Arosi King into finals

Arosi King advances to the grand final after defeating Anuta 2-1 in the first semi final of the Ward 5 under 20 championships in Arosi II, West Makira on Tuesday. The second semi final will be between Oneita and BYC. Winner of the two teams will takes on Arosi King in the grand final which…

Why no hockey prize presentation?

CLUBS participating in the 2015 Hockey competition are demanding an explanation from the Hockey Federation as to why they ended the competition without any prize presentation. Speaking on behalf of the three clubs that involved in the competition last year, Simon Tavake said the federation needs to explain their action for not holding any prize…

Good start for Young Futsal stars

Two young futsal teams, the U12 and U14 kicked of their competition at the Australia State championship in Sydney, Australia with positive results. They won three matches and lost one in total. In their first matches the U12 defeated their rival South Australia 7-4 while the U14 went down to Victoria with a close margin…

Player sends best wishes

    One of the two best players for the U14 futsal team Patterson Kiriau whose visa was not approved has sent his good luck wishes to the team.   Young Kiriau was unfortunate to join the U14 futsal team participating in the Australia State Champion currently underway in Sydney, Australia.   But despite of…

Local signs up with PNG club

Gigira Laitepo United in Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Soccer League NSL has signed Patrick Miniti Jr as the club is looking to boost its campaign this year.  This was confirmed by Miniti Jr in an interview with the Star Sports from Port Moresby yesterday. According to Gigira team manager Thomas Taberia, the signing of…

Support hailed

The management of national U12 and 14 futsal teams have praised the support rendered by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) which enabled the youngsters to participate in the Australian State Championships. The boys jetted out of the country on Friday ahead of the competition which sets to kick off today. In a statement, the management…

Hockey training squad

The Solomon Islands Hockey Federation (SIHF) has released the names of players selected for the U23 national hockey training squad. SIHF president Nihal Seneviratne revealed this to Star Sports yesterday. “The selection of players was done by SIHF officials and the players were selected from recently completed Hockey School league and current club league in…

Tonga rugby to focus on sevens

AUCKLAND, (RNZI) -The Tonga Rugby Union says it will do everything it can to ensure the national sevens team is fully prepared for next year’s Olympic repechage tournament. Tonga impressed at the Oceania Championship in Auckland, thrashing Samoa 41-5 in the semi finals before a 50-0 drubbing by Australia in the title decider. Second place…

Frigates crowned champ

Frigates netball club was crowned the 2015 Auki netball league (ANL) champion after beating Rarasu 1 in the A division grand final over the weekend. The finale was staged at the Aligegeo netball court. The Auki netball league known as the “wakeup league” has ended its season with a knockout playoff for both A and…