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Toea Wisil takes out 100 and 200 meter gold Papua New Guinea’s sprint Queen Toea Wisil has won the double sprint at the Australian Athletics Championship in Sydney at the weekend. She clocked in 11.42 seconds to win the 100 meters and 23.76 to take the 200 meters. Toea Wisil nudges out Melissa Breen in a race in Canberra last month. /  Photo: Matt King, The Canberra Times The 28 year old Queensland based Jiwakan’s win confirms her place as one of the best female sprinters in the Oceania region. Wisil etched out Australia’s Melissa Breen by 0.22 of a second at the 100m sprint to claim gold. However, her win has caused some upset at the meet. According to The Canberra Times, Breen’s coach Matt Beckenham has questioned the rules of the championship after Breen’s claim to silver despite being technically the fastest Australian in the race. Beckenham aired his displeasure on Twitter saying that while Wisil was a “deserving winner”, “the rules defy common sense.” This ...

Tickets to the largest sporting event in the South Pacific, the Pacific Games, will go on sale tomorrow (Friday, March 26, 2015) according to Ticketing Manager, Tasman Samuel. In an email to the Games Organizing Committee (GOC), Mr Samuel said tickets would go on sale at Bank South Pacific (BSP) select outlets in Port Moresby and around the country. Port Moresby BSP outlets are BSP Town, Harbour City, Waterfront Kiosk, Boroko, BSP Waigani Drive, BSP Waigani Banking Centre and Vision City Kiosk. Meanwhile, not all country branches will be selling tickets. Games tickets can be purchased from these BSP outlets BSP Lae Top Town and Market, Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Wewak, Madang, Alotau, Buka, Kokopo and Kimbe. There are 3 types of packages ranging from K20 to K5,000, and single tickets between K10 and K20 depending on the sporting code and venue. Also circulated was a Ticket Purchase Guide and Order form  (click links to download). For more information, call the 2015 Pacific ...

The PNG Karate-Do Federation (PNGKF) has selected forty two (42) athletes as the Target Team for the Port Moresby Pacific Games in July 2015. The Target Team was selected after the Training Camp on 12th – 27th January 2015 and the Selection Trial held on 24th January 2015 in Port Moresby. Amongst the athletes selected were three finds from the 2014 PNG Games in Lae; Beverly Wasawa, Phyllis Bibuai and Donald Samuel. Also included in the team is Braden McMahon of Sydney, Australia. Braden has is a formidable competitor and has been considered for a kumite division. The PNGKF full endorsed team comprises of; Gladyskaren Wallace, Beverly Wasawa, Francillia Kokin, Quentin Bougen, (Bougainville); Lera Kose, Gewa Rupa, Miriam Stanley, Catherine Wilson, Naorei Joseph, Jason Kilangit, Ishmael Stanley, John Kajona, Billy Billy Jnr, Dennis Kopman, Dominic Sipapi, Francis Oa Jnr, Buruka Chapau Jnr (Central); Joan Abala, Francis Virgil, (East New Britain); Maryanne Porika, Phyllis Bibuai, S...

Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko Papua New Guinean athletes have been given 20,000 reasons to win a gold at the XV Pacific Games in July, Post Courier reports. Individual athletes who win gold will receive K20, 000 while those in teams will receive the same amount each. Sports and Pacific Games Minister, Justin Tkatchenko, made the announcement that the government has allocated K5.7 million for gold winning performances as incentive for Team PNG. Tkatchenko said the incentive was a sign that the government was revolutionizing sports in the country and that individuals who received their prize money should invest it in developing their skills and talents.

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The PNG Karate-Do Federation (PNGKF) summed up what appeared to be a good year by partnering with PNG Sports Foundation and PNG Games Council in delivering a successful Karate Competition in the 6th PNG Games in November 2014 followed up with a Training Camp in Port Moresby in December 2014. During 2014 PNGKF hosted its 7th PNG Open Karate Titles and 25th National Karate Championships, and three Training Camps in Port Moresby. Six of Karate’s elite athletes participated in a four-day Karate Training Seminar with the Ishinryu Karate Dojo in Wollongong, NSW, Australia in early March and whilst another eight attended a four day Kata and Kumite Training with head and Mentor Coach Sensei Trevor Roberts at the Shotokan Karate Budokai Honbu at Camira, Queensland, Australia at the end of March 2014. PNGKF also sent a Karate Technical Official for training in Brisbane, Australia in March 2013, another to Sydney, Australia in April 2014 and three to Suva, Fiji in September 2014. Apart from...

The team waiting for the luggage at Nadi, Fiji. The PNG Karate Team returned from Suva, Fiji today after participating in the 16th Oceania Karate Championships on the 11th – 13th September 2014. The team of thirty one athletes won two silver and fourteen bronze medals. The silver medals came through the Men’s Team Kata (Leonard Gariadi, Cosmas Saliawali & Nigel Bana) and Jacklyn Barney (Women 50kg Kumite). The bronze medals came from; Crystal Mari (Cadet Female 54kg Kumite), Francis Oa Jnr (Junior Male 76kg Kumite), Joancherry Revui (Junior Female Kumite 59kg), Lera Kose (Female Kumite 55kg), Miriam Stanley (Female 61kg Kumite), Lera Kose (Under 21 Years Female 60kg Kumite), Miriam Stanley (Under 21 Years Female 60kg Kumite), Catherine Wilson (Under 21 Years Female 60+kg Kumite), Dennis Kopman (Under 21 Years Male 78kg Kumite), Ishmael Stanley (Under 21 Years Male 78kg Kumite), Peace Kaiwa (Female +68kg Kumite), Junior Womens Team Kumite (Joancherry Revui & Gantiann...

Mr Sebea Sogo (right) presenting a backpack to PNGKF official Ms Lllane Munau at Jackson's International Airport The PNG Karate team arrived in Suva, Fiji late on Tuesday (09 September) to participate at the 16th Oceania Karate Championships. PNG Karate-do Federation (PNGKF) Mentor/Coach, Sensei Trevor Roberts, said all the formalities including registration and weigh-in have been completed, and the athletes are now waiting for the competition which will take place on Friday and Saturday (11 – 12 September). The team is made up of a total of 31 athletes, 11 females and 20 males, a team manager and manageress and two coaches. Also traveling with the team are 2015 Pacific Games Karate officials, Miss Llane Munau, Mr Bernard Sinai, Sensei Mark Vele, Sensei Roy Stanley and PNGKF President Sensei Carl Mari. The athletes will be participating in both kata and kumité events. Roberts also said this is the largest team from PNG since PNGKF participated in the 2nd Oceania champ...

The PNG Karate-Do Federation (PNGKF) is preparing its team to attend the 16th Oceania Karate Championships in Suva, Fiji on the 11th – 13th September 2014. The thirty two athletes who have been selected were chosen from the current development squad; They comprise of; Vincent Bougen (AROB); Lera Kose, Cathrine Wilson, Miriam Stanley, Gewa Rupa, Naorei Joseph, Joseph Smith Jnr, Billy Baeau Jnr, Dennis Kopman, Ishmael Stanley, Francis Oa Jnr, John Kajona and Dominic Sipapi (Central); Jacklyn Barney, Maryanne Porika and Manu Mekere (Morobe); Crystal Mari, Joancherry Revui, Gantianna Joseph, Sarah Ande, Violet Wanghihau, Nigel Bana, Cosmas Saliawali, Leonard Gariadi, Sailas Piskaut, Andrew Molen and Julius Piku (NCD); Monovi Atomu Amani Jnr (New Ireland); Peace Kaiwa, Ernest Nuli, Alois Masusulu and Nick Mou(WNB). The traveling officials are; Sensei Trevor Roberts (Head & Mentor Coach), Sensei David Wallace (Kumite Coach), Sempai Willie Leslie (Kata Coach), Francis Mairi (Manage...