It is the New Year and the Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association is not wasting any time to get things rolling for the 2022 season after it had to cancel its’ last season (2021) due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The Association President Mr. Douglas Lai said his officials and club executives will meet early next week to put together a plan for the season. He is anticipating an early start to the games, and he is suggesting having a format of competition like the current Australian AFL format.
“We should have the women’s competition first and later followed by the men’s competition instead of running the two together like the previous years.”
He said one of the reasons for choosing this format was the fact that there is only one Colts Oval and with the COVID-19 situation, organizing the games with both divisions on at the same time, could be a handful.
Meanwhile, the 2022 Season for the Port Moresby AFL competition should have enough funding to see it run at least toward the end of this year. According to the president, the remaining 2021 funds from sponsor Moni Plus, is still available.
An amount between K11, 000 and K15, 000 is available but an addition amount could be sourced towards the end of the year for the finals.