PNG to host Oceania Championships (Post Courier 20/12/16)

Hockey action between PNG and Fiji Women during the Pacific Games in 2015

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Minister for Sports and APEC Justin Tkatchenko has announced that the 2018 Youth under 18 Oceania championships will be held in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea.

He made the announcement in the presence of the PNG Hockey Federation executives at the newly leased synthetic hockey field at the Sir John Guise stadium.

“We are proud to announce that the Youth U18 Oceania Hockey Championships will be held in Port Moresby in April 2018 and this is also an Olympic Qualifier.

“This is another fantastic result of hosting an International event using the facilities that the government built for these sporting codes I thank the president and the executives of the PNG Hockey for bidding to host the competition to have it here Conduct Oceania Champions using the facilities We look forward continue to move forward hockey to the next level can be supported in many ways,”

President of PNG Hockey Federation Kaluwin Potuan confirmed that eight countries will be taking part in the competition and they are New Zealand, Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Papua New Guinea.