Solomon Islands Table Tennis Federation (SITTF) yesterday joined the world to celebrate the World Table Tennis Day with fun attracting hundreds of spectators at the Honiara City Council ground, Wednesday. The program started at 8am and finished at 2pm in the afternoon. The program featured playing table tennis with people with disabilities and the public,…
THE Paddock Easter sports knockout tournament has successfully ended on Wednesday. The tournament was held at Ila village, Fa’arau district in Central kwara’ae, Malaita province. The Easter tournament was organised in two sport category, junior futsal and open category seven aside knock-out. More than 15 teams participated at the respective competitive tournaments. The ongoing sporting…
The Fletcher Kwaimani Man Up Rugby Challenge will kick off this weekend at the DC Park Rugby Field, Henderson. Four teams have accepted the challenge and will see who has what it takes to become champion. The teams are Henderson Hammerheads (HHH), SINU, Relas and Diesel. The tournament will kick off on Saturday, April 9th…
SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – Vidhya Lakhan is expected to hold his position as Pacific Games Council president for a further four years. Lakhan revealed Tuesday that he had stood unopposed for the position hence his continuation in the role for the next four years. He added that he had been in the executive position with…
The Honiara Netball Association (HNA) urges all Sports Maters of schools in and around Honiara to attend an important meeting set for this coming Monday at the Lawson Tama netball court. HNA President Shalom Akao said conveyed this to Star Sports in a statement yesterday. “The Honiara netball association executive wishes to invite sports masters…
Suva (Fiji Times) – FIJI is hoping to secure national coaches for volleyball and boxing from Cuba. The ambassador of the Republic of Cuba Mario Alzugaray paid a visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports Laisenia Tuitubou on Friday. Alzugaray revealed Cuba was willing to offer assistance to Fiji in the areas of common…
AUCKLAND, (NZ HERALD) – Married on Saturday, back in the gym on Monday: Valerie Adams knows every day counts in her build-up to Rio. The two-time Olympic shotput champion wed Gabriel Price, her partner of two years, over the weekend, but she wasn’t about to use it as an excuse to skip a day’s training.…
NEWLY elected Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke has announced his new executive. The announcement of the new line-up was made after consultations which resulted in the allocation of portfolios. Mr Veke says his new government will focus and implement reforms that will improve effectiveness and the efficiency of administration and service delivery to people of the…
The Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Duddley Kopu has encouraged a shift from the current subsistence agriculture to the semi-commercial mode and later to the commercial and agribusiness mode in rural areas. Mr Kopu made the suggestion at the opening of the annual Senior Agriculture Extension Staff Conference in Honiara this week. He said refocusing…
Pacific economies will grow by an average 3.8 per cent this year; down from 7 per cent last year, mainly because of pressures faced by Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Fiji — the region’s largest economies. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) notes Pacific economies face lower growth and tighter fiscal conditions this year because of…