The Bartica Football Association (BFA) has been employing its best efforts in trying to take football in that region to the next level. In this regard, President of the BFA, Alden Marslowe, and his team of dedicated officials are now looking to get sponsors to buy in to this initiative in order that football in Bartica might benefit from improvement.
BFA President, Alden Marslowe
In an interview with Guyana Times Sport, Marslowe had this to say about the situation in regard to sponsors: “Sponsorship is our second tragedy. So far for the year, (there has been) zero corporate input. We managed to run off our leagues entirely with financial support from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).
“We are now reaching out again to businesses in a bid to promote an under-20 league. Anything would be better than what we have seen so far. Everyone wants to be a part of a good thing, but it comes around again to facilities.
“Businesses told me straight that they won’t have much visibility at our current venue. They want to see us drawing crowds at the main ground, and then people will buy in to our programmes.
“Bartica people like night action. If we have our ground back, then everything will improve.”
Marslowe said it should also be known that the River’s View Community commissioned a new and excellent playfield as a result of good representation.
“That community (River’s View) is in Region 10, while Bartica is in Region 7; but cooperation and representation have worked well for them, and they will benefit from a ground that is better than anything we have at Bartica – the gateway to the gold and diamond mining operations,” the BFA president lamented.
He also noted that should Bartica Football get sponsorship, football grounds can be placed in order, in that not only would each ground be given a good surface, but flood-lights would also be installed, giving players the opportunity to play night games and hold games as fundraisers for the Association. The BFA would also be able to host visiting teams, “thus creating more exposure for the teams in Bartica.”
Marslowe is therefore appealing to corporate sponsors to come on board this initiative that is seeking to improve football in Bartica.
