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Billy Aki to Supervise Rigo Rice Cup in Moresby North-West

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NCD Suburban Sports Foundation Chairman and President for Moresby North West Rugby League Mr Billy Aki has been appointed as the tournament coordinator for the Rigo Rice Cup.

The tournament will take place on November 9th 2024 in Port Moresby North West.

This appointment was formalised by the KCK Rigo Rice Cup CEO Mcsteve Polly on Friday (03/11/24) in Port Moresby, following a formal meeting with Mr. Aki and the Rigo Rice Cup Team.

“Billy Aki has immense experience from various top tier rugby league competitions in the country like the NCD Governor’s Cup, and we are glad that he will be sharing it to our younger generation of rugby league players in his pool of coordination throughout the tournament,” said Polly.

Following this appointment, Billy Aki expressed his full support to the tournament and permitted the KCK Rigo Rice Cup to be played at the Kone Tigers Oval for Port Moresby North West pool.

This Rugby League Tournament aims to be the biggest grassroots tournament in Papua New Guinea with over K300,000 cash prizes to be won in its first edition this year.
 
Rigo Rice Cup is proudly sponsored by naming rights/platinum sponsors Rigo Rice Limited and Kendekali Lawyers.

The Competition is set to kick off on November 09th right after registration closes, and the games will be held in five different venues throughout Port Moresby City.
 
➢ Moresby North West: Ipi Park, Hohola
➢ Moresby North East: Bomana Police College Field
➢ Moresby South: Bava Park
➢ Motu Koita: Kone Field

The tournament encourages teams to field youth players between the ages of 16 and 23, as this will increase their chances of being scouted for opportunities abroad.

To ensure a platform for emerging talents to shine, each team may include a maximum of three Digicel Cup players (former or current).

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Spin Doctors top 2024 Media Pool Competition

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Spin Doctors are the champions of the 2024 Media Pool Competition after a nail biting challenge yesterday afternoon at the Lamana Gold Club.

The arena was surrounded by eager fans and supporters witnessing the display of skillful precision and coordination of 47-year-old Kupe Yore and 24-year-old Jackson Ng.

A fourth time champion, Yore proudly represented Spin Doctors while Team Captain, Ng stepped up for Tropical Storms for their first grand final experience.

Ng displayed outstanding skills giving Yore a run for the money.

In the end, Yore proved that experience supersedes, skillfully placing the last of four balls and sinking the black ball.

Spin Doctors player, Kupe Yore playing pool at 2024 Media Pool Competition.
Spin Doctors player, Kupe Yore.
Topical Storms team captain, Jackson Ng playing pool at 2024 Media Pool Competition.
Tropical Storms team captain, Jackson Ng.

A proud team Manager for Spin Doctors, Dr Sam Yockopua said after losing three consecutive grand finals since 2021, this win was very fulfilling.

He congratulated Tropical Storms for making it into their first grand final and putting up a tough challenge.

“It was a very tough game. I want to congratulate Tropical Storms, they’ve been a very consistent team.

“Them being the minor premiers, we were very nervous but we were lucky to win,” Yokopua said.

Yore who had lead the team to victory in four grand finals in 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2021 said this victory was bittersweet after losing at the 2022 and 2023 grand finals.

“From starting with marble snooker in Mt Hagen town at a young age to playing at this level and winning is a dream come true,” Yore said.

Despite the loss, Ng said he was very proud of his team and happy that among the 23 teams that took part, they made it into the grand final.

“Our first time to go into the grand final as well so I would like to congratulate ourselves even though we did not win.

“We did well in the minor premiership and I really appreciate them.”

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Turi is New Police Boss for NCD/Central Command

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ACP NCD/Central Command, Ben Turi mid shot

An outcry by city residents and the Governor for NCD, Powes Parkop over the disturbing rise of law and order issues in Port Moresby has seen the permanent appointment of Benjamin Turi as the new Assistant Commissioner of Police for NCD and Central Province.

Today, the NCD and Central Commanders met at Boroko Police Station to witness the Hand-Over-Take-Over of Command from ACP Northern Command, Peter Guiness to newly appointed ACP NCD-Central, Benjamin Turi.

Guiness was brought in from Lae to take charge after the collapse of Command that lead to the “Black Wednesday” riots in Port Moresby.

On January 10th, 2024, dubbed “Black Wednesday “, Police personnel had protested against huge cuts in pay and subsequently abandoned their duties.

Opportunists took over, causing riots throughout the city with a number of shops burnt down and several deaths reported.

After ten (10) months of acting on the post to regain control and command in NCD, Guiness handed over the reigns to return to his substantive position as ACP Northern Commander, looking after Eastern Highlands and Morobe Provinces.

Guiness acknowledged the support from all the Police Station Commanders (PSC’s) and heads of divisions in the NCD Command for their support in ensuring that stability returned within the police force.

Moving forward, with collaboration from the NCD Metropolitan Command, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and National Capital District Commission (NCDC), they have formulated a new policing approach to ensure all Police Station Commanders take charge of their areas of command effectively.

Part of this approach is to ensure all the Police Station Commanders are involved in Management meetings and relevant trainings to up skill them as Managers.

“I want all the Police Station Commanders in NCD to become part of the Management team so that we can all sit down together and discuss issues that are affecting the Command,” Guines said.

Taking on from where his predecessor left, ACP Turi said starting Monday, he will meet with individual PSC’s and the Metropolitan Superintendent Commander to discuss respective areas of Command.

“We will revisit the duty statement of each and everyone of you. The Station Commanders you have a very big role to play.

“We will look at the duty statements from the PSC’s down to the operations on ground,” Turi said.

Another aspect of ensuring command is taking control of disciplinary challenges with each Station.

PSC’s were encouraged to ensure members of their commands are disciplined if they step out of line.

“Discipline is good. If you don’t discipline your men, you spoil your men,” Turi stressed.

Witnessing the HOTO was NCDC Chief Executive Officer, Dr Newton Albert who announced that with this new plan in place, NCDC will be announcing its support to Police next week.

The support includes fuel and logistics to help police tackle the escalating law and order issues in the city.

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