Edge Sports Management aims to assist in athletes’ brand- building – Chelsea Edghill

To improve the marketing of athletes in Guyana, national table tennis player the Olympian Chelsea Edghill has launched Edge Sports Management, which aims to assist athletes to reach the next level, improve on their presentation, and be recipients of corporate sponsorship.
This management entity has significantly highlighted top Guyanese sportsmen and women, with those being Briton John, Ceili Peterson, Jethher Harris, Niran Bissu, Attoya Harvey, Raekwon Noel, Shakeem Fausette, Cherry-Ann Fraser, Zion Hickerson, Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes.
CEO Chelsea Edghill, speaking exclusively with Guyana Times, has expounded on the entity’s overall aim toward athletes’ brand development, national federations, clubs, and sporting management.

“So, as it pertains to athletes, we want to help them build their social media and their overall personal brand, and also help to manage their career planning, ensuring that they get to the level that they want to. In the grand scheme of things, sports management offers sports management services, sports consulting, and event management for national federations, clubs, and sporting organizations.
“We also cater to corporate entities that want to host corporate events as well,” Edghill said.
She went on to divulge that the entity’s long-term goal is to be sports advisors and to introduce new sporting technologies on the local scene. Edghill said, “Our goal is to be able to position yourself as the person, the people that you go to if you need advice in terms of sports management, and elevating sports in Guyana. We want to be the go-to source for anything sports management. I think that’s our goal for the next two to five years. It’s also to be able to bring new technologies to Guyana when it comes to sports and sports development.” (Omar McKenzie)