PNG Sports Foundation yesterday signed off a one-year facility lease to the PNG Hockey Federation for the 2017 competition year.
The Port Moresby Hockey Pavilion at the Sir John Guise stadium was officially leased to Hockey Federation as the third facility leased out by PNG Sports Foundation. This comes after the PNG Football Stadium and the Bava Park for rugby and rugby touch.
The lease granted is for a year between December 1, 2016, and December 1, 2017.
This will then follow with a 2-year lease alongside a successful 1-year agreement.
President of PNG Hockey, Kaluwin Potuan, thanked the Minister for Sports Justin Tkatchenko and the Sports Federation for the lease.
He says the pavilion is second best in the Pacific, after Fiji, and the Hockey Federation is proud to maintain its standard.
Tkatchenko officially handed the facility to Potuan, saying the facility is a success of the 2015 Pacific Games.
“PNG Hockey will now have no excuse to raise the bar in its standard as it is one of the best facilities leased that should support hockey in the country,” Tkatchenko said.
The Minister also challenged the hockey associates to use the facility wisely and maintain its standard.