The Fruta Conquerors Football club last Sunday celebrated 10 years of partnership with Guyana Beverage Inc., the subsidiary of S M Jaleel Beverage Company of Trinidad and Tobago.
As part of the celebrations to mark the successful sponsorship, the club attended the company’s annual prayer event at its new factory site at Plantation Diamond, East Bank Demerara on July 12.
The partnership began in 1998 with the acceptance of two soccer balls from the company, then located in Festival City, Georgetown and it has flourished continuously.
The company was located in the immediate vicinity of the club’s training venue, the Tucville ground.
In 1999, Robert Selman, the managing director, officially sponsored the club with Fruta kits that included socks, jerseys, pants and balls.
Success that year was immediate with the club winning the National League followed by every type of football title played for in Guyana.
At the club’s junior level, success continued with the team performing creditably in every competition from the Under-11 to Under-21 levels.
During this period the club has immensely contributed to the game of football with significant support from its sponsors. This contribution included the steady upgrade of the Tucville ground.
In addition, the club has hosted a very successful annual Knockout Football Tournament since 2004 and the event is now approaching its sixth year.
The ceremony was attended by Dr. Mohamid, chairman of S M Jaleel and his wife Anna Mohamid and managers from all subsidiaries in the Caribbean.
At the conclusion of proceedings, treasurer of Fruta Conquerors, Candia Shepherd presented a plaque of appreciation to Selman for the company’s dedicated sponsorship while Kurt Codogan, the club coach presented the enterprise with one of the many trophies which the club had won at the youth level.
The club’s youngest winning captain at the U-11 Level, Bradley Thomas, was given the honour of presenting a token of appreciation to the wife of the company’s chairman, Anna Mohamid on behalf of the Guyana Beverage Inc.
Meanwhile, more celebrations are scheduled to take place while the club will go to the polls on August 9 at the Tucville ground in their Club House at 9:30am.
