Ba TIV Ready to defend IDC Title
Vodafone Fijian football players Junior Narendra Rao and Kishan Sami will play for Ba at the 2018 TIV Sangam Interdistrict Championship at Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka on Thursday.
As defending champions, Ba have roped in veteran midfielder Roneel Kumar, Johnny and Dennis Rao. The Ba team have been training under the watchful eyes of coach, Daniel Krishneel.
“It will be a pretty interesting tournament this year and a lot of good teams are coming from abroad,” Rao said.
“We have top teams like Lautoka, Nadi and Labasa that will bring the level of competition to a top notch. As defending champions, Ba will be having a lot of experience. The pressure is on us to perform and we are confident to play in Lawaqa.”
Ba and national football defender Avinesh Suwamy has joined the Nadi TIV side while Praneel Naidu plays for TIV and Shivneel Rao to feature for Solovi.
Super Premier Pools
Pool 1: Ba, Nadroga, Salovi, Nasinu, Nalovo
Pool 2: Rifle Range, Vatiyaka, Suva, Rakiraki, Raviravi/Tavarau
Pool 3: Labasa, Navua, Lautoka, Hamilton, Rewa Pool 4: Nadi, Vitogo, Middlemore, Namaka, Malolo
Premier
Pool 1: Lomolomo, Varoko, Uciwai , Sabeto, Sydney Pool 2: Dreketi, Waitakere, TagiTagi, Saweni, Valley Pool 3: Victoria, Etatoko, Vuda, Bucisau, Papakura Pool 4: Lovu, Navoli, Botany, Queensland, Nadrala
Masters
Pool 1: Lautoka, Papatoetoe, Lovu, Salovi Pool 2: Rifle Range, Sydney, Victoria, Queensland Pool 3: Nadroga, NZ, Southern, Nadi.