Clothing brand Millé, distributed by Skye Distribution, were proud to handover the Millé sponsored soccer kit to the South African team who are representing the country at the biggest football tournament for kids between 10 and 12 years old in the world, the Danone Nations Cup World Finals, to be held in Morocco from the 23rd to the 25th October.

The energetic young team from Bree Primary got their start in soccer through participating in the Danone Nations Cup. The tournament kicked-off in March this year at cluster level with 2 000 teams registering for participation. The winners progressed through to the regional finals and the nine provincial winners competed in the national finals in June to determine the team to represent South Africa at the 32-country Danone Nations Cup world finals.

The final team joined officials from Danone, Millé, Skye Distribution, South African Schools Football Association and local media for the handover event at the Millé head office in Crown Mines, Johannesburg.

Invited guests, media and the excited team, were treated to snacks, refreshments and Danone products upon arrival. Once all had made their way to the presentation room, the attendees were treated to inspiring and moving speeches from representatives of all entities involved with the project; all proud of the team for having made it this far.

Millé representative, Laude van der Hoven, handed over a kit bag, complete with new soccer boots, soccer kit, a jacket, and T-shirt, to an elated Team Captain, Ntando Simayile, and the appreciation and smiles on the jubilant team’s faces were hard to miss when they were told they would all receive a bag.

After a Q&A with the Team Captain, guests were treated to a show of appreciation song and dance by the team. The Danone Marketing Manager handed over a thank-you gift to Millé, a large framed signed team shirt, to thank them for their assistance in sponsoring the team’s kit and playing a role in making this possible. Media were treated to gift bags with Millé shoes.

Millé are proud and excited to play a role in furthering the hopes and dreams of young South African sports’ players and wished the SA team (Bree Primary) all the best for the final.

For more information and hi-res images from the event, please contact: Miguel at Styling Concepts pr@stylingconcepts.co.za 011 482 7528

About Millé

Clothing brand Millé, distributed by Skye Distribution, is a sports and lifestyle brand that focusses on a seamless functionality between the spheres of sport and lifestyle. Millé pride themselves on providing quality clothing items at affordable pricing, ensuring that the brand’s core values of encouragement, inspiration and motivation are available to all.

About Danone

Danone Southern Africa is part of the Danone Group, one of the fastest-growing food companies in the world. Danone is present in over 120 countries across all continents. With 160 plants and around 100,000 employees, the Danone Group is the number one worldwide for Fresh Dairy Products. Danone’s mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. One of the core values of the Danone Nations Cup tournament is to encourage young people to believe in their dreams. Through this initiative Danone offers a sporting event that reaches out to and inspires millions of children all over the world.

About Danone Nations Cup

The Danone Nations Cup is the world’s biggest football tournament for children between the ages of 10 and 12, (U12s category), sponsored by the Danone Group. One of the main values is fair play; therefore this competition helps to instill in these young players what are respect and dignity in victory as in defeat. Over 34 000 schools and 11 000 clubs from 32 countries are currently participating in the tournament. The Danone Nations Cup World Final will be held in Marrakech, Morocco on 25 October 2015.