Bridging the gap between two of Guyana’s most popular sports – cricket and football – the Everest Cricket Club on Saturday became the latest entity to support the Fruta Conquerors Football Club’s 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield campaign.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, who is also the Everest Cricket Club’s President, made the presentation of $100,000 to Fruta Conquerors President Colin Gittens, while expressing his delight at helping the country’s Elite League champion in their quest for regional club football success.
Manager of Everest, Krista Norton, presenting the sponsorship to Fruta Conquerors President Colin Gittens in the presence of ECC President, Manzoor Nadir
Gittens thanked Nadir and the Everest Cricket Club for “lending a helping hand to a club in need.”
Drawn in Group C of the tournament, set for April 23-May 2 in Curaçao, Fruta Conquerors will face Hope International (St Vincent and the Grenadines) and Racing Club Aruba in the preliminary Round, with hopes of advancing to the knockout stages.
Only recently, the club launched a GoFundMe campaign to seek the generous support of football fans in Guyana.
It was stated that the club have a minimum working budget of G$5 million to cover their preparation for, and participation in, the tournament, including the cost of training and travel.
The GoFundMe campaign, which enables fans from all over the world to contribute with any size of donation to the team’s Club Shield journey via a secure online payment platform, can be accessed at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fruta-conquerors-in-the-caribbean-shield
