Schools rugby league carnival in Lae gets timely boost

THE Lae Rugby League ground will come alive with the hosting of the schools rugby league carnival on the weekend of Nov 25-27.
Sister companies Prima Smallgoods and Lae Biscuit have come on board to support the carnival that will be known as Prima/Lae Biscuit Schools Rugby League Carnival.
Prima Smallgoods is sponsoring the carnival with K20,000.
Prima national sales and marketing manager Kola Geri said apart from the sponsorship they would also get Lae Biscuit Company to come in with sponsorship.
“It is a good concept, I know schools will be excited especially for the kids to represent their schools,” he said. “How the carnival is organised putting the schools into zones – city and country. It’s more like a mini State Of Origin for Lae. This will make the carnival exciting and we’re expecting a lot of people to turn up and watch.”
Lae Schoolboys Rugby League coordinator Dennis Miall said the idea to host the carnival came about after the cancellation of the national zone championships by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League.
He thanked the sponsors for their support of junior rugby league and acknowledged schools and teachers who had committed their time to making the tournament was a success.