Re­pub­lic Bank re­news its com­mit­ment to crick­et by part­ner­ing with CPL for a 7th year. The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from RBL:

Re­pub­lic Bank has part­nered with the Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) for the sev­enth year in a row to en­hance crick­et fans’ ex­pe­ri­ence both at home and at the match­es.

For the first time in the Twen­ty20 tour­na­ment’s his­to­ry, the games would be held ex­clu­sive­ly in St. Kitts this year and would be open to mem­bers of the pub­lic who have been vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID-19.

Both Re­pub­lic Bank and CPL have loy­al fan bases in the Caribbean com­mu­ni­ty, and this year crick­et fans will have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to see ‘Be­yond the Bound­ary’ as part of an ex­clu­sive so­cial me­dia video se­ries with play­ers and coach­es to be streamed on the Bank’s Face­book page. In ad­di­tion to part­ner­ing on lo­cal com­mu­ni­ty ac­ti­va­tions in St Kitts, Re­pub­lic Bank will hype up fans across its net­work with games and a takeover of sec­tion at some branch lo­ca­tions across the re­gion.

For the past 9 years, CPL has unit­ed the re­gion through sport and en­ter­tain­ment while show­cas­ing the Caribbean’s mixed cul­ture around the world. This vi­sion of unit­ing the re­gion through cul­ture, com­mu­ni­ties and so­cio-eco­nom­ics, is a vi­sion shared by the Caribbean born fi­nan­cial in­sti­tu­tion.

“Be­ing the lead­ing re­gion­al bank, we view our­selves as an all-rounder; we are com­mit­ted to cre­at­ing deep­er re­gion­al in­te­gra­tion through crick­et, to dri­ve sport­ing uni­ty with courage, pas­sion and love. Our part­ner­ship will see a new ven­ture and a new for­mat of crick­et par­tic­i­pa­tion. We be­lieve that in­vest­ing in the grass­roots is what will keep our re­gion for­mi­da­ble in the glob­al game”, says Pres­i­dent and CEO, Nigel Bap­tiste.

By sup­port­ing the CPL, as well as sup­port­ing the grass­roots de­vel­op­ment of the girls’ game, Re­pub­lic Bank will be able to cre­ate new op­por­tu­ni­ties with crick­et. This year we will again wit­ness the Re­pub­lic Bank Fan Stand where the fans can be heard and share their feel­ings, in­sights and knowl­edge about the game – both at the oval in St Kitts and through the Spir­it of Caribbean web­site at www.spir­itof­caribbean­crick­et.com.

“When two home­grown brands like CPL and Re­pub­lic Bank join forces, it gives us the op­por­tu­ni­ty to bring fans of both brands unique ex­pe­ri­ences dur­ing crick­et games and through­out our net­work. We’re ex­cit­ed to bring crick­et fans some new things to cheer about and cel­e­brate our com­mu­ni­ty to­geth­er in a way on­ly we can. Crick­et is our cul­ture and we are in this to­geth­er. Let us all share in the Spir­it of Caribbean Crick­et”, added Bap­tise.