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New Sponsor for Kyle Buckingham

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Kyle Buckingham, based in Port Elizabeth, on 1 December announced his partnership with Jendamark Automation (Pty) Ltd, as his title sponsor starting as of the 1st December 2017. Jendamark is proud to be associated with Kyle, a born and bred Pro Ironman triathlete from Nelson Mandela Bay.

Jendamark Director, Graeme van Zyl was on hand to announce the sponsorship. “We at Jendamark would like to mentioned just how great is to support Kyle in his dreams to reach the top in his sporting career of Ironman triathlon” .Graeme van Zyl added “as a company based in Nelson Mandela Bay,  we believe our support will help him travel and race across the world to reach new highs in this sport. We are also very excited that not only will Nelson Mandela Bay be hosting the Ironman African champs in April but also the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in September. The whole of the Jendamark team wishes Kyle the best of luck with all his training and racing”.

The Mandela Bay Development Agency is responsible for the City ambassador programme for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay. Luvuyo Bangazi the Marketing Manager had this to say” Buckingham is a great ambassador for Nelson Mandela Bay, always actively promoting the City wherever he can so we are thrilled for this partnership and for us demonstrates the possibilities for Nelson Mandela Bay business when choosing to back and support local talent, everyone is a winner”.
 
Buckingham starts his first race on the 28th Jan 2018, the Ironman 70.3 held in East London, and follows it on to race the Ironman here in NMB in April 2018. Buckingham will then head overseas to travel and race and will be heading back in September for the World Championships.

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