that have been associated with the club to be an integral and vital part of running the programme.”
The NatWest Island Games has become one of the largest participation events in the world behind the Olympics and Commonwealth Games and provides the platform for the Islands talented athletes to experience and progress in the international sporting arena.
