NEWS: Pre-Season Cup organisers still seek naming rights sponsor
ORGANISERS of this year's Geelong Pre-Season Cup are still searching for a naming rights sponsor for the annual football tournament which will be held at Geelong Rangers home ground, Myers Reserve, in Bell Post Hill over the course of five weeks, starting on Friday, January 20.
PHOTO: Footage of a Rangers v Surf Coast Cup clash in 2009, when the event was also staged at Myers Reserve
The long standing pre-season cup, strongly supported by the Cup’s media partner the Geelong Advertiser, gives Geelong supporters and players an appetiser for the coming Senior Men's season and has drawn good crowds since it was started in 1981.
Tournament organisers are still seeking a naming rights sponsor for the 2017 edition. However, the series is again backed by the Geelong Advertiser with Geelong Connected Communities also supporting the cup.
Please contact Martin Brandwyk on 0419 272558 if interested.
The FFV has renewed its backing and will once again sponsor the team's fair play award.
MEANWHILE, FIXTURES have been released for the 2017 edition of the Geelong Pre-Season Cup, with hosts Rangers having been placed in Group A alongside State League Four rivals Bell Park and Surf Coast, as well as reigning local league GRFC Division One champions Deakin Ducks, who will be making their debut in the long running tournament.
Group B will see hot title favourites Geelong joined by State Two’s Corio, State Five outfit Lara United and newly promoted State Four club and another tournament newcomer, the Bannockburn based Golden Plains.
The Ducks will take on Surf Coast in the opening game of the tournament on January 20 at 6pm, followed by the blockbuster clash of near neighbours, Rangers and Bell Park, at 7.20pm.
On the Sunday evening, Golden Plains will renew old acquaintances from last season‘s State Five competition with Lara United at 6pm, while Corio will do the same when it takes on reigning State Two champion Geelong at 7:20pm.
The final is scheduled for Sunday, February 19.
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