Briefs

Piggies wary of Hunters
COMPETITION leaders GC University Piggies take on third-placed Valley Hunters on Sunday in the Capital Rugby Union premier grade’s match of the round. Both sides are unbeaten with Piggies coach Paul Joseph admitting he was surprised by the Hunters’ early season form. Uni were on fire last round crushing the Juggernauts 35-3 and should have too much fire power across the park to handle the Valley men. “Valley Hunters have taken the competition by storm in this early stages so we won’t take them lightly,” Joseph said. “We had good wins in our last two games but we’re still making too mistakes. “Last week we had a high number of turn overs so that’s something we have to limit against the Hunters.
“They are very good in broken play because they play a sevens style so we’ll have to be very careful.”
Fixtures: Sat, March 30 – Nova v Harlequins, Crusaders v Brothers; Sun, March 31 – Juggernauts v Wanderers, Uni Piggies v Valley Hunters.

LNA pre-season wrapping up
THE Lae Netball Association heads into its last weekend of pre-season games. President Shirley Lung said the season would start on April 6 at the Sir Ignatius Kilage courts. There are six teams are confirmed for the 2019 LNA season: Friends, Hetura, Niugini Lagoon, Sisters, Stingers, Tiare. The competition has a senior division (A/B grades) and junior division (U13/U15/U17/U21. Defence are a late inclusion coming back after a five-year absence. Lung said the club affiliation fee was K600 and player’s registration fee K30 (senior) and K20 (junior). Admission fee to the SIK courts is K1. Junior games run from 8am to 12pm and senior fixtures from 1pm to 4pm. Lung also thanked the Lahi Karate Club for providing security during the last two Saturdays for the junior games. For details about LNA, Lung can be contacted on: 4731716/4727766 or Mobile: 72732577.

Port Moresby pre-season on
THE Port Moresby Netball Association tips off its pre-season games at the Rita Flynn courts, Bisini, Port Moresby, tomorrow. POMNA president Linda Ligo said that the games would go for three weekends (March 30 to April 13) and involve premiers and divisions 1 to 8. In the premiers, Raukele has been relegated to division 1 and Aroma Coast promoted to the premier division. Aroma join Sparrows, Mermaids, Rebels, Telstars, Paramana and Veupunama in the top grade. The club affiliation fees are K200 (seniors) and K100 (juniors) while a player’s registration fee is K50 (sr) and K20 (jr) to be paid by May 25. Senior vice-president LynetteMaha summed it up as challenging year with elite players going to Apia, Samoa for the Pacific Games in July. POMNA, the country’s biggest netball competition, is seeking sponsorship from the corporate sector to ensure the season is a success.