German’s Restaurant hands over $100 000 cheque

By Rawle Toney
GERMAN’S Restaurant, one of the oldest fast-food outlets in Guyana, yesterday handed over a $100 000 cheque to the Guyana Beach Soccer Association (GBSA), towards the hosting of the National Beach Soccer Championship, which gets on the way on January 31 in Linden.The tournament will feature ten teams – six from Linden, two from Georgetown, while the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara will have one representative each.
“German’s Restaurant is more than happy to be associated with this Championship,” said proprietor Clinton Urling at yesterday’s simple but significant presentation.
Urling, who once sat at the helm of Guyana’s football under the Normalisation Committee as Chairman, expressed his personal delight at being able to give back to football from a corporate standpoint and said that while this is German’s first sponsorship support, it certainly wouldn’t be the last.
Beach soccer, according to Urling, will be the eye-candy of Guyana’s football in the near future, owing such to the sport’s enormous possibilities if administered properly.
Apart from the monetary contribution, German’s Restaurant will also sponsor the championship’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) prize.
Rolland Tappin, president of the GBSA, thanked Urling for his contribution, which he said was timely.
Tappin pointed out that the GBSA, which became a member of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last October, will be using the National Championship to kick start its programme for 2016.
The championship will be played in two rounds, over an 18-day period. Matches will be played every Sunday at the Bayroc Community Centre Beach Soccer facility and at Kuru Kururu on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.
First-place finishers will pocket $250 000, second-placers $100 000, while third- and fourth-placers will take home $75 000 and $50 000 respectively.
Corona Beer, E-Networks and 104.3 FM (Linden) are the other sponsors on board.