EAST BELITUNG - PT Timah Tbk supports the cadet football club (Bintar FC) to participate in the 2nd national series of the Sentra Indonesia League in 2023.
Club SSB Bintar FC for the 16-year-old age group is a club in Dusun Taruna Lalang Village, Manggar, East Belitung.
PT Timah Tbk's support was given directly when the East Belitung Regent, Burhanudin released the Bintar Fc team at the East Belitung Regent's Office, Monday (19/06/2023).
Head of SSB Bintar FC, Suwandi said, their struggle to appear at the national level, namely previously, Bintar U16 as a participant in the 2nd Belitung Indonesia Sentra League, and won 2nd place.
"From these results, we managed to become runners-up and have the right to qualify for the Liga Sentra Indonesia National Series in Cirebon," said Kelvin.
According to Kelvin, at the national level, they don't yet know which club will fight against SSB Bintar, because they are still waiting for the results of the technical meeting (TM).
Suwandi said that the team's departure was the responsibility of each club, therefore they really hoped for assistance from PT Timah Tbk, to help them send the 16-year-old club.
"Thank God we got sponsors from PT Timah Tbk to finance Belitung round-trip tickets to Cirebon, then other operational costs, we are continuing to try to find deficiencies, especially for food and lodging for players while in Cirebon," he explained.
They are very grateful because PT Timah Tbk directly provides support and cares about sporting achievements, especially football.
He hopes that in the future they can become SSB under the guidance of PT Timah Tbk so that they can focus more on nurturing children for the advancement of East Belitung football.
"Thank God PT Timah Tbk was very helpful, we are very helped and grateful," said the SSB Bintar FC Coach at the National LSI.
Meanwhile, East Belitung Regent Burhanudin said he appreciated PT Timah Tbk's support for SSB Bintar FC because they had achieved this achievement.
"The SSB Bintar Club is indeed very consistent in conducting sports coaching in Beltim and this SSB through the auspices of the East Belitung ASkab has produced many players in East Belitung," said Burhanudin who is also the Chairperson of the PSSI East Belitung ASkab.
According to him, the path of the SSB Bintar club should be followed by other clubs in East Belitung in making achievements.
Then, he appreciated that PT Timah Tbk also provided support and assistance for sports development in East Belitung, especially in supporting SSB Bintar at LSI Cirebon.
"And hopefully PT Timah Tbk will continue to help with sports development in East Belitung, we are grateful to PT Timah Tbk for sponsoring SSB Bintar," he said. (*)
