SURFERS BOOSTED

The Western Solomon’s surfing association (WSSA) on Wednesday was all smiles after receiving a number of surfing boards thanks to Gizo Rotary club. With the growing interest of surfing in Gizo, Western province it has also given rise to the demand for surfing boards. Lack of surfing boards had restricted the association to promote the…

ANZ tennis to starts soon

The ANZ school tennis program is set to start on March 3, coinciding with celebration of the world tennis day. The program includes schools in and around Honiara. According to the mini tennis program coordinator, Doreen Ningalo a good number of schools have been confirmed for the program this year. The mini tennis program targets…

Warriors might import

The Telekom S-league champions, Solomon Warriors FC might have new imports from abroad to boost their performance in the upcoming Oceania Club Championship. This was revealed by the club president and owner, Honourable Boddo Dettke to local media recently. Importing players overseas would mean omitting some of the current players and Honourable Dettke highlighted; “We…

U19 fundraising event date set

 The date for the first fundraising event hosted to help send the Solomon Islands national men’s U19 squad for the World Cup qualifiers has been set for March 8. This was confirmed by the newly appointed fundraising committee over the weekend. According a pamphlet issued by the committee, the event will start at 7pm to…

Triathlon successfully staged

Triathlon competition got underway for 2014 in good conditions on Saturday at Kakambona Beach. A total of 36 people competed. Youth athlete Boris Teddy, who is in serious training for international competition later in the year, came through to take out the Triathlon Sprint in a very good time of 1 hour 8 minutes and…

Local reporter for Youth Olympics

Solomon Islands young news reporter, Ernest Pongi Ta’asi has been selected for the Young Reporters Programme which will be held during the Nanjing 2014Youth Olympic Games in China this year. Young Ta’asi was confirmed following nominations made through the NOCSI office in Honiara. According to the list released by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last…

Wini gets NFs support

Solomon Islands female weightlifter, Jenly Wini Tegu has gained the support from all the sporting’s national federations in the country as she prepares to take part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year. Star Sports sited emails to the National Olympic Committee of the Solomon Islands (NOCSI) where most federations sent their congratulatory messages…