The redeeming phone call in which alderman Inge Jongman handed him 11,000 euros came at the right time. GIJS (Groninger Ice Hockey Foundation) was heavily burdened by the extra costs that the corona crisis entailed. ,,Just think of reduced sponsorship income and lost gate receipts from home games. It was a struggle for live ”, says chairman Jacob van Gelder.
Groningen pulls wallet for top sports clubs. Phone calls in corona time surprise the chairman of ice hockey club GIJS. ‘I thought: this must be a broadcast from candid camera’
