Dialog powers and sponsors Gold Cup VB

Dialog Telekom will sponsor the KIT Presidents Volleyball Gold Cup Tournament for the second successive year.

Nushad Perera - General Manager, Sales and Marketing at Dialog Telekom, said that the sponsorship is just not a sponsorship of a sporting event. He said that for Dialog it is an opportunity for them to play a part in lifting the standard of the country?s national sport to international levels.

?It is our aim to raise the game to the level occupied by cricket, not just in terms of popular appeal but of playing standards as well. This sponsorship is important, not just for players and fans, but for the country as a whole, as it will bring our national sport one step closer to the standards, prominence and prestige deserved. At Dialog, our quest is to keep ?Powering Sri Lanka Sport?, and as such, we take great pride in being part of this tournament. Sponsorships like this are an example of the difference Corporate support can make to local sports, and sportsmen and women? said Perera.

The tournament will feature more than 500 teams all competing for ultimate glory and the sought after KIT Presidents Volleyball Gold Cup 2006. The tournament will be conducted at district, provincial and national levels. The tournament will be played in a knock out format wherein the winners of the Kit Volleyball Challenge trophy at District level, along with the runners up will move on to compete at Provincial level, while the winner and runners up at Provincial level will move on to the National level. This applies to the Men?s and Women?s teams at all levels of the tournament.

The first round of matches played at district level will be played on the 1st and 2nd of July, while the Provincial Level matches will commence on the 8th.

The qualifying teams will then move to the National Level matches, which will be played at the Sugathadasa Stadium from 16 to 24th of July.

The encounters will culminate in the much anticipated finals to be played at the Sugathadasa Stadium on 29th and 30th of July.

Dialog Telekom has long been a prominent sponsor of Sri Lankan Sports and is committed to developing talent in Sri Lanka to International Standards. The company is closely associated with school cricket, athletics, football, rugby, rowing and disabled sports and has sponsored national contingents to international events including the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Asian Athletic Championships and SAF Games.