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Ashmin’s on board 22nd K&S tourney as Gold sponsor
Having partnered with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to successfully organise the ‘Golden Jaguars’ home game in the CFU/CONCACAF Group B FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 qualifying against Trinidad and Tobago, Kashif Muhammad and Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major Directors of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation, has turned their attention towards the 22nd edition of Guyana’s most popular tournament, Kashif & Shanghai which is set to kick off on the December 10.
At a simple presentation ceremony held yesterday at the Ashmin’s Trading, Hadfield and High Streets in the City, that entity confirmed their partnership with the dynamic duo for the fifth consecutive year, while at the same time being named a Gold member in the K&S Organisation list of sponsors.
Executive Director of Ashmin’s Trading Ashley John (2nd left) presents Kashif Muhammad with the sponsorship cheque in the presence of Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major (left) and PRO of Ashmin’s Trading Rose Dhanraj.
Prior to the presentation of the cheque for an undisclosed sum, Public Relations Officer of Ashmin’s Trading Rose Dhanraj emulated some of K&S sponsors when she said her company has been following the successful exploits of the duo for a number of years.
“For a number of years, the Kashif and Shanghai tournament which turned out to be a very successful franchise in local football history, has been creating quiet an impact in the hearts of footballers and football enthusiasts.
We at Ashmin’s Trading stood on the outside and observed the impact being made by this tournament and when given the opportunity to get on board as a sponsor five years ago, we willingly accepted same which today makes us a Gold sponsor of the tournament” said Dhanraj.
The soft spoken PRO added, “Today, Ashmin’s Trading is pleased to be associated with the tournament and we look forward to another set of exciting matches in this year’s championship, while we take the opportunity to wish both the organisers and the players best wishes and may the best team win.”
Responding on behalf of K&S Organization, Muhammad thanked the sponsors for being a part of the tournament for another year, their fifth in a row, while he said a massive thank you to Corporate Guyana who supported the Golden Jaguars over the past few weeks.
According to Kashif, it is time to begin putting the final touches on their tournament, as they intend to make it a very successful one, even surpassing last year’s tournament and he took the time to notify the public that Ashmin’s will be selling tickets for the final of this year’s tournament.
“This year, we plan to make the tournament a bigger and better one, surpassing last year’s tournament by miles and it is businesses like Ashmin’s which help to make such a reality so I wish to say thanks to them for coming on board with us once again.
Having said that, I also wish to inform the football public that tickets for the final which also guarantees you the opportunity to witness the after final show which will be headlined by ‘Jah Cure’ at the National Stadium, with the cost being $2,000 in advance and $3,000 at the gate.”
Muhammad said this year’s tournament which has an attractive first prize of one pound of gold valued G$4M compliments of Aruwai Mining Enterprise Incorporated, will see matches being played at seven venues namely the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown Football Club, Mackenzie Sports Club, Blairmont Community Centre as well as the Beterverwagting and Uitvlugt Community Centre Grounds.
The opening ceremony will take place on Saturday December 10 at the GCC Ground, while the semi finals and final will be held at the Guyana National Stadium, followed by the ‘Jah Cure’ show which will also feature two disc jockeys from the USA and Canada.
Added to the massive first place price, the second, third and fourth placed teams will pocket $1M, $500,000 and $300,000 respectively while the tournament’s Most Valuable Player will ride away with one motor cycle.
Some 20 teams will battle for the attractive prizes including two overseas teams, Caribbean United of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago’s Caledonia AIA.
Muhammad also informed of Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) football team’s willingness to compete in this year’s tournament, which would make them the third foreign team doing so, once the necessary requirements have been met.
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