Chevron ties up with CGR now

By Lal Gunesekera

VOLLEYBALL: Chevron Lubricants and the Ministry of Transport signed an agreement recently at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) for a sponsorship package amounting to Rs. 1,312,000/- to sponsor both the men's and women's Volleyball teams of the Ceylon Government Railway (CGR).

The Managing Director/CEO of Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, Kishu Gomes, said that they were proud to be associated with the CGR Volleyball teams and look forward to partnering them (the CGR) to win titles this year.

Entering into the agreement with the Ministry of Transport, Gomes,said that the CGR Volleyball team had performed well both at national and international level with seven women representing Sri Lanka and five represented the men's national side. Two women have also excelled at Beach Volleyball.

Gomes went onto say that through this sponsorship, Chevron, will aim at leveraging the individual competencies and capabilities of the players for its further development and Chevron will also ensure that necessary equipment is made available to the team through this sponsorship.

Over the last 10 years, Chevron in Sri Lanka has been associated with Motor Racing, Prokarting, club cricket, Indoor Cricket, Rugby, Sailing, Boxing and Volleyball and in addition supports the Deaf Schools in the country in their sports endeavours in Cricket, Volleyball and Netball.

Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma, speaking on the occasion promised that the CGR teams could win more tournaments in the future with the sponsorship of Chevron. He said that since CGR took to Volleyball only in August last year (2007), they have played in five tournaments and are already employing 16 Volleyball players and have launched a drive to improve sports in the CGR.