The Guyana Beverage Inc. (GBI) and Guyana’s premier football club; Fruta Conquerors; marked their 20-year anniversary with the renewal of their multi-million-dollar partnership.
From left – Fruta Conquerors Acting President Daniel Thomas, Nicholas McArthur, FCFC Vice-President Colin Gittens, FCFC Assistant Secretary Joylan Harry, GBI Commercial Manager Samuel Arjoon, GBI Category manager Andre Noel and Jeremy Garrett
Arguably the most organized club in Guyana, Fruta Conquerors and the beverage company have been promoting the sport and producing stars for more than two decades, continued their conglomerate with GBI pumping millions into the club’s agenda for 2018.
Conquerors FC secretary, Daniel Thomas who is performing the duties of president, at Tuesday’s press conference at the Red Cross Building in Kingston Georgetown, said the contract which is renewed yearly by the GBI, is a multi-million-dollar one which fetches a lot of responsibility, meaning the club and its players need to live up to high expectations.
Coupled with the recent acquisition of few of the country’s top soccer players including Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson, Job Caesar and others, Thomas feels the renewed sponsorship as well as their beefed up roster can help them win the Elite League, despite a shaky start.
From a perspective of ensuring that players and coaches are suitably trained and are well polished in every aspect, Thomas said he has a lot planned for the development of the club from a grassroots level.
Meanwhile, the secretary added that he was poised ahead of the upcoming plans for the club which will not only target the on-field aspects but off-filed as much will be done to assist players with uniforms and other gear.
Also, the lucrative assist will play a huge role for both the club and the company as both entities have been in the top tier of the respective business and sport worlds, this is according to GBI Category Manager Andre Noel who said he was happy to have been associated with the club for such a long successful period.
Noel said that the time spent had done wonders for the image of both entities, adding that he hoped the club continue its stride to greatness and he was further excited to see what they do this season in the Elite League.
The club also unveiled their new brightly-colored playing outfits which boldly flaunt the Fruta logo on the front with the respective player’s name and number on the back. (Clifton Ross).
