{"id":27499,"date":"2013-07-12T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/?p=27499"},"modified":"2013-07-12T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T14:47:16","slug":"national-lotteries-control-board-sponsors-trinidad-and-tobago-red-steel-for-limacol-cpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/national-lotteries-control-board-sponsors-trinidad-and-tobago-red-steel-for-limacol-cpl\/","title":{"rendered":"National Lotteries Control Board sponsors Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel for Limacol CPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) has signed on as the sponsor of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel team for the upcoming Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament. The official announcement was made by Brian Sawh, director of the NLCB, at a press conference in Port of Spain on Wednesday.<br \/>\nAlso in attendance was the Honourable Anil Roberts, Trinidad and Tobago sport minister, Colin Borde, Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel team, Red Steel Captain Dwayne Bravo and team members Darren Bravo and Justin Guillen.<br \/>\n\u201cThe National Lotteries Control Board is proud to be a part of this new and exciting journey in our country\u2019s and region\u2019s sporting history,\u201d said Sawh.<br \/>\n\u201cJuly 30, 2013 marks the dawn of a new era. The Limacol Caribbean Premier League brings a brand new platform for our young cricketers to aspire to be great, and another platform for our household stars to bring pride to their adoring fans. For this reason, the NLCB takes great pride in doing our part as the title sponsor of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe are delighted to have NLCB come on board as the founding sponsor of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel,\u201d said Jamie Stewart, Commercial Director and Consultant to the Limacol CPLT20.<br \/>\n\u201cThe theme of the Limacol CPL is \u2018We\u2019ve Come to Play\u2019 and NLCB and its products fit in well with that. NLCB is a proud Trinidad organisation and we thank them for taking the step of giving full support to the Team in this inaugural season.\u201d<br \/>\nCommenting on the announcement, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel Captain Dwayne Bravo said, \u201cThe NLCB is well known here for its support of local cricket, and as a Trini, it makes me happy to know that a local company has seen the value of investing in Red Steel.\u201d<br \/>\nRed Steel Team Manager Colin Borde agreed. \u201cHaving NLCB partner with Red Steel strengthens both brands as we are equally committed to the support and development of cricket,\u201d said Borde.<br \/>\n\u201cRed Steel\u2019s goal is to not only play great, entertaining cricket but to work alongside corporate Trinidad and Tobago to enhance the game. NLCB\u2019s support for cricket here is a natural result of this vision.\u201d<br \/>\nThe inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premiere League begins on July 30 with 24 matches to be played across six Caribbean countries: Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.<br \/>\nThe Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel\u2019s first match takes place on July 31 in Guyana against the Guyana Amazon Warriors.<br \/>\nThe first match at Queen\u2019s Park Oval will take place on August 7 when the Red Steel take on the Jamaica Tallawahs.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) has signed on as the sponsor of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel team for the upcoming Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament. The official announcement was made by Brian Sawh, director of the NLCB, at a press conference in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Also in attendance was the Honourable Anil Roberts, Trinidad and Tobago sport minister, Colin Borde, Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel team, Red Steel Captain Dwayne Bravo and team&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27500,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27499\/revisions\/27500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}