Guyana Beverage Company (GBC) renewed its sponsorship of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club for the 10th year with offerings of $1.5M in cash and gear Friday at the company’s head office at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
Managing Director of GBC, Robert Selman promised executives of the club that “as long as he is around the company will continue to support the club,” especially since it has marketed the Fruta brand with pride for the past decade. It was noted at the small ceremony that the two organisations first came together when the company donated two balls to the club and “today it is $1.5M”. A cheque for $500,000 was handed over to the club as stipend for the coaches while $1M in gear was distributed for players of all age categories.
Selman reflected on when the club was the number one in Guyana but now they’re not “they still have never let down the
