The Swift Current Indians baseball club remains in a tight spot.

     They issued a news release following a board meeting this week to update their situation.

     With the start of a new calendar year, the Swift Current Indians Board of Directors reconvened in preparation for the 2010 season.  Riding high on the recent announcement by the City of Swift Current regarding the successful repayment of the stadium lights, President Brad Woods was optimistic about the future of the community’s Western Major Baseball League franchise.

     "The initial support by the community following our October public meeting gave us enough confidence to commit to the 2010 season at the WMBL’s Annual General Meeting in early December. Following that commitment, a positive announcement by the City just prior to Christmas seemed to be a good sign on our decision to move forward," stated Indians President Brad Woods.  "I believe we all (Board) entered into the holiday season with a renewed optimism for the coming year.

     Monday's board meeting showed that the confidence and optimism felt may have been premature. The sponsorship committee reported to the Board that the commitment made before the holiday is yet to be seen in actual advertising and sponsorship dollars raised.

     Our initial success prior to the holidays may have, in fact, had an adverse effect on the sponsorship committee, and their ability to sell advertising and sponsorships for 2010," said Woods following last night's meeting.  "I think we may have had too much good news too early.  The announcement by the City in no way solves our immediate need to sell advertising and sponsorships.  We still have a $50,000 Advertising and Sponsorship budget line to cover."

     For the next couple of months, representatives from the ball club will continue to meet with businesses and residents in the community securing marketing packages and season tickets for the upcoming year.  If you are interested in advertising, sponsoring, and/or making a donation to the ball club and you have not been contacted, you can leave your contact information on the team’s website found at www.scindians.ca/contact_us.html, and someone will be in touch with you.  If you would like to contact a representative directly, you can call Carlin at 741-9629, or Laurie at 741-6773.