Nassau BAH - On Monday, July 4th Bahamian telecommunications company BATELCO became the second Platinum Partner of the ColinaImperial CAC Championships when they presented the Organizing Committee with a checque for $125,000.

The Championships begins with a fantastic Opening Ceremony this Friday should see nearly six hundred athletes and officials from thirty- four countries participate, the largest ever in the thirty-eight year history of the Championships, which is held every odd year.

Batelco intends to use the Championships to market several of its products. Bahamian Athens Gold medallist Tonique Williams-Darling is a spokesperson for Batelco.

Show in the photo, left to right is Alpheus Finlayson, Co-Vice Chairman, Montgomery Braithwaite, Partner, Deloitte, Treasurer of the Organizing Committee, Dr. Bernard J. Nottage, Chairperson, Mike Sands, Co-Vice Chairman and president of the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations, Michael Symonette, President of Batelco, Reno Brown, Chairman of Batelco, Frank Rahming, Technical Director of the Organizing Committee, and Leon Williams, Senior Vice President of Batelco.