New sponsor wanted
The Canterbury men’s Countrywide basketball .senior league team is after a new sponsor as weir as attempting to divorce itself from the control of the Canterbury Basketball Association. . “To succeed we will' have to have an identity," said the Canterbury coach, Gary Pettis, yesterday afternoon. “It’s better
being a non-entity than being something that? is superficial.” ; Converse, one of .New' Zealand’s leading footwear, firms, is under hard times. It is reported |t will have difficulty-in . raising a bonus of $40,000 to subscribe to the team. However, , Converse could become a second partner in a sponsorship.
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Press, 12 September 1987, Page 92
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