The much- anticipated Highlands Regional Youth Games (RYGs) is set to roll following the signing of the Host Contract Agreement. The Host Contract Agreement was finally signed this week to convene the Inaugural Highlands RYGs that will be hosted by the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province (EHP). The Agreement was signed at the PNG National Sports Institute in Goroka between EHP Provincial Administrator, Mr. Allen Los and RYG Council Chairman and National Youth Development Authority (NYDA) Director General, Mr. Joe Itaki, and witnessed by Goroka District Administrator, Mr. Benson Imara. Youths from the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will converge in Goroka in a few weeks' time to showcase rural talents in the different sporting codes. The games will be staged from the 1st of July to the 6th ​‌July at the PNG National Sports Institute in Goroka town. The Regional Youth Game concept aligns with three important government policy; PNG Sports Policy, National Youth Policy and Integrated Community Development Policy, making it a home-grown concept with rural focus and aims to identify rural talents and push them for further skills development. The first RYGs was the Momase Regional Youth Games held in Madang last year which saw over thousands of youths from the four provinces in the Momase region converge on the sporting grounds in Madang town in September for the games. The Momase RYGs was hailed a success. The Highlands RYGs is the second to be hosted and the concept will also cover the Southern and then the New Guinea Islands regions.