Lautoka braces for Ba
Futsal receives $10k sponsorship
THE Southern Business House Futsal Soccer League has been boosted with a $10,000 sponsorship money from Gokals Group-Fiji.
The 2021 Gokals, Ariston, Whirlpool Southern Business House Futsal Soccer League is set to kick off on April 7.
LAUTOKA is hoping to bounce back in the Digicel Premier League when the side takes on neighbour Ba at Churchill Park tomorrow.
The Blues suffered a shock 2-0 loss against Nadi at Prince Charles Park last Sunday which led to the dismissal of coach Tagi Vonolagi.
Lautoka team director Abdul Kadar said former Fiji under-16 coach Imdad Ali had been appointed as the interim coach to look after their preparations.
Kadar said Ali was no stranger to Lautoka having coached the team previously.
“Preparations for this weekend’s game have been hampered by the unfavourable weather conditions this week,” Kadar said. “Seven of our players are in the national camp so they haven’t trained together as a team.
Tournament director Alan Kumar said this was a great opportunity for players to showcase their talents.
“It believes in giving women an equal playing field to compete with men to eliminate violence against women and getting teams to compete on a weekly basis to eliminate noncommunicable diseases,” Kumar said.
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“The match between Ba and Lautoka is always the best in the country. We will be hoping to bounce back after the loss against Nadi.”
Lautoka is in fourth position after three rounds of matches with a win, draw and a loss while Ba leads the DPL with seven points following two wins and a draw.
Ba is the host for the fixture. “We have appointed Imdad Ali as the interim coach and are negotiating with other coaches to take up the top job. Once the right person is approved then we will call a press conference.”
The match will kick off at 3pm. women playing along men and on the same pitch. We have decided to have women’s competition with men’s team. We started this last year and same as for this year. We face challenges in getting more women’s teams but we will not give up.”
He said 40 business house teams had registered to take part in 13 weeks of competition, with Bula Events Group as the host.
There are 32 men’s, four women’s and four veterans teams which will be competing.
“This year’s theme is ‘Scoring Health Points & Match Goal, Women doing it all.’ We are grateful to the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation for sponsoring the women’s category and the veterans’ category by Delight Foods and Sweets.