ON Tuesday, ExxonMobil Guyana and the Amazon Warriors celebrated their exclusive sponsorship agreement with great fanfare at the Marriott Hotel.
Most of the Guyana Amazon Warriors players and management interacted with numerous school students and budding cricketers during the lively ceremony to signify the seventh year of ExxonMobil Guyana’s collaboration with the home franchise for the Caribbean Premier League.

After the interactive ceremony, the unbeaten Amazon Warriors faced the Future Warriors from Stella Maris Primary School in a match. Still, the Warriors took their first loss for the season against the youngsters.
Delivering feature remarks at the event, ExxonMobil Guyana Country Manager, Alistair Routledge spoke of the alignment in values between the Warriors and the oil giant..

“This is a partnership which has been forged on the spirit of partnership, one where we have very aligned values; our commitment to compete, our commitment to community, our commitment to team work, just as I know many of you have in sports and everything that you do,” Routledge shared with the gathering.
Meanwhile, GAW’s Public Relations Manager Romario Samaroo hailed the partnership as instrumental.

“Our partnership with ExxonMobil has been instrumental in our journey thus far, fuelling our aspirations and fostering the growth of cricket in our region. Their unwavering support reflects their commitment to sports, youth development and teamwork.”
Amazon Warriors have already qualified for the playoffs and will play four home matches from tonight until Sunday.
Then the playoffs start September 19.