Morobe Karate to host AGM

THE Morobe Karate Association will be staging its annual general meeting next month and is calling on all club sensei, team managers, parents, corporate and government bodies to attend.
Coordinator sensei John Tarapia said the meeting on Feb 3 would allow for nominations of new executives for this year.
“As a Morobe karate coordinator, I am now making a call out to all karate club sensei, team manager, parents and family members, business houses and Government bodies supporting the code to come to this meeting,” Tarapia said.
He said the meeting would be held at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae at noon.
Meanwhile, PNG Karate-Do Federation has released its 2024 calendar to its member associations in the country to start preparations for local, regional, national and international competitions this year.
President Carl Mari’Bera said “The 2024 calendar contains the normal activities of Karate PNG, however, we will introduce the Karate PNG trials in March 2024 before the team participates in the Oceania Karate Federatoion Senior Championships and the Australia Open in April.
“We hope the trials will be an annual feature event besides the nationals and the open.
“Thus, there will be three competitions in a year for Karate PNG athletes and members starting 2024.”