by Howard Campbell
LOS ANGELES – With the Olympics in Paris, France formally getting underway on July 26, it’s time to tug out the patriotic gear and cheer in your nation’s athletes. Fernando Edwards is seeking to faucet into that fervor along with his Jamroc Dept. creations.
The Los Angeles-based Jamaican lately launched his line of Olympic T-shirts which bear the likeness of Jamaica’s athletes, the nation’s flag and its gold, black and inexperienced colours.
“I’m very keen about this sport. I really obtained a observe and discipline scholarship to go to the states. I needed to do one thing inventive and totally different from the bigger manufacturers, that really represents us and is by us,” mentioned Edwards. “I’ve a much bigger aim to present again to Jamaica and observe and discipline is an enormous sport for our tradition that may assist carry consciousness to the model.”
Edwards, who’s from Clarendon parish in rural Jamaica, started work on his Olympic line in February when the occasion’s main gamers like Jamaica and america, had been planning nationwide trials to pick their groups.
Whereas not formally educated, he designed the T-shirts and “labored with a number of distributors from totally different areas to make sure the highest quality.” They are often bought by way of www.jamrocdept.com.
A former athlete, Edwards competed within the 200 and 400 meters for Bridgeport Excessive College at Boys Championships in Jamaica and the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. He obtained a scholarship to Missouri Baptist College the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration.
Edwards, who’s concerned within the movie trade as an actor/director, was decided to make an announcement along with his patriotic line.
“I needed to present the followers a technique to present that they’re in help of Staff Jamaica. Whether or not they’re Jamaican or not, this line will let everybody know who they’re rooting for,” he mentioned.
Jamaica are once more anticipated to determine prominently at the Olympics, which ends August 11. Sprinters Shericka Jackson, Kishane Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and quarter-miler Nickisha Pryce are among the nation’s main medal contenders.
