8000inc (EIGH.pk) Begins Launch of Sporting Centres of Excellence With Barbados Cricket Legend Desmond Haynes

MANASSAS, Virginia, September 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- 8000inc Sponsors The Carlton Club Working as the First Sports Initiative led by 8000inc Global Ambassador Desmond Haynes

8000inc with Desmond Haynes, is pleased to announce its commitment to fund the development of future sporting skills and talent of the youth in the Barbados. The Carlton club, established over 50 years ago, is the first of these initiatives. The sponsorship includes but is not limited to, funding for stadium improvements, funding for improved coaching, but also the team's kits. This is the first of many announcements for this programme. 8000inc is enthusiastic and proud to support this project.

Desmond Haynes said, "To be able to provide sporting development and opportunity to the talented and the community in general is something that I have planned and wished for, the facilities and opportunity will be there for years to come for the youth of today."

With the combined alliance 8000inc has with Desmond Haynes, and his sporting influence, achievements, knowledge and coaching skills, spanning the world, 8000inc has agreed that 10% of the revenue generated from the Desmond Haynes exclusive range at the Limegrove life centre to ensure that the sporting fund will have a lasting, self-funded legacy for continual development of the unrealised potential of athletes and sports men and women of Barbados.

Thomas Kelly, CEO 8000inc, stated, "We want to support the community to create success for the youth and future generations by giving the talent of Barbados a "sporting" chance. The Carlton Club will now have the means to grow and build, working with the Youth and the community to enhance sporting ability and personal skills which may otherwise go unseen and undeveloped. Our strategy delivers a sustainable future for sports and community development and this is something we are proud of. Desmond Haynes as Ambassador will be working with us and the Carlton Club, and the 8000inc Desmond Haynes Academy, to enable the sporting talent that Barbados has to offer."

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. The words "estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors that may affect the future performance of 8000 Inc. see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made and the Company undertakes no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

For further information: please visit: http://www.8000inc.net, Or contact: 8000inc, 10432 Balls Ford Road, Suite 300, Manassas, Virginia, 20109, USA, t. +1-703-881-7834, f. +1-703-881-7601, e.enquiries(at)8000inc.net

SOURCE 8000inc

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