Pride launch products

THE Sepik Pride bid for the 2021 Digicel Cup season officially launched its merchandise on Saturday in Port Moresby following the submission of their bid to the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League (PNGNRL).
Project manager for the bid and former Rabaul Gurias forward Bradley Simon said the launch boosted their bid with the Pride now partnering with Agmark to incorporate merchandise for the Sepik franchise.
“The merchandise which includes t-shirts was designed to incorporate the greater Sepik area which includes West and East Sepik so this complements our bid,” he said.
“We’ve had Stanley Hondina and Adrian Chow from PNGNRL visit our venue in East Sepik and I think we’ve ticked a lot of boxes but we’re just waiting on the PNGNRLC.
“They haven’t given us a deadline on when they would announce the teams for next season but I’m confident Sepik can have a team next year,” Simon said.
East Sepik Governor Allan Bird said during the launch that the bid represented the opportunity for youths in the region to pursue sports and excel at the national level.
“Young people in our country don’t always have a lot of opportunities and they probably feel a little bit left out and in East and West Sepik it kind of feels like that for young people,” he said. “So using rugby league is one of the many things that we want to do while we’re supporting the other sports like rugby union, soccer and athletics.
“What we want to do is allow young people to have an opportunity and hopefully try to change the attitudes they have and sports is one medium to do that.
“Sepik Pride is just one of a whole range of things that we are trying to do to target our young people.”