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On the 28th of July, the Men’s team, the Mosquitoes received
a timely sponsorship of K60,000 from the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB). This
backing comes in order to help the team defend their title in Melbourne when
th ey compete next month.
With now just a matter
of weeks to the start of the 2011 fourth installment of the AFL International
Cup, the build-up begins in earnest. The sponsorship
has come at a time when the team needs funds to send the Mosquitos and the
women’s team, the PNG Flames, to the AFL International Cup.
The CEO of NGCB, Simon Sanangke said he was
overwhelmed that the sponsorship is not a waste because AFL PNG has done a
tremendous job at development of the code; ‘and for them to go overseas for the
international cup, is pathway for future development of the sport’, he stated.
The 2008 winners and
three time finalists are Papua New Guinea Mosquitoes. After finishing runners
up to Ireland in 2002, and then to New Zealand in 2005, finally a young new
generation of talent took the title in 2008, with some help from a few strong
players.
Their fleet-footed players were supplemented by a few slightly taller finds who
could take a mark an d in a pulsating come from-behind-win, they knocked over
the Kiwis in the 2008 Grand Final at the MCG.
The Mosquitoes are ranked number two (behind Australia) in the World Footy News
rankings and number one by the AFL for this tournament.
AFLPNG NEWS: BSP OFFICIAL NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR, POM SENIOR LEAGUE
Papua New Guinea’s
leading bank, BSP, has become the official naming rights sponsor with the Port
Moresby competition now the BSP AFL premiership.
On July 7th BSP CEO Ian B
Clyne presented an initial K15, 000 for the Port Moresby competition. Mr Clyne stated that ‘history shows that all
sports need a strong elite senior competition
for talent pathways to feed into, to give media and supporters a focus and
importantly to teach and show the young players the right way’.
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Mr Clyne also
stated that: “While junior AFL has gone from strength to strength in recent
years and PNG is the reigning International cup holder, senior football has
been disorganized, but we are confident that BSP’s backing, AFLPNG, our
corporate sponsors, players and officials, senior football is now back in force
in Port Moresby.”
The funding will
be managed by the AFLPNG Senior Advisory board, which Mr Clyne is also the
chairman. The advisory board has set stringent regulations and requirements on
the players and clubs, which will ensure an environment that must be upheld.
This will promote fairness, participation and a code that is based upon family,
community, supporter, spectator and stakeholders.
AFLPNG development
manager Walter Yangomina expressed his thoughts about the Senior Advisory Board
and the backing from BSP; “With the stability that comes from a Senior Advisory
Board and the commitment by the AFL itself to the Advisory Board, the 3 year
backing of the premiership by BSP will enable stability and growth to the
competition and a football code that is set to dominate in Port Moresby in the
coming years.”
The Port Moresby
competition was formerly the NCD rules and has been revived by the guidance of
the Advisory board. The AFLPNG senior advisory board is made up of prominent
persons in business and government, who are all notable former football
players.
The requirements
outlined by the advisory board and the rejuvenation of the Port Moresby
competition have brought about strong corporate backing to the whole
competition and each club, each of the seven clubs in the competition now
having a corporate sponsor.
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