TT Pro League Club North East Stars have acquired a sponsorship deal with Economy Supermarket for their 2007 season and the ‘Sangre Grande Boys’ will now be known as ‘Economy North East Stars’.
According to Owner/Manager of the Sangre Grande based Club Darryl Mahabir the deal with the Sangre Grande Supermarket is more of a partnership than a sponsorship agreement and believes it can go beyond the 2007 season.
Speaking with ‘ttproleague.com’ Mahabir confirmed the deal saying, “Economy Supermarket has joined us for the 2007 season. Economy Supermarket is based in the Sangre Grande community and they are known as ‘the pride of Sangre Grande’ and with their passion to building the community they have grabbed up this opportunity to assist us,” explained the North East Stars Owner.
Mahabir also explained that the deal will help a lot with the professional structure of the Club and will also help with the management and development of North East Stars taking on some of the work load he has been handling on his own over the past years.
“This deal between North East Stars and Economy Supermarket is more a partnership than a sponsorship deal. Owner of the Supermarket Mr. Toney Katwaro is all about giving back to the community and football in general.”
“They would help a lot with various managerial departments of the North East Stars club such as with finance and marketing to help with the further development of our Club.”
The North East Stars owner also believes the deal could go beyond the 2007 season saying, “The agreement is a mutual one and what I really wanted to ensure is that North East Stars stays alive long after Darryl Mahabir,” ended the North East Stars owner.
Economy Supermarket Owner Toney Katwaro who also spoke with ‘ttproleague.com’ was delighted by the opportunity of being part of the Professional Football Club in his community.
“When Darryl who is my good friend, spoke with me about the problems he was having managing the Club I told him that we have to keep the team running and that’s how we decided on the agreement that I would help with the management of the Club and also with finance.”
“If anyone wanted to know about football in Grande they would tell you ask Toney. All during my life as a businessman in Sangre Grande I have given back to the community mainly in the sport of football and cricket.”
“Football is our number one sport here in Grande and we produce a lot of quality players in East Trinidad stretching all the way from Arima to Mayaro. We are also very fortunate to have a professional team in our community seeing that the Borough of Arima doesn’t even have one.”
Katwaro’s main aim now is to keep the professional football club North East Stars alive and kicking as long as possible, “We have always been involved in this sport and we want to make sure that we keep North East Stars FC alive in Grande for as long as we can,” ended the Sangre Grande Businessman.