Captain's Island: 13 Countries, 1 Island & 1 Legendary Adventure
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 6th October: After six weeks of scouring the country, the buccaneering Captain Morgan has selected a team from Belfast as the most worthy crew to compete for Ireland in The Captain’s Island 2011. Comprising of a series of challenges against 12 countries from around the world, national pride and a £13,000 share of Captain Morgan’s bounty will be at stake at the island based adventure.
The team is made up of three crew members – the leader Ross McDonald from Belfast who entered The Captain’s Island challenge initially and then selected the most suitable crew mates, Calvin Holohan Doyle, Belfast and Jonathan Haggarty from Newcastle County Down.
Over 100,000 contestants participated in 13 countries via the Captain’s Island Facebook app. The Irish team has already shown their buccaneering spirit in a series of tests and challenges which saw them beat off competition from over 7,500 teams from across Ireland.
They will really need to have their wits about them as they move to the next stage and compete in an island adventure against 12 other countries from around the world. Their collective leadership, teamwork, bravado, clever thinking and masculinity will be put to the ultimate test in challenges laid out by Captain Morgan himself. The Captain’s Island 2011 Challenge will be hosted over three days (October 10th-13th) and take place at a secret location in the Caribbean. Actress Mena Suvari will be on hand on The Captain’s Island to report back on the adventures, interviewing the crew along the way.
Captain Morgan commented: “I only want the best crews from around the world on my island and so far the guys who will represent Ireland look to have all the attributes I’d be looking for. However, they’ve only just got over the first challenge – which frankly wasn’t that difficult – so let’s see how they fare when I really put them through their paces on my Island. I’m not going to give my £13,000 bounty to just anyone so they better show they’ve got what it takes to impress the Captain.”
Competition winner Ross McDonald stated, “It’s an incredible honour to represent Ireland on The Captain’s Island. The Irish lads from last year’s Captain’s Cup team won the overall prize in South Africa so it has made us even more determined to bring the £13,000 bounty home to Ireland!’
The first leg of The Captain’s Island journey has seen contestants from across Ireland attempt to find and earn ‘keys’ which they then logged on www.facebook.com/CaptainMorganIreland.
The winning team from Ireland will now battle it out against 12 other countries for a share of Captain Morgan’s £13,000 bounty. The other countries the team from Ireland will need to beat are; UK, USA, Denmark, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rico, Peru, Canada, Germany, Austria, Russia and Czech Republic.
To follow all of their adventures visit Captain Morgan’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CaptainMorganIreland for exclusive pictures, commentary and videos of the challenge on The Captain’s Island.
The Captain’s Island contest is only open to 18 years olds and older.
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