BCL Limited recently completed and handed over two facilities worth more than P1 million to Premier League side, NICO United Football Club (FC).
Completion of these facilities, comprising the Administration Office Block and the team’s change rooms, is fulfillment of a long-term relationship BCL Mine has with NICO United Football Club over more than two decades.
The facilities are one of the many services BCL provides to the Selebi Phikwe based club to enable it compete in the top flight football league and maintain professional standards. Constructed in 2012 and handed over at the beginning of this year, the facilities are located at NICO FC football grounds near the BCL Mine site.
The association of BCL mine and Nico United is part of the former’s Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme.
The Office Block also comprises of the Team Manager/Coach’s office, Administrator’s office, Storeroom, Rest rooms, Kitchen and Conference room. Other amenities in the building include internet, telephone and presentation projector and screen for team presentations and tactical theory tests, whereas the change houses contain home and away change rooms, referees change house, ablutions for spectators and wash rooms. The administration office will enable Nico United to improve on its administrative work and overall running of the club.
Elijah Chikwanda, Nico United FC head coach, described this gesture as giant contribution that will assist the team to plan and review their activities. He indicated that holding club meetings in restaurants and other meeting halls is expensive and in some instances interrupted as the time allocated is never enough.
BCL has also a sponsorship agreement with the club in respect of the be Mobile Premier League. It assists the club financially to cover team regalia, transport, and team accommodation among other things. The partnership enables Nico United FC to fiercely compete in the premier league and challenge for honours.
