The 2023 Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) Event was formally launched at present on the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) ‘s workplace.
It’s the area’s longest-running Membership Rugby 7s event and has returned to Grenada for its second 12 months. Eighteen (18) of the world’s greatest Males’s and Girls’s Elite 7s groups will compete within the event from 1st and 2nd December for a US $20,000 whole prize pool.
The event is certainly one of rugby’s hottest worldwide occasions and has been operating for over 30 years in varied areas. It’s famend for its action-packed week of scheduled actions, together with a charity occasion to assist the Grenada Most cancers Society and the official’ pitch days.’
This 12 months’s occasion is predicted to draw not less than 400 guests to the island and supply a big monetary injection into the native financial system.
Talking on the launch, GRW7s Occasion Supervisor George Nicholson stated, “We’re thrilled to be again in Grenada to host an occasion that may entice each locals and guests alike to observe elite sport being performed at a premier worldwide sporting venue such because the Kirani James Athletics Stadium.
Groups from the UK, USA, Canada, and the Caribbean have already registered to take part on this 12 months’s occasion, showcasing world-class rugby and giving gamers and spectators a style of all that ‘Pure Grenada’ has to supply.”
In his deal with, Nicholson additionally thanked the next Official 2023 GRW7s Companions for his or her assist:
● Presenting Companion – Grenada Tourism Authority
● Official Beer of GRW7s – Stag Beer at the side of Carib Brewery (Grenada) Ltd.
● Official Rum of GRW7s – Wester corridor Rum
● Official House of GRW7s – Umbrellas Seaside Bar
● Official Broadcast Companion – Viral Media TV
● Official Automotive Rental Companion – Enterprise Hire-A-Automotive
● Official Ice Supplier – Island Ice Co. Ltd.
● Official Particular Occasions Companion – The Grenada Golf and Nation Membership
● Official Insurance coverage Companion – Netherlands Insurance coverage Co. (WI) Ltd.
● Official Leisure Companion – Mount Cinnamon
GRW7s Normal Supervisor Brian Stolmeyer added, “What’s particular about our occasion is that it’s great publicity for the newly shaped Grenada Rugby Union and offers Grenadians an opportunity to come back out and see what rugby is all about. We hope that GRW7s is not going to solely spotlight Grenada as a world-class tourism vacation spot however will even assist to develop the native rugby group on the island and expose as many individuals as potential to the life-changing alternatives and lifelong friendships that rugby can present.”
Grenada Tourism Authority CEO Petra Roach stated, “Internet hosting a world sporting occasion of this magnitude brings substantial income alternatives. Our motels, eating places, native companies, and artisans will expertise a lift in exercise, which aids in supporting jobs and livelihoods. Most guests will keep between 7-10 days, and the anticipated income might be across the US $2.35M mark. This doesn’t think about oblique advantages, like growing model consciousness of Grenada as a vacation vacation spot and strengthening our sporting occasions calendar”.
The ‘Caribbean 7s’ Event started in Trinidad within the Nineteen Eighties earlier than transferring to Tobago in 2011 after which to Barbados in 2016. With final 12 months’s transfer to the Spice Isle of the Caribbean, 2023 GRW7s will proceed to interrupt new floor by strengthening the synergy between sports activities and tourism, and sports activities and leisure, and supply groups, officers, and spectators an expanded occasion ‘expertise’ with one thing for everybody.
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