Sterling Products continues support for Courts Optical Pee-Wee
Sterling Products’ Dellon Lynch makes a presentation to Petra’s Troy Mendonca in the presence of Sterling’s Youlandra McCammon and Troy Peters
The stage is set for the 11th staging of the Courts Optical Under-11 Pee- Wee schools’ football tournament set to commence this weekend. But before the on-field action, Sterling products Limited took the opportunity to materialise its support for the youth tournament, just in the nick of time.
Under its Igloo Ice-cream brand, Sterling handed over the sponsorship cheque to the Petra Organisation during a simple ceremony on Thursday afternoon at the company’s Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) location.
There, Marketing Manager Dellon Lynch expressed why the company would continually support the U11 tournament.
“Sterling Products has always been committed to nurturing young talents and fostering development. Listening to what my friend Troy Mendonca said just now as to what he’s been seeing with youths who have been moving on with senior teams and contributing positively with society, it means that our commitment, our sponsorship has been going a far way and we continue to impact the lives of young boys from school onto senior teams. So, we will continue to be that support for the young people,” Lynch articulated.
Petra Co-Director Troy Mendonca took the opportunity to thank the company for its support over the years.
Mendonca expressed, “Sterling Products, over the years, have been supporting this tournament and we at Petra are very happy for them to continue in this manner, because they show confidence in us as a group. I think also, their contribution will go a far way in having these kids being involved in this tournament.”
“We have 32 teams confirmed and there were, as we mentioned before, some other teams that showed indication, but like anything else we always end up with the support cast in the school system, where the teachers who have to play the role of coaches are not coming up. So, we have 32 teams, they’ll be divided into eight groups of four,” the Petra Co-Director went on to divulge.
The U11 tournament will begin on Saturday, September 21, with the usual march-past ceremony, followed by the in- game action. A battle between Potaro and Redeemer Primary is the first match of this year’s competition. St Pius Primary are the defending champions.
