{"id":38490,"date":"2013-08-21T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=38490"},"modified":"2013-08-21T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:30:12","slug":"lleyton-hewitt-supports-sands-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/lleyton-hewitt-supports-sands-beer","title":{"rendered":"Lleyton Hewitt Supports Sands Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/lleyton-hewitt-supports-sands-beer-38490.html\/hewitt-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38492\" title=\"hewitt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hewitt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hewitt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hewitt-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hewitt-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Former world number one Australian professional tennis player Lleyton Hewitt will once again prove there&#8217; s nothing like a Sands Beer by wearing the Sands logo when he competes in the U.S. Open as he did when he competed in Wimbledon 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt first brought international awareness to the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage brands by donning T-shirts with the Strong Back logo at the 2012 Australian open press conference.<\/p>\n<p>This year, he also wore the Sands logo on the court, at the most prestigious tennis arena in the world &#8211; Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Bahamian Brewery and Beverage James \u00e2 Jimmy\u00e2 Sands said, \u00e2 the U.S. Open and Wimbledon are such large scale events in the tennis arena and I am honored that he would even think to wear the Sands logo while playing. We are absolutely thrilled to have Sands Beer promoted on such an international stage.&#8221; \u009d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt defeated Stan Warinka of Switzerland to make it to the second round of Wimbledon; unfortunately, he didn\u00e2 t advance any further. His performance, however, not only gained widespread recognition for Sands Beer, but also displayed that he is still a contender in the tennis world. Sands, and the Brewery are excited to see how he will do in the upcoming U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Brewery is a proud supporter of sports in the country, mainly focusing on the sport of sailing. The Brewery sponsors numerous sailing competitions throughout the country, including bringing back the art of sculling.<\/p>\n<p>Sands will host its next sculling competition coming up in West End on August 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Brewery is very aware of the benefit of all sports and is extremely pleased to be advertised in the tennis arena by Hewitt, who has been a Bahamian resident since 2009.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Source: The Freeport News<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former world number one Australian professional tennis player Lleyton Hewitt will once again prove there&#8217; s nothing like a Sands Beer by wearing the Sands logo when he competes in the U.S. Open as he did when he competed in Wimbledon 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}