Local distributor for Lucozade Sport, GlaxoSmithKline, presented some of its products to G.C. Foster College of Physical Education on Thursday.

The presentation included products from the GlaxoSmithKline consumer health-care line such as Panadol and Aquafresh. The college was also presented with nutritious fluids.

Jacqueline Jackson, customer marketing executive at GlaxoSmithKline, said her company, distributors of Lucozade Sport, was happy to assist G.C. Foster College.

"What we do is to prepare monthly care packages for their top athletes because we really want them to excel when they are on the field," she said.

Important to help

Jackson said helping athletes in this way is important for her company "because Lucozade Sport is an isotonic drink, which replaces lost fluid. We want athletes to be in touch with good nutrition and to understand the signals their body is sending .... and to properly hydrate when they are training".

Ventley Brown, athletics director of G.C. Foster College, was pleased with GlaxoSmithKline's contribution.

"On behalf of G.C. Foster College, I am grateful for the gesture by GlaxoSmithKline through their product Lucozade," Brown said.

"Nutritious fluids are very expensive and to have a company like that giving us 50 cases ... is more than welcome," he added.

GlaxoSmithKline, a long-time supporter of the school's sport programme, will also give nutritious fluids to the male and female volleyball and hockey teams, along with the female basketballers and cricketers.