SAMOA OBSERVER – He may be a proud Kiwi, but former Manu Samoa player Mark Birtwistle is geared up to support only one team at next year’s big match in Apia – the boys in blue. He is part of a group of 30 friends and family who have booked flights and accommodation for the…
FIJI LIVE – Flying Fijians wing Vereniki Goneva has been named in a list of nine players to watch at next year’s Rugby World Cup. The 30-year-old who plies his trade with Leicester and has won many man of the match and player of the month awards will be one of Fiji’s key players in…
Save the Children office in Auki has organized a one day of sporting competition for Gwaunaoa and Faiako primary schools at Gwaunaoa primary school sports ground last Saturday in Auki, Malaita Province. Some of the sports activities that were held included; hoop relay, tug of war and futsal for boys. In the hoop relay Gwaunaoa…
OFC -The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to formally announce the staging of the inaugural edition of the OFC President’s Cup. The competition draws together six teams from three confederations and includes Kiwi and Oceania champions Auckland City FC, Amicale of Vanuatu, Bodden Town from the Cayman Islands, former Bahraini champions Busaiteen FC, Fiji…
FOLLOWING a late start the Solomon Islands National University [SINU] students goes into sports action at the Kukum campus sports field. Around five schools participated at the event which is being organised over two days. Some of the sports featured during the gathering are soccer, netball, volleyball and futsal. Some of the top referees have…
SI in top seeds for Oceania Sevens The Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) has confirmed the men’s draws for the 2014 Oceania Sevens Championship, which will take place on 3-4 October alongside the Noosa International Sevens on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Australia. Solomon Islands will compete in the men’s event as the Oceania Sevens will…
Last Sunday saw the continuation of basketball competition for both the high school and men’s competition. Matches were played at the Multipurpose Hall. For the high school boys Betikama outclassed Tenaru with a close margin score of 34 -30. While Selwyn 2 defeated KGVI 28-15. In the Mens B pool B Midwest Snakes vs Marist…
Dear Editor – I wish to register my appreciation and big thank you to the Permanent Secretary, the new Commissioner of Police and Officers of the Professional Standards and Internal Investigations Unit within the Ministry for the prompt commencement of investigations into the case of possible corruption earlier reported to the Permanent Secretary. Although it…
Dear Editor – I read with interest Robert Iroga’s reply to Peter Forau as published in the recent Sunday Star. According to Iroga, the reason why Solomon Islands was not quick to support the renewal of Forau’s contract was because Solomon Islands wanted to follow strict protocol. Iroga also explained that even though other Melanesian…
Dear Editor – The above caption appeared on the cover page of Solomon Star (no. 5621) Friday 19th Sept, 2014 to which I make some clarification however, at the outset let me first say this. The level of professionalism used to cover the mining issues on West Rennell through the media have been very disappointing,…