League to be renamed LIME LTE League

Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has replaced Digicel as the sponsor of Gaelic football competitions in the Cayman Islands.

CWC, which trades as LIME in the Cayman Islands, has agreed a three year sponsorship of the Cayman Islands Gaelic Football Club, which will see the local league renamed as the LIME LTE league. LIME will be launching nationwide Long Term Evolution (LTE) services – the world’s fastest mobile data technology – later this year in the Cayman Islands.

As the sport’s major sponsor CWC will provide prizes and sponsorship for the league and the Club’s other competitions, as well as helping the sport to further raise its profile in the islands.

Martin Roos, Acting Chief Executive Officer, LIME, commented:

“We are delighted to be supporting Gaelic football and a great sporting competition in Cayman. The competition is a real community event in Cayman, and we are proud to be able to help the league flourish. We are also pleased to be promoting our new LTE service, which will be the best available in Cayman, as the only service available on the 700MHz frequency used by the major operators in the US thereby allowing existing iPhone5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 customers to upgrade LTE service without having to change phone.”

Gaelic football has been played in the Cayman Islands for over a quarter of a century. The CIGFC is now the governing body and organiser of Gaelic football activities locally.

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About Gaelic football

Gaelic football has been described as a cross between soccer and rugby.

The playing pitch is similar in set up to rugby (with posts either end representing the goals), but is larger at 130-145 metres long by 80-90 metres wide. Unlike rugby, a net is affixed to the crossbar and lower posts. Lines are marked at 13, 20 and 45 metres from the end line.

There are 15 players in a team (like rugby), but a round ball is used (like soccer, albeit the ball is a similar size to a volleyball). Teams are made up of a goalie, two corner backs, a full back, two wing backs, a centre back, two midfielders, two wing forwards, a centre forward, two corner forwards and a full forward. Up to 15 substitutes can be named, of which five may be used.There are eight officials for games.