Villa bash raises sh39m
Oct 14, 2005
A TOTAL of sh39.4m was raised at the SC Villa corporate dinner held at the Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe last month, according to the club’s national coordinator Ben Immanuel Misagga.
By Sabiiti Muwanga
A TOTAL of sh39.4m was raised at the SC Villa corporate dinner held at the Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe last month, according to the club’s national coordinator Ben Immanuel Misagga.
Part of the proceeds have been injected in the fans’ agricultural project currently running in Mityana district. The project will be officially launched on November 10.
“I was satisfied with the outcome.
Our primary objective was not to make money but to bring together the corporate class and show them that they can benefit by sponsoring football,†Misagga said early this week.
“Even our main sponsors (Allied Bank) must be happy because they got more than the mileage they wanted.â€
Allied Bank injected sh19m in preparation for the dinner. Other sponsors included Nile Breweries, Imperial Group of Hotels among others.
Misagga said that despite expenses incurred during the function on entertainment and food, they managed to have a surplus, part of which they have invested in the agricultural project.
“Some people thought we were mere jokers but have come to realise that our ‘jokes’ are for real. We want to make Villa a self sustaining institution and not merely surviving on individuals’ handouts,†Misagga emphasised.
*Swalley Kenyi writes that Charles Masembe fears for the return of the infamous ‘arrow group’ of referees if FUFA continues to rely on specific whistlers to handle the City Tyres Super League next season.
The Uganda Football Referees Association (UFRA) chairman who is also a technical officer at National Council of Sports said yesterday that refereeing standards were at risk following FUFA’s refusal to promote referees UFRA recommended for the last two years.
FUFA normalisation committee official in charge of referees Catherine Adipo said that the decision was necessitated by fewer numbers of matches and their magnititudes.
“Oh yes! I appointed the same referees because of fewer number of matches and we only used FIFA and FUFA grade one referees so you don’t expect me to appoint everybody,†Adipo said.
Masembe said that although FUFA and FUFRA were to work together to achieve quality service of the referees the FA had ignored his executive for ‘self interests.’
“Some of our referees are frustrated because they were ignored as others lobbied FUFA to assign them,†Masembe noted.
A TOTAL of sh39.4m was raised at the SC Villa corporate dinner held at the Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe last month, according to the club’s national coordinator Ben Immanuel Misagga.
Part of the proceeds have been injected in the fans’ agricultural project currently running in Mityana district. The project will be officially launched on November 10.
“I was satisfied with the outcome.
Our primary objective was not to make money but to bring together the corporate class and show them that they can benefit by sponsoring football,†Misagga said early this week.
“Even our main sponsors (Allied Bank) must be happy because they got more than the mileage they wanted.â€
Allied Bank injected sh19m in preparation for the dinner. Other sponsors included Nile Breweries, Imperial Group of Hotels among others.
Misagga said that despite expenses incurred during the function on entertainment and food, they managed to have a surplus, part of which they have invested in the agricultural project.
“Some people thought we were mere jokers but have come to realise that our ‘jokes’ are for real. We want to make Villa a self sustaining institution and not merely surviving on individuals’ handouts,†Misagga emphasised.
*Swalley Kenyi writes that Charles Masembe fears for the return of the infamous ‘arrow group’ of referees if FUFA continues to rely on specific whistlers to handle the City Tyres Super League next season.
The Uganda Football Referees Association (UFRA) chairman who is also a technical officer at National Council of Sports said yesterday that refereeing standards were at risk following FUFA’s refusal to promote referees UFRA recommended for the last two years.
FUFA normalisation committee official in charge of referees Catherine Adipo said that the decision was necessitated by fewer numbers of matches and their magnititudes.
“Oh yes! I appointed the same referees because of fewer number of matches and we only used FIFA and FUFA grade one referees so you don’t expect me to appoint everybody,†Adipo said.
Masembe said that although FUFA and FUFRA were to work together to achieve quality service of the referees the FA had ignored his executive for ‘self interests.’
“Some of our referees are frustrated because they were ignored as others lobbied FUFA to assign them,†Masembe noted.