THE annual Prime Minister’s Corporate Golf Challenge will be held again this year after it was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first event will be held in Lae on Friday, April 8 at the Lae Golf Club and the second event will be held in Port Moresby (POM) on Friday, April 22 at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club.
These events are part of the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee’s (PNGOC) efforts to raise funds for Team PNG’s participation at the Pacific Mini Games in Northern Marianas in June and the Commonwealth Games at England in July.
With two (2) Team PNG contingents scheduled to attend the two international multi-sport events, this year, the PNG Olympic Committee is faced with the challenge of raising a budget of K4.5 million to ensure that the two contingents participate and represent Papua New Guinea at both Games.
The two notable games slated to be held this year is the one-year delayed (from 2021) Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Marianas scheduled for June 17-25, while the iconic celebration of sport to embrace the Commonwealth values of humanity, equality and destiny is scheduled for July 28 to August 8 (just a few weeks out of the Pacific Mini Games).
Registration for the Lae challenge will closed yesterday (Wednesday, April 6) and for the POM challenge will close on April 20.
With the mammoth task of raising funds for Team PNG to the two Games this year, registration for both events had been set at K4,000 per team.
Organizations from both the private and public sectors are invited to support these events by registering a team to participate in this worthy cause.
In making this call for support, PNGOC President Sir John Dawanincura acknowledged the great support from the business community in both Lae and POM for their support to the recently held PNGOC Trukai Fun Run Auctions last month with a total of K375,000 being raised for Team PNG.
“Thank you to the organizations that have so far registered their teams. With the current challenges, due to COVID-19 over the last 2 years, we are hoping that we will get a good number of teams to participate in both Lae and in POM,” said Sir Dawanincura.
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Interested organizations and individuals that require more information about the events can contact Marketing & Events Coordinator of the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee on 323 1499, 325 1411 or e-mail events@pngoc.org.pg
