Melos is now the official premium partner and strip sponsor of SC Melle 03
“An unprecedented contract in the history of SC Melle 03”
is how Stefan Siepelmeyer described the piece of paper that he and Jörg Siekmann, CEO of Melos GmbH, signed on Friday, August 6 2010.
A three-year contract for which both parties have manifold plans was the reason for the event.
Both the principals had a twinkle in their eye as they announced to the assembled press, the first team and members of staff, that they had just quietly signed the contract at the new Fitness and Health Centre “MellAktiv”, making the cooperation official.
The pioneering agreement was reached in private, while the team and the staff were out in the blazing sunshine preparing for the photo opportunity.
The SCM club president sees Melos’s support as a significant step
for the club’s future
This is the first cooperation for SC Melle 03 of this kind, although it was anything but unexpected since Melos and SC Melle had been working together for so many years.
Since completion of the new “Melos Ground”, Melle now has optimal conditions for year-round sports activity regardless of the weather. This alone may not serve as a guarantee of success, but such an artificial turf playing field gives the team a big advantage, particularly in winter. And their recent sporting achievements support SC Melle 03’s lofty ambitions, particularly in the football segment.
Stefan Siepelmeyer and Jörg Siekmann both addressed this point. They thanked the team for their commitment and congratulated them on the stalwart performance of the previous season, in which the team under its trainer Farhat Dahech only narrowly missed promotion.
They also encouraged the team to embark on the coming season in good spirits and confident that this time they will gain promotion. Certainly, after four victories in the first four matches the coming season promises to be quite spectacular, and everyone is looking forward to a more positive outcome.
Stefan Siepelmeyer called today’s signing a “significant step for the future”. Thanks to the support of Melos GmbH, SC Melle 03 now has the chance for progress in a number of areas, particularly as regards infrastructure, professionalism and appearance.
Melos GmbH’s business segment “Granules” has direct relevance to active sports. Football, which Melos supports with its artificial turf products, is a case in point: it is the focus of attention all over the world and hence offers considerable business potential. For ambitious clubs such as SC Melle 03, cooperation with sports-related companies such as Melos GmbH can be indispensable.
If this cooperation between SC Melle 03 and Melos really does rub off on the team’s performance on the field, then we can really face the future with confidence.
Youth Work as a Solid Foundation
Looking to the future, there is one factor that must not be overlooked. The youth team of today will be the first team of tomorrow. The discussions at the signing made one thing very clear:
Stefan Siepelmeyer and SC Melle 03 particularly hope to increase and intensify their support for youth work. If the club’s own youth team can produce a pool of highly talented players there will be no need for the type of over-the-top transfer shenanigans we see major international teams such as Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester City engaging in.
Sound youth work is the necessary foundation of the project “Top Football at SC Melle 03”. Even if the two are (still) worlds apart, SC Melle can aim to emulate the great FC Barcelona, where world stars such as Lionel Messi, Iniesta and Xavi are all “home-grown”, the fruits of timely investment in youth sport.
It is this concept, even if initially scaled down just a little, that is also to be implemented at SC Melle. And Melos GmbH will be supporting the club enthusiastically and effectively, for instance with the new strip for the young C team.
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