da blaze casino： Minolta South Africa, a Bidvest Group company, have announced a R1.5million sponsorship deal with the Highveld Lions side for the next year
da jogodeouro： Cricinfo staff29-Sep-2005
Alan Kourie: ‘We are grateful to have two such prestigious companies joining forces to support our team’ © Cricinfo Ltd.
Minolta South Africa, a Bidvest Group company, have announced a R1.5million sponsorship deal with the Highveld Lions side for the next year.A long-standing supporter of South African sport, Minolta SA has decided to shift its focus to cricket and Alan Griffith, their managing director, said that the agreement with the Highveld Lions reflects Konica Minolta’s ongoing support of local and national sport initiatives. “We are proud to be associated with a well-established sport like cricket, a team like the Highveld Lions and our co-sponsors, 94.7,” he said.Minolta had been involved with cricket earlier as well – they sponsored West Indies’ first tour to South Africa in 1998-99; they have had a major sponsorship in cycling, with the successful Conica Minolta team; and have also been involved with with the Free State rugby team. Alan Kourie, the CEO of New Heights, the governing body of Gauteng Professional cricket, said “We are grateful to have two such prestigious companies joining forces to support our team”.Both Minolta SA and the Highveld Lions are looking forward to a mutually beneficial relationship and hope to renegotiate the sponsorship once the one-year agreement comes to an end.
