"na kamaa he poʻokela no ko mākou mau 'âlapa aupuni i ko mākou hoʻomau 'ana i kā mākou hoʻoilina no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻōpio hoʻokūkū e manaʻo nei e pani i ko mākou ʻāina hānau aloha ma ka ʻāina a ma ke kahua honua," wahi a Sandals Resorts Executive Chairman Adam Stewart. "Ke haʻaheo nei mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou hae nani e haʻi kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻike ana i ka honua ʻaʻole ʻo Jamaica wale nō ka lāhui o nā moeʻuhane, akā nā mea hana - a hiki i nā mea āpau ke hui pū ka naʻau a me ka hana ikaika. He mea kupanaha ka moʻolelo o ka bobsleigking Jamaica a aia mākou no ka holo lōʻihi, e hauʻoli ana i kēia hui kupaianaha i ko lākou hoʻokūkū ʻana i nā hanana o kēia hoʻoilo a laila e hāʻawi i ka lama no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Montego Bay, ʻo Sandals Resorts kahi kākoʻo lōʻihi o nā mea pāʻani i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma Jamaica a ma ka Caribbean ma o ka hana a ka Sandals Foundation, ka lima aloha o Sandals Resorts. ʻO ke kākoʻo ʻo Sandals i ka 2022 Jamaica Bobsleigh Team e uhi i ka nui o ka logistics a me nā kumukūʻai huakaʻi e pono ai e hoʻouna i nā mea haʻuki kūpono i Beijing, a me nā hanana bobsleigh hou e alakaʻi ana i ka hanana hoʻokūkū honua 2023. Aia i loko o ka hui ka mea hoʻokele ʻo Shanwayne Stephens, nā mea pāʻani pana ʻo Matthew Wepke lāua ʻo Rolando Reid, a me nā mea hoʻokele pale ʻo Ashley Watson lāua ʻo Nimroy Turgott. ʻO Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian kekahi e pani ana i ka Hui Jamaica i kēia makahiki ma kahi hanana monobob wahine hou.
Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka hui e ka luna hui ʻo Nelson Christian "Chris" Stokes, he lālā ikaika ʻo ia o ka Jamaica Bobsleigh Team mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 1988 a he ʻāpana ia o ka hui ʻOlumepika nāna i hoʻoikaika i ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kaulana loa ʻo 1993 Cool Runnings. No Stokes, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, ʻo ke kākoʻo ʻana o Sandals he manawa holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā hui Sandals Resorts ma Sandals Montego Bay i ka waena o -80s.
"ʻO kā mākou hoʻi ʻana i ke kahua honua he lanakila kupaianaha iā ia iho a i kēia manawa ua lawe ʻo Sandals Resorts iā mākou ma luna o ka laina hoʻopau ..."
"… e ʻae ana i kā mākou hui e kau i kā lākou manaʻo i ka mea a lākou e hana maikaʻi ai: lawe mai i ka wela Caribbean," wahi a Stokes. "Ke kau nei nō hoʻi mākou i ke kahua no ka wā e hiki mai ana, no ka mea, hiki mai nā manawa e like me kēia me ke kuleana o ke kōkua ʻana i ka 'pilot' i kahi hanauna hou o nā bobsleighers, a ʻo Sandals ka hoa kūpono no kēia ma ke ala a ma waho o ke ala."
I ko lākou hoʻi ʻana i Jamaica, e hui pū ʻo Stokes a me nā mea pāʻani me ka Sandals Foundation e hoʻolālā i kekahi mau hana lōʻihi i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā mea pāʻani. E komo pū ana kēia mau kipa ʻana i nā kula kūloko e hoʻokipa i nā hana haʻiʻōlelo hoʻoikaika, hoʻonohonoho i nā keʻena hoʻomaʻamaʻa haʻuki, nā papa hana meaʻai me nā chef resort, a me nā mea hou aku. Hiki i nā malihini ke nānā i mua i ka hui kūikawā a me ke aloha me nā lālā o ka hui ʻo Bobsleigh.
"Aia kahi alignment nani ma waena o ka mea a Jamaican bobsledding i hana ai a me kā Sandals i hana ai ma Jamaica no 40 mau makahiki, a e hoʻomau mau mākou i ka hui pū ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā ʻōpio ʻōpio," wahi a Stokes.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “We are also laying the groundwork for the future, as opportunities such as this one come with the responsibility of helping to ‘pilot' a new generation of bobsleighers, and Sandals is the perfect partner for this on and off the track.
- Founded in Montego Bay, Sandals Resorts is a long supporter of athletes in training in Jamaica and across the Caribbean through the work of the Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts.
- For Stokes, who also serves as President and Chairman of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, Sandals' sponsorship is a full-circle moment, having started out as a Sandals Resorts team member at Sandals Montego Bay in the mid -80s.
