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| Minister for Sports and APEC Justin Tkatchenko. |
By FIDELIS SUKINA
Three sporting codes will host Oceania Championships in 2018 in Papua New Guinea this was made known by Minister for Sports and APEC Justin Tkatchenko.
Basketball, Swimming and Hockey will be having Oceania Championships, with the U15 Oceania Basketball championships, the Oceania Swimming Championships and the Hokey Youth U18 Oceania Championships all in 2018.
These Championships will coincide with the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018, which is the pinnacle event for sports of all Commonwealth nations.
“Papua New Guinea will be hosting three international events and that is wonderful and they will coincide with the Commonwealth games as well in 2018.
“2018 will be a huge sporting year and with the Commonwealth games we have to do well, because the training aspect of it all Aaron Alsop the Director of the High Performance Center at the Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation has done a fabulous job in preparing and training the athletes of Papua New Guinea to prepare for the games and he has a big job ahead of him over the next couple of years,” Tkatchenko said
He added that training and hard work would bring home the gold for Team PNG and encouraged athletes to be strong because it took time and dedication to win at the elite level.
“The situation is we can’t stop the momentum we have to continue with enhancing our sporting champions so we see them with Bronze, Silver or Gold on their necks, these medals are very rare.
“The situation is that we have to understand it takes a lot of time and effort and a lot of dedication to be a commonwealth champion,” Tkatchenko added
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