Good 2018 For Cricket: Rika
2018 has been a good year for Cricket Fiji, says Josefa Rika.
Cricket Fiji director Rika said despite being a minor sport, it has survived and making progress.
“It has been a year full of positives for Cricket Fiji as an organisation,” Rika said.
“We were fortunate to host the first ever international World Cup qualifying event for men in Suva in August and also managed to lock in numerous sponsors to support the particular event.
“In previous years, cricket struggled to get sponsors and so to have names like Data #3 on board was a great achievement.
“I’m very proud of our boys’ achievement in the tournament.
“We developed a lot of young players in the tournament who we should bank on for the future.”
Cricket Fiji aim to develop a women team for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers in Vanuatu.
Challenges
“We now look forward to preparing our women and U19 teams for the World Cup qualifying events in 2019 in Vanuatu and Japan,” Rika said
“We’ve been trying to lock down appropriate training facilities for our teams both for national and for club competitions because of the busy international calendar in 2019.
“Aside from that we lost our former chief executive officer Setoki Galuvakadua who died in July. He was a passionate cricket follower and dedicated a lot of his time to developing the game for Cricket Fiji and Ono-i-lau.
“Cricket Fiji is looking ahead to a competitive 2019.
“Cricket Fiji is grateful for the continuous support of the Fiji National Sports Commission and chairman Peter Mazey.”
-edited by Osea Bola
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