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- Says Communicat­ions Manager Troy Peters

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Banks DIH Limited, under its GT Beer Brand, has partnered with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the clash between Martinique and the Golden Jaguars today at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden. Troy Peters, Banks DIH Communicat­ions Manager during a brief address at a press conference held at the Signature Inn, Alberttown yesterday said, “We are excited about this clash between Guyana and Martinique. As you know Linden is one of our main towns and the support base for football is very strong and our brand GT Beer is where we actually launched the brand a years ago. The brand is very instrument­al, not only in Linden, but in the country.” He added: “We look forward to an exciting match tomorrow. We urge the fans to come out and we are pleased to be partnering with the GFF in this particular venture and we look forward to more exciting times and plans with the GFF for the future. In fact, they have shown us some of their projects, we are looking at it and taking them into considerat­ion as we look to push football in Guyana.” According to the former national hockey player, the sport has a lot of potential and recently has been going from strength to strength. “Football has a lot of potential, we are seeing the sport going from strength to strength and tomorrow (today) let’s look forward to a victory for the Golden Jaguars as we move forward in our preparatio­n for the internatio­nal tournament­s.” Wayne Forde, GFF President, during brief remarks, said his associatio­n was pleased with the partnershi­p. “The GFF is exceptiona­lly pleased to be partnering with Banks DIH for this internatio­nal friendly. The GT Beer has been a progressiv­e and rapidly prominent brand and we are glad that they will use that product to carry the Golden Jaguars forward in tomorrow’s (today) encounter.” Guyana tackles Martinique from 20:00hrs at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden. The previous internatio­nal fixture staged in the Mining Town took place May 19th, 2011.

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