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Oct 10, 2015 Sports
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) Company became the biggest sponsor of rugby
when it confirmed a lucrative three-year deal worth $ 13M with the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) on Thursday, during a simple signing ceremony which was conducted, at the entity’s location on Hadfield Street.
In attendance at the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing were the Company’s Senior Marketing Manager Anjanie Hackett and PRO Nadia DeAbreu, while the with the GRFU was represented by its President Peter Green along with other members of the recently installed executive.
Speaking at the occasion, Hackett said that GTT ‘s decision to enter into such a deal that will see them disburse $4.5M each year was prompted by the potential the sport has to grow and develop into something special and was not just arrived at due to the successes over the past years.
“Our support is to foster the development of the sport at the national level, we believe that our support over the next three years will help develop the sport and the athletes… we extend best wishes to the GRFU for the upcoming season,” Hackett noted.
Green in his response expressed gratitude to GTT, stating that the sponsorship is in essence the life saving support that the Union has been asking for sometime.
He informed that because the Union is cashed strapped the local programme in many instances have suffered.
“GT&T has given us breathing space with this young executive, the time for talking is over and it is up to us to produce the goods and I must once again thank GTT for this support,” Green said.
The Union Boss Green also revealed that with the sponsorship, the sport could now take off and venture into other regions as well.
He said the hope is to have tournaments to showcase the talent at all levels, especially in schools and by 2016 year end they intend to attain all the stated goals.
“We have to expand to move forward, I am excited and I know our executive is excited too,” Green mentioned.
The GFRU season gets underway this Sunday with a Sevens tournament at the University of Guyana Playfield.
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