Netball Jamaica has received a financial boost with the Ministry of Sport, through the Sport Development Foundation, contributing two million dollars towards the staging of the Sunshine Series.

The series, to be staged at the National Indoor Sports Centre, features the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Girls facing Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls from October 7-9 and England Roses versus the Sunshine Girls from October 11-15.

The cheque was presented by the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport at a breakfast she hosted for Netball Jamaica and Sponsor representatives.

“I regret that because of duties overseas I will miss most of the Series but I do hope to attend one or two of the matches on my return to Jamaica. But I am leaving with Netball Jamaica a nice little gift as I depart – Two Million Dollars – provided by the Sports Development Foundation,” the Sport Minister said.

The Minister said also, “The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has underwritten the cost for the entertainment package for the Half Time Shows at all of the matches.”

Minister Grange wished Netball Jamaica a successful Series and thanked the sponsors.

“All of Jamaica is proud of the Sunshine Girls who are showing more and more class by their recent performances and more and more we are convinced that world championship for them is just a few passes away,” Minister Grange said.

Lasco affiliated companies – Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services and Lasco Manufacturing – have been announced as title sponsors for the Sunshine Series.