PNG does well at Oceania meet – Post Courier – POST-COURIER

April 20, 2017

Table Tennis By KILA NAO

THE Team PNG Table tennis team did very well both in the Junior and Para events at the just ended Oceania championship held in Suva, Fiji. This is first time for table tennis to achieve such an incredible results at the tournament that has also opened a pathway for the players to move to the next level in the future. PNG champion player Geoffrey Loi, Nao Agari and Albert Arua Kora displayed some venerable and tough shots against New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Fiji to take the Bronze medal in the Under 18 Junior team competition. In the Para event, Haoda Agari did very well in his pool by defeating the Oceania champion from Australia but went down to Fiji with 3 to 1 set while counterpart, Veri Nime took Bronze in the womens standing class. But they were able to clinch the Silver medal in the Mix team event beating Solomon Islands. Team PNG head coach Rea Loi said the players performed very well against some of the best players in the Pacific and proved that they were capable of matching them. We are still lacking some areas and we need to improve to get to the next level if we want to be ranked top in the Oceania region. The only way to get to the top is to train hard and be committed in both mentally and physically, said Loi. The management team want to express gratitude to the sponsors Chinese Embassy, China PNG Friendship Association, Leon enterprise and PNGOCF for funding the trip.

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