NEW YORK – Yeah Man! They are back! The Jamaica Olympic Bobsleigh Team is on track in its qualifying bid for the 21st Olympic Winter Games scheduled to be held February 12-28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. The team concluded four months of training and competition with a tenth place finish in the final two man bobsled race of the 2008-2009 FIBT calendar in Lake Placid, New York.
Team driver Hannukkah Wallace and brakeman Joel Alexander completed the 1680 meter track in a combined time of 2:00.69 over two heats.
Other highlights of their season include a 20th place finish at the Junior World Championship in Koenigsee, Germany as well as extensive sliding time in Park City.
While on a brief stop-over in New York on April 3, on their way home from Lake Placid, team members Joel Alexander, Hannukkah Wallace and Marvin Dixon made a courtsey call on COO Sabrina HoSang and her dad Vincent HoSang, founder and CEO of Caribbean Food Delights, located in Tappan, New York.
The team also did interviews on Caribbean Lifestyle TV (CLM), Irie Jam Radio, 93.5 FM and dined at the Door Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens and Ripe Restaurant in Mt. Vernon, New York.
Devon Harris, a member of the Jamaica’s first bobsled team which qualified for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was the team’s chaperon during their stay in New York.
(L-R) Joel Alexander (brakeman), Hannukkah Wallace (driver), Sabrina HoSang (Caribbean Food Delights), Marvin Dixon (brakeman), Vincent HoSang (Caribbean Food Delights) and 3-time Olympian Devon Harris stock up on supplies of tasty Easter Buns and Jamaican Beef Patties during a recent tour of the production plant at Caribbean Foods Delights – a state-of-the-art 100,000sq. ft. production facility which has the capacity to manufacture in excess of 30,000 patties per hour.
Caribbean Food Delights and its affiliate, Royal Caribbean Bakery have been in business for over 30 years and distribute their products nationally in Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, BJ’s Wholesale, Costco, Stop & Shop and other supermarket chains. They also sell internationally in London via ASDA supermarkets.
