“At the moment only, some schools are dominating but all schools that are here are competing for the first-place prize.” 

The competition will be from April 29 to May 1.

The players claimed they were only paid $20 as airport allowance on their departure in Nadi.

The Fijian Pearls went down 60-52 to Tonga in the PacificAus Sports Netball Series grand final in Australia, this afternoon.

Netball Fiji CEO Vivian Koster acknowl­edged Punjas and Digicel for their continued support of elite local competition.

“ We need to develop these cubs for the future because we believe a lot of these young ones will surely make it big one day.”