ECO LOGIC PARTNERS BECOME OUR HOME KIT SPONSORS

We are so proud to announce that ECO LOGIC PARTNERS (who are already our ground sponsors) have now, also become our home kit sponsors.

On Wednesday January 11th 2023, our UK president GARY LAMB attended a meeting with the directors of ECO LOGIC PARTNERS to discuss the renewal of their sponsorship of our ground, known as “THE ECO LOGIC PARTNERS STADIUM OF LIGHT”.

Not only did ECO LOGIC PARTNERS agree to a new 3yr deal to continue their sponsorship of our ground, but they also asked about the possibility of adding the sponsorship of our home kits.

After the meeting concluded the directors went away to discuss figures, and on Monday 16th January Gary received the news that ECO LOGIC PARTNERS were happy to go ahead and also be the sponsors of our home kits.

The kits have been ordered through totalsport-ne (based at Hendon, Sunderland, UK) and as soon as they arrive, they will have our club crest, the Ecologic logo, “Black Panthers” and shirt numbers added.

This is the ECO LOGIC logo, that will be added to the front of our shirts

And our home shirts that will have new broad stripes, will look very similar to this;

On behalf of everyone at SUNDERLAND AFC KEROCHE we thank ECO LOGIC PARTNERS from the bottom of our hearts, for their amazing support.

Eco Logic Partners, help businesses of all sizes to monitor their energy usage & water costs. Their dedicated team of account managers work on your behalf, helping you to better understand your energy consumption, whether this be through a simple energy audit, or a circuit board level monitoring system that will allow you to get a detailed understanding of how you can consume energy in a cost-effective way.
With a consultative and caring approach Eco Logic will make sure that they understand your business and what it needs.

info@ecologicpartners.co.uk  http://www.ecologicpartners.co.uk
Tel: 0191 691 0253 Earls House, Earlsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. NE11 0RY

WE WIN OUR 4th PROMOTION IN 9yrs

ON SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2021 WE GAINED OUR 4th PROMOTION IN 9YRS.

AFTER WINNING OUR OWN DIVISION 2 POOL “A”, WE MADE THE 10hr JOURNEY TO SIAYA COUNTY, TO FACE THE OTHER 3 DIVISION 2 POOL WINNERS FROM POOLS “B”, “C” and “D” IN THE PLAY-OFF FINALS.

AFTER BEATING RUSINGA FC 1-0 IN THE SEMI-FINAL, WE THEN FACED KOBARE UTD IN THE FINAL JUST 1 HOUR LATER, AFTER THEY HAD A 3 HOUR REST, FROM THEIR SEMI-FINAL VICTORY, BUT WE OVERCAME THE ODDS TO BEAT KOBARE UTD 2-1, AND BE CROWNED OVERALL DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS.

 

 

THE FOUNDATION OF LIGHT UK

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FOUNDATION OF LIGHT.
On Friday 20th Nov. 2020 our UK president Gary Lamb was invited to the BEACON OF LIGHT, (Next door to the STADIUM OF LIGHT in the UK) to meet with academy coach IAN DIPPER.
Ian gave Gary the wonderful news that the FOUNDATION OF LIGHT were running a initiative, to invite all of SAFC’s academy players, including their ladies teams, to donate their 2nd hand boots, trainers, and old kit items to our club.
On top of that; The academy are donating a full set of their old Adidas kits, which have no sponsors logo’s on them.
We as a club we shall get the FOUNDATION OF LIGHT logo emblazoned across the front of the shirts, so we can proudly show our gratitude to them.
On the top rear of these shirts we will have the logo of our Home kit sponsors TOTAL SPORT-NE.
You will see from the attached pictures, that the FOUNDATION OF LIGHT have placed a blue bin, within the BEACON OF LIGHT building, for academy players to drop in their donated items.
On behalf of everyone at SAFC KEROCHE (Kenya) we would like to express our gratitude to everyone at the FOUNDATION OF LIGHT, (Including all members of the FoL management team) for giving our club and academy, such a wonderful early Xmas present.
We also admire the wonderful work done by the FOUNDATION OF LIGHT, who support many great initiatives, all around the world, and we feel blessed for their support.
MUNGU AWABARIKI
(God bless you all)
 
 
Below are the Senior Academy wearing their FOUNDATION OF LIGHT kits

OUR GROUND SPONSORS

ECO LOGIC PARTNERS, HAVE BEEN OUR GROUND SPONSORS SINCE THE 2019-20 SEASON.
OUR GROUND IS NOW KNOWN AS:
“THE ECO LOGIC PARTNERS STADIUM OF LIGHT”

On Monay Jan 16th 2023 ECO LOGIC PARTNERS renewed their sponsorship of our ground for another 3 seasons, and also added to their sponsorship by becoming our new Home Kit sponsors. So our home kits we soon be looking like this;


Eco Logic Partners, help businesses of all sizes to monitor their energy usage & water costs. Their dedicated team of account managers work on your behalf, helping you to better understand your energy consumption, whether this be through a simple energy audit, or a circuit board level monitoring system that will allow you to get a detailed understanding of how you can consume energy in a cost-effective way.
With a consultative and caring approach Eco Logic will make sure that they understand your business and what it needs.
info@ecologicpartners.co.uk    http://www.ecologicpartners.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 191 691 0253  Adress: Earls House, Earlsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. NE11 0RY
or visit their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ecologicpartners

ECO LOGIC PARTNERS, Main ground sponsors

MAIN GROUND SPONSORS FOR 2019-2020, 2020-21 & 2021-22

 

ECO LOGIC PARTNERS, ARE OUR GROUND SPONSORS FOR THE 2020, 2021 & 2022 SEASONS.

OUR GROUND IS NOW KNOWN AS:

“THE ECO LOGIC PARTNERS STADIUM OF LIGHT”

Eco Logic Partners, help businesses of all sizes to monitor their energy usage & water costs. Our dedicated team of account managers work on your behalf, helping you to better understand your energy consumption, whether this be through a simple energy audit, or a circuit board level monitoring system that will allow you to get a detailed understanding of how you can consume energy in a cost-effective way.
With a consultative and caring approach Eco Logic will make sure that we understand your business and what it needs.

info@ecologicpartners.co.uk  http://www.ecologicpartners.co.uk
Tel: 0191 691 0253 Earls House, Earlsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. NE11 0RY
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PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRADLEY LOWERY FOUNDATION

#WEARINGITFORBRADLEY
SUNDERLAND AFC KEROCHE (Kenya) ARE PRIVILEGED, PROUD AND SO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRADLEY LOWERY FOUNDATION IN THE UK.
On Friday 5th April 2020 our UK president Gary Lamb and Vice president John Eilbeck had a meeting with LYNN MURPHY, the head of communications and fundraising at the BRADLEY LOWERY FOUNDATION and we are so pleased to announce our new partnership, which will hashtag under the logo of
#WEARINGITFORBRADLEY
In the partnership LYNN shall become an admin on our teams Facebook page, to help us with her marketing skills, and our Vice President John Eilbeck has offered to do voluntary work at the Bradley Lowery Foundation.
How will this work ?
Both organisations will benefit from the partnership, in the following ways.
Sunderland AFC Keroche (Kenya) have a total of 130 children in our academy in 5 different categories
(a) Junior Academy
(b) Under 13’s Academy
(c) Under 15’s Academy
(d) Under 17’s Academy                                                                                                                         (e) Senior Academy                                                                                                                             plus 30 players in our 1st team squad
Our aim is for all our academy children to wear the BRADLEY LOWERY SHIRT in memory of their little hero.
(During our last visit to Kenya, all the children, were told Bradleys inspirational story, and are aware how much it means to wear his shirt)
And our 1st team shall wear Bradleys shirt in any cup competition
We currently have a total of 43 Bradley shirts between our children’s and Junior academies, and are hoping our UK fans can donate more shirts, so that all our academy kids can wear them, but also our 1st team wear them in any Cup Competition.
This is how you can do it:
If you click on the following link, to the Bradley Lowery Foundation website shop, you can purchase any size shirt for only £10, either with or without the Dafabet Logo
https://bradleyloweryfoundation.com/shop/
The Bradley Lowery Foundation shall benefit from the sales of the shirts, then when you fill in the address to send the shirt, Simply put in the following;
SAFC KEROCHE
c/o Mr. John Eilbeck,
“CASTLEDENE”
Dene Rd.
Seaham,
Co. Durham.
SR7 8QW
our club and academy will then benefit from the shirts
We are hoping to get the following shirts
age 7-8yrs 10 shirts (now fulfilled) THANK YOU
age 9-10yrs 10 shirts (now fulfilled) THANK YOU
age 11-12yrs 5 shirts (now fulfilled) THANK YOU

But we still require the following:
Size Small 25 shirts (with Dafabet logo)
Size Medium 25 shirts (with Dafabet logo)
Large 15 shirts (with Dafabet logo)
Please Note:
If we able to get over and above our intended target, we shall give away any excess shirts to our fans, who could never afford to own their own shirt. Because a football shirt in Kenya is the equivalent of 2 months wages (To those who are lucky enough to have a job)
(So we’ll be painting the whole of our region, RED & WHITE)
So if you would like to help both organisations for only £10, we would be eternally grateful.
We would like to thank the BRADLEY LOWERY FOUNDATION, for this wonderful gesture, and hope we have a wonderful future partnership.
On behalf of both parties, we ask if you can help for only £10, please just follow the above instructions
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO DONATES
#WEARINGITFORBRADLEY

HOW TO DONATE

Can you help to keep our club alive ?

Our club and academy can only survive and thrive, through either sponsorships, donations or contributions from Sunderland fans or football fans worldwide.

All donations are gratefully received, and go towards the future progression of Sunderland AFC Keroche and our academy.

NOT ALL DONATIONS NEED TO BE FINANCIAL:- We are always on the lookout for any type of football related items such as good 2nd hand kits, footballs, 2nd hand Sunderland shirts (both kids and adults) but most importantly good 2nd hand football boots of all sizes especially adult sizes 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, as due to the hard surfaces of Kenyan pitches along with our players training 4 days a week, each 1st team player goes through 3 pairs per season. If you can help in any way please contact our UK President GARY LAMB, from Seaham, UK on UK tel. number;- 07880732078

HOW DO WE USE YOUR DONATIONS?
ALL SPONSORSHIP MONEY/DONATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS GO INTO A CENTRAL POOL, TO COVER THE BASIC COSTS OF RUNNING THE ACADEMY AND 1st TEAM.

BY DOING THIS, IT MEANS THE ACADEMY PLAYERS, WHO ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT SPONSORED, STILL BENEFIT AND WE CAN IMPROVE THEIR TALENTS, AND CREATE “EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES” FOR ALL OUR PLAYERS.

THIS MONEY IS HELD IN A UK BANK ACCOUNT, AND SENT TO THE TEAM VIA POST OFFICE “MONEYGRAM” TRANSACTIONS, AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.

MAIN EXPENSES INCLUDE;-
LEAGUE REGISTRATION FEES (35,000ksh per season)
PLAYERS REGISTRATION FEES (300ksh per player, per season)
PLAYERS REGISTRATION CARDS (Which must be shown to match officials at all games)
REFEREES FEES (7,500ksh per game, both home & away in Div. 1)
SECURITY FEES AT HOME GAMES (All teams must supply a minimum of 2 uniformed and armed, security personnel at all home games, @ 2,000ksh per guard)
TRAVEL EXPENSES TO AWAY GAMES (This is our biggest outlay during the season, now that we are competing in National division 1, a lot of our away games means we must leave the day before, as some journeys are up to 15hrs each way)
PRINTING COSTS (Of FKF official paperwork, registrations, training schedules etc)
ENTRY FEES TO CUP TOURNAMENTS (Varies depending on the tournament)
STOCKING OF FIRST AID KIT (A league requirement)
REPAIRS TO BALLS (150ksh per ball = approx. £1.20p. EXAMPLE; due to the conditions of Kenyan pitches, we average 6 repairs per week)
REPLACEMENT KIT, (But only If urgently required, and the required items have not been donated, this is mainly boots)

ETC. ETC.

PLEASE NOTE;
No player, coach or official within the SUNDERLAND AFC KEROCHE organisation receives any form of payment, except one of our players who has no job, cleans all our kit, he receives 500ksh per week = approx £3.50p per week. On some weeks, he might wash 3 full sets of kit, if any our academy age groups also have games.

Every penny donated goes to our club and academy.

All monies raised go into the future progression of the Sunderland AFC Keroche 1st team, and our academy.

If you have any questions,
Please feel free to ask by calling our UK president Gary Lamb on UK mobile; +44 (0) 7880732078. Or email: garysafclamb@hotmail.com

Any sponsorship/donations/contributions can be made in the following ways;

By bank transfer: For details contact Gary Lamb on UK mobile: +44 (0) 7880732078

By Cheque;
Cheques made payable to; SAFC KEROCHE
C/O Gary Lamb,
2, Shakespeare Street,
SEAHAM,
Co. Durham.
SR7 7JB

By PayPal to:  garysafclamb@hotmail.com
Receipts can be provided if requested.

PROMOTED AGAIN (3 times in 6yrs)

Posted November 2018.

On Sunday 25th November 2018, we travelled to the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru to participate in the promotion play-off finals

Our 1st semi-final game kicked off at 11am against SOCIETY43 FC. After 17mins we were leading 2-0 with a brace from OKEKE, but SOCIETY43 pulled a goal back from a penalty, then equalised 5 mins later to make it 2-2, but on the stroke of half-time OKEKE completed his hat-trick to give us a 3-2 half-time lead.

2mins into the 2nd half SOCIETY43 scored again to level it to 3-3, which was the full-time score. So, we went to penalties, both teams missed 1 each in the allocated 5 penalties to make it 4-4, so now we went to sudden death with SOCIETY43 kicking 1st, we both scored the next 4, to make it 8-8, then SOCIETY43 missed, and up stepped Capt. Jose to slam home the winning penalty. The celebrations afterwards between the players and fans were simply amazing.

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While our game was in progress WEST STARS FC and RONGAII FC were playing each other in the other semi-final which WEST STARS won 1-0. So we would play WEST STARS in the final.

Both finalists were given only 1hr rest before the final.

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In the final WEST STARS took a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute, which is how it stayed until injury time, when Capt Jose received the ball beat 2 defenders and almost burst the net to level at 1-1 with the last kick of the game.

Once again we went to penalties. Both teams scored the first 4, then WEST STARS missed the 5th and it was left to KINYANJUI MBURU (A young product of our academy) to step up and calmly smash home the winner to win 5-4, and give us a 3rd Promotion in 6yrs.

Here are some pictures From the day

 

 

 

Total Sports-NE

Total sports NE are the leading providers of all football kits and equipment, for most local teams in the North East of England. A well established business, who have an amazing store situated in the Hendon area of Sunderland UK, for more details view their website at the following link; https://totalsport-ne.co.uk/ We take this opportunity to thank them for their support. MUNGU AKUBARIKI (God bless you)

TOTAL SPORTS -NE,

MAIN SUPPLIERS OF ALL OUR KIT REQUIREMENTS, SINCE 2019.