It sounds a bit unlikely, but for a Ferrari you don’t have to take that deep into the pocket. In fact, for ‘only’ a tenner he can be yours. All made possible by SV Borger.
The local football club has put the red sports car in the shop window for a lottery. With the aim of paying for the construction of a new clubhouse. The leaders of the Borger Voetbal pride found an investor prepared to make a Ferrari F430 available. As the biggest showpiece.
The lottery tickets fly like sweet rolls, you would think. “But we have not lost them all yet,” says Arne Joling, head coach of the first team.
He can laugh about it, because sleepless nights don’t give him. “At a lottery, people buy a lot by the end.” The large crowd still has until 22 September, if the last trek is a fact. “But it is better to have it inside. On is on,” Joling draws on the pile of leftover lottery tickets.
SV Borger does not have to cough up the new club building completely. The municipality pays a large part of the home base. The football club itself still has to add three tons.
With two earlier draws, the winning lot guaranteed an electric bicycle and engine from the Kawasaki brand. What remains is the Ferrari head price. A crown jewel that transcends the expectations of many. “A Ferrari raffles through a football club? Isn’t that too good to be true?”, The surprised reactions sound on the street.
Joling recognizes the suspicious attitude that comes up with many. “People usually don’t believe it at first.” Only when they see it, in the center of Borger, does the realization go through, he experiences. “You have to be able to convince people.”
For those who still have doubts about purchasing a lot, Joling takes a seat in the red racing monster. And press the accelerator pedal for the form. The engine vaporizes and stubborns, as you usually only experience on a racing circuit. “Every time you get in you get a kick,” says Joling very enthusiastically. “Wonderfully low at the ground, just like a cat. And especially if you drive on the highway, it is super cool.”