Dominica’s Portsmouth Bombers Football Club has extended a formal invitation to local business proprietors, startup founders, and independent operators across Portsmouth and its adjacent regional communities to attend the upcoming “Connect Portsmouth” business networking and marketing cocktail, slated for Thursday, November 19, 2026. The event, as outlined in an official club press release, will kick off at 7 p.m. at the scenic Cabrits Cruise Ship Reception Area, with a hybrid attendance model that allows participants to join either on-site or via a dedicated virtual stream to remove accessibility barriers for operators with limited availability. A core highlight of the evening will be the official public launch of “Visit Possie”, a purpose-built digital discovery platform curated to help both local residents and incoming tourists easily locate, explore, and patronize Portsmouth’s full ecosystem of small businesses, specialized services, and one-of-a-kind cultural and recreational experiences. Representatives from local restaurants, boutique retail shops, tour and excursion operators, hospitality providers, and a wide range of other local service enterprises will receive step-by-step guidance during the event on how to leverage the “Visit Possie” platform to showcase their unique offerings, expand their customer reach, and drive higher foot traffic and booking volumes. Facilitated discussions will also dive into actionable strategies for combining the Bombers FC’s community sports brand with the region’s fast-growing tourism sector to unlock untapped new revenue streams for local small and medium-sized enterprises. All registered attendees will get dedicated time for peer-to-peer networking, an open question-and-answer session with the “Visit Possie” development team and Bombers FC leadership, and dedicated one-on-one slots to explore mutually beneficial partnership pathways with the football club. These potential collaborations span co-branded joint marketing campaigns, tiered sponsorship packages for club teams and community sports programs, and in-kind contributions of goods or services that align with the club’s operational needs. Bombers FC leadership emphasized that every formal partnership secured through the event will directly fuel the club’s full-tiered football development pathway, which runs from its free community grassroots academy programs for young children, through structured youth development leagues, to its competitive U20 Elite squad and top-tier senior men’s and women’s teams. Sponsorship funds and in-kind donations will go toward purchasing critical player equipment, compensating certified coaching staff, subsidizing travel for inter-island competitive matches, and expanding access to organized sports for underserved youth across the Portsmouth region. Any local business representatives who wish to register for the cocktail event, learn more about the “Visit Possie” platform, or review available partnership tiers can visit the official Bombers FC “Connect Portsmouth Cocktail” web page to access full participation logistics and submit the official expression-of-interest form before the registration cutoff date.
Portsmouth Bombers FC to host “Connect Portsmouth” business networking and marketing cocktail
