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Fungai Muderere, Senior Sports Reporter
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League debutants Arenel Movers are in the process of entering into a partnership with Harare based Genesis Sporting to be their official kit sponsor.
The development was revealed by the club’s administrator, Juma Phiri, who previously worked at the Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC), Hwange, Mwana Africa, Shangani and as administrator at Chicken Inn, Kwekwe United and Talen Vision.
“We are in the process of clinching a deal with Genesis Sporting to be our kit sponsor for the upcoming 2024 season. There are just a few loose ends that we need to tie up to seal the deal. The package is quite good. I think it is going to benefit us as a small club. I can’t really say what the package entails but in due course once we have tied the loose end, I will reveal every detail,” said Phiri.
While he could not be drawn into mentioning how long the partnership will last, impeccable sources reveal that the two parties are set to work hand in glove for two years from January 2024 to December 2025.
The proposed agreement between the two parties that was gleaned by this publication reads: “The free kit package will be made up of the following items (a) up to 32 sets of football uniforms (home), (b) up to 32 sets of football uniforms (away) (c) up to eight coaching uniforms (d) two sponsor branded banners (e) 20% discount on all sportswear orders from Genesis Sporting for the duration of the agreement. Genesis Sporting will recover its costs through sales of replicas to fans.
Additionally more items will be added to the package if certain sales targets are met.”
Upon reaching a target of selling 200 replicas the following will be added to the package.
“Up to 32 sets of football uniforms (alternative kit), up to 30 Bibs and up to 32 Sets of training uniforms,” further read the proposal.
After reaching a target of selling 300 replicas, the club will get 32 tracksuits, the same number of travelling shirts and toiletry bags will be added.
Then under the guidance of Kudzayi Mhandire, Arenel Movers won the Zifa Southern Region Division One League’s sole ticket into the country’s elite football league beating fellow seasoned campaigners, ZPC Hwange and Talen Vision to it.
Arenel won the league with four games to spare. Mhandire is a Zifa Level Four Certificate holder and it is a development that has seen Arenel Movers hire Farai Tawarechera, a Caf A holder to be their head coach. — @FungaiMuderere
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