Alang Vinnie Issac is the younger sister of the famous PNG singing sensation Honlly Issac from the Jokema Band.
Alang Vinnie followed the path of her brother ringing bells with her melodic voice and winning the Digicel Stars contest back in 2012. She continues to be an entertaining singer today and maintains her love for singing on stage.
Apart from her stage presence, she has a rising talent of flaunting the fashion parade boardwalks in PNG and overseas modeling.
Alang Vinnie Isaac now takes up new career in a man dominated role in the sport of AFL PNG, back home in Lae City as the new President of Lae AFL Association.
Last weekend saw her first official duty conclude with the successful pre-season grand final of Lae AFL season 2023.
Ms Isaac is no stranger to the sport of AFL having played for the PNG Flames at the AFL International Cup in Sydney and Melbourne. She was selected into the open woman’s World Team as center half forward (CHF) in 2011.
“I feel empowered to be the president for Lae AFL Association,” Ms Isaac said.
Into her 30s, Ms Isaac is driven by the quality that humans posses and to collaborate with different human beings can be challenging but rewarding to see change in human development.
“What drives me as a woman is human quality,” Isaac said.
She is the first women AFL President in Lae and Papua New Guinea, and as a Morobean, is proud to embrace a piece of history that AFL was first played in Lae by big name Victorian Football league players when it was first introduced to PNG in 1944.
She added that as President of AFL Lae, she wants to take ownership of that and celebrate AFL heritage in Lae through promoting healthy lifestyle and developing young AFL ambassadors.
Ms Isaac confirmed that the Lae AFL seniors pre-season finals ended on a high note last weekend with guidance from a strong game’s committee and assistance from AFL Development in Lae working side by side.
She said proper season starts in two weeks’ time and is urging stronger engagement with the existing five clubs in the competition.
“We hope to get more engagements with sponsors for our five existing teams including Cobras, Swans, Tigers, Crows and Bombers.
Ms Isaac said these teams are made up of school students who are eager to play quality footy that they have as well put together a young Lae AFL Association Executives to lead as Vice President in Freeman Keno, Secretary Joyce Mettakaisava (PNG Flames) and Treasurer-Kepas Matrus (PNG Binatang).
“Team Lae will work with one goal to revive the code through unity and discipline,” Isaac said.