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Barbarians go berserk with sit-in
By ISAAC NICHOLAS
THE Barbarians rugby league club successfully staged a sit-in
protest forcing the abandoning of games of the K35,000 Port
Moresby off-season league's Wari Vele Cup.
The Barbarians who are the minor premiers comprising youths from
Two-Mile Hill staged a sit-in protest on Friday claiming nepotism
in the league.
Barbarians club patron and sponsor Felix Oltomo said then that the
club had won all their games since the start of the off-season.
"Last week we lost one game which was the only lose since the
off-season started. Then all of a sudden, here comes an
inexperienced league official who said, 'Barbarians you lose, you
hang your boots and out'," Oltomo said.
"That is injustice to the Barbarian club and that is why we appeal
to the league officials to reconsider their decision and give us
one or two more chances.
Oltomo said the league had given chances to other clubs who have
lost more than one game.
"We spent so much money on the League and we are not happy. As
patron and club sponsor I will take the Port Moresby off-season's
Wari Vele Cup league to court, we are the best team in the off
season league and we should be the ones in the finals".
The Wari Vele Cup off-season league is made up of pool A and B
with eight teams taking part in each pool and the top four teams
go into the semi finals.
Club president James Paru said Governor Wari Vele sponsored the
off-season league with K30,000 and former politician David Unagi
contributed K5,000 for a total prizemoney of K35,000.
He said the minor premiers should have been rewarded with K1,000
but Barbarians as minor premiers only received K300.
 
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