Letters To The Editor: Forgetting The Main Reason
The latest are the Fiji Hockey teams (men and women) that have qualified to play in the World Cup later this month. Not many teams achieve this feat and ours had to go through a tough qualification tournament to win this opportunity.
Saturday 13 January 2024 | 07:50
Team Fiji men's hockey team following their training in Honiara, Solomon Islands on November 27, 2023. Photo: Sereana Salalo
It's sad to see the travails so-called minor sports in the country are put through.
The latest are the Fiji Hockey teams (men and women) that have qualified to play in the World Cup later this month.
Not many teams achieve this feat and ours had to go through a tough qualification tournament to win this opportunity.
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After initially denying the teams money to participate in the World Cup, the Fiji Sports Commission (FSC) finally made a small sum available, still nowhere near what is needed.
Now, the latest is that FSC will not allow the teams to train on the hockey turf because they are preparing for the official opening ceremony of the newly laid turf.
Just so that some administrators can display their pomp, get some media coverage and feel important? Is that more important than the team's training before they depart next week for the World Cup?
The FSC administrators seem to forget why their jobs exist.
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