Sun International
Golden Valley Trail Run

I APPROACHED THE GOLDEN VALLEY CASINO (GVC) WITH THE IDEA OF HOSTING A TRAIL RUN EVENT FROM THEIR PREMISES IN 2012.MRS.SMITH LIKED MY IDEA TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANTED TO ACT AS EVENT SPONSOR TO GET SOME MARKETING VALUE FROM THE EVENT.AT THE BUDGET MEETING IT WAS AGREED THAT THE ENTRY FEES WOULD BE SPLIT 50/50 BETWEEN MYSELF AND GVC.IN THE RUN-UP TO THE EVENT ON 25 MAY 2013, I SECURED SPONSORSHIPS FOR PRIZES, DID EVENT MARKETING, PLANNED THE 2 ROUTES, SUPPLIED ROUTEMAPS, GOT PERMISSION FROM LANDOWNERS, CLEARED -800M OF SHRUBS TO ACCOMODATE THE ROUTE AND MARKED ALL 23KM OF BOTH ROUTES. ON RACEDAY I ACTED AS MC AND PROCESSED THE RESULTS FOR PUBLICATION. AT THE DEBRIEF MEETING MRS.SMITH AND THE OTHER GVC EMPLOYEES INVOLVED WERE ALL VERY HAPPY WITHHOW THE EVENT HAD TURNED OUT, BUT WHEN I MENTIONED MY INVOICE FOR MY SHARE OF THE ENTRY FEE INCOME, THEY PRETENDED TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.THAT IN SPITE OF MRS.RENE SCHOLTZ (ALSO GVC) HAVING MENTIONED TO ME THAT ENTRIES TOO BE PAID INTO THEIR ACCOUNT WHEREAFTER THEY "WOULD PAY MY SHARE TO ME". AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO REASON WITH THEM, THEY ARE PERSISTANT IN HIJACKING MY IDEA FOR THEIR BENEFIT WITHOUT WANTING TO COMPENSATE ME FOR MY EFFORTS

Company: Sun International
Country: South Africa
City: Golden Valley Casino Wor

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