Surestream leave club to Mponda: To change name

Surestream Petroleum Limited has withdrawn sponsorship of their Surestream Football Club but will maintain the football academy in Blantyre after it has emerged that former technical director Peter Mponda registered the institution’s wing, Surestream Football Club, under his name.

Peter Mponda: To run the club with new name and sponsorship
Peter Mponda: To run the club with new name and sponsorship

The company confirmed to Nyasa Times on Tuesday that they agreed with Mponda that he should take the club but withdraw all players below 18 to go back to the academy.

They have also ordered Mponda not to use the name Surestream, its emblems and any material from the company.

Surestream spokesperson Linda Chiume-Gombera confirmed the development, saying both parties agreed with board chairperson Christopher Pitman participating in a meeting through Skype video call during the discussion which was witnessed by Football Association of Malawi CEO Suzgo Nyirenda, Super League of Malawi l VP Daud Suleman and Treasure Tiya Somba Banda who was the main mediator.

Banda said: “Surestream have set some conditions which include change of name.”

In an interview with Nyasa Times, Mponda said he was happy with the arrangement and expressed determination to forge ahead.

“This has been sorted out peacefully and everyone has gone his way happy,” said Mponda.

He said companies and well-wishers are likely to come forward to bankroll the club, saying there is “a lot of talent” in the club.

Mponda said: “I am talking to potential partners and sponsors, but for now things are okay.”

Mponda said he will announce a new name of the club but meanwhile, he said  the club will be called Wizards as a tribute to his former Canadian club Ottawa Wizards.

He paid tribute to Surestream chair Pitman as “a successful businessman”.

Meanwhile, Surestream Academy will continue operating but Mponda’s team will not use their facilities.

Surestream FC was established in 2013 when they joined and won the Southern Region Football League (SRFL) Division One title to earn promotion into the Premier Division where they also excelled and won promotion to the Super League the following season.

Surestream FC are third from the bottom in the 15-team league with six points from nine games.

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amfana
8 years ago

Akuti wizard fc?mayoooo!!! matimu enanu mulozedwa,kupatula ife a BB.Coz awa ndi afiti aamuna.

musekanji palibe kanu
musekanji palibe kanu
8 years ago

eeeeh kaya tixiona..a mponda apupuluma kwambiri

Dee
Dee
8 years ago

gud luck.. i like ur confidence.

amnzeru aku mmawa
amnzeru aku mmawa
8 years ago

All the best but am worried. Anawa samakagona m’bus yobwereka kwa Nakoma (BT UNITED) kwinaku akumwa thobwa la m’botolo la K50 mukapita ku away? Ngati a Mponda mukudalira ma gate collections, muiwale. Msamunda wanyozekatu apa!

Khawaz man
Khawaz man
8 years ago

Mponda gogo

Soccer lover
8 years ago

Bolani mukwanise kuyendesa team yo, all the best munthu wakulu.

Mbowe Mulambia
8 years ago

Munthu wa kunğu akati ndikugenda samala waponda mwala. I am wishing all the best.

Tifose
Tifose
8 years ago

This is interesting when did they know that it was registered under Peter, all along they never said anything until Peter resigned.
Again, SULOM why should a Treasurer speak for SULOM , then let him deputize being a Publist, where is a Publist, or Secretariat of Sulom?

SULOM know your Super League teams properly and we do not need a repeat of such issues, otherwise you are sleeping during daylight

Dk
Dk
8 years ago

Surprisingly the agreement was made in the presence of FAM&SULOM officials.The question is why dint these guys give guidance ratherthan just saying yes yes bwana pitman? I mean peter does not have the financial muscle to run a club, we all know that.

Che mokwata
Che mokwata
8 years ago

Amalawi yakula ndi nsanje.keep it up Mponda!

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