Kricket interest
THE Liklik Kricket concept is rapidly picking up in interest especially among young enthusiastic children and now the Liklik Kricket competition has landed at the Air Niugini village in Six-Mile. Following the successfully launch of the junior competition in Hanuabada two years ago the Liklik Kricket competition has since than firmly planted its roots especially in Motuan villages in Port Moresby. This will be the first time Liklik Kricket is making its way into the city and exposing itself to non traditional cricket areas. The smaller version of cricket usually played on the streets in Motu villages under the supervision of their respective coordinators is famous among children as young as seven year olds. Air Niugini village is the latest member to join the Liklik Kricket family and coordinator Henoa Pasi from Gagagaba village along the Magi Highway led the way forward in making sure the kids at the compound had proper cricket equipment to play cricket. Last Thursday, the Papua New Guinea Cricket Board through general manager Andrew Knott made this possible by presenting Pasi with a cricket set especially designed for use by younger children. The cricket kit donated by PNG Cricket Board contained plastic bats, plastic balls, plastic bats and plastic batting tees.

Off-season RL success
THE off-season junior rugby league in Boundary Road, Lae, started off well last November after the proper season of the school boy’s junior league had ended for the holiday breaks. Lae city Lord Mayor James Khay and the president of the Boundary Rd junior off season league Joram Upa had initiated the off season league for the junior schoolboys especially the under 13 and 15 years. It was the first time in the history of the Boundary Road off season’s league that the under 13 and 15 junior league off seasons after proper seasons ended. Upa said: “The whole intention of organising the junior off season league is to maintain the fitness and keep the students especially out from involving in law and order problem in settlements.”

Ironman donation
THE Sepik Ironman has donated two computers to the Divine Word University’s Education Faculty in Wewak. Stephen Damien, chairman of Sepik Ironman and committee members, Michael Nason and Niaga Unjan, presented the computers to the students and the lecturers at an assembly yesterday. Damien said the Sepik Ironman was proud to assist the Education Faculty in their endeavours to train teachers who will one day pass on their knowledge to young children. The Sepik Ironman is a triathlon event, held every Queens birthday weekend in June in Wewak. The event attracts participants from around the province as well as athletes from around the country. Proceeds from this event are donated towards promoting health and education in the East Sepik Province. In the four years since the Sepik Ironman started, the committee has provided computers to schools, resource centres and the hospital as well as funding to the Boram General Hospital, St John’s Ambulance as well as some schools in the province.

Running in Port Moresby
PORT Moresby Road Runners gathered at the Waigani Post Office on Saturday. With nobody electing to try their hand at the 1.8km sprint, all the runners headed towards the turn around point at the Port Moresby Golf Club. Rob Jones, from England and in his first run with POMRR, sat on the heels of the leading runners and surged home in the last 500 metres to win the 5km event in 19 minutes 7 seconds. Perennial favourite Noko Negosa came home second and Kesa Nathan held on for third. It was Deju Vu in the 8.5km race with James Gurumi defeating Swans Pinampio for the second year in succession and by the same margin – two seconds! David Whitehead doggedly ran on for third, some nine minutes in arrears to secure his first podium finish after two years of competing. This coming Saturday at 4.45pm runners will assemble at TNT Depot, opposite Jackson’s Depot for 2km and 7km events.