The national sports council (NSC) has developed and adopted a strategic Competition structure in the hope of developing sports in the country to newer heights. The structure which is set for implementation by all nine provinces this year provides athletes a number of sports events before reaching the Solomon Games stage.

A new interim executive committee has been appointed to administer the Solomon Games this year. They will be responsible the setting of rules and regulations to govern the running of the Solomon Games and to liaise with the government for assistance.

Athletics Solomon has rescheduled its trials for the 60 meters sprint event for Monday 25th January at the KG VI athletics Oval, instead of tomorrow Saturday 23rd. However it all depends on the weather. The Federation will use the trial to identify its fastest runner for 13th IAAF world indoor championship in March 12 – 14 in Doha United Arab Emirates.

Over the years Solomon Islands has witnessed the rise of new talents in football, athletics, weightlifting and lawn tennis to name a few. This year the development continues with young tennis star Ian Honila who has been awarded a scholarship to further his tertiary studies and to play tennis in the United States.

The country’s newest entrant into the mobile service Be-mobile has vowed to provide better services not only in communication but also in supporting sports events. Be-mobile’s chief executive officer Julien Coustavry made this assurance when speaking to One News yesterday. The CEO, who is a big soccer fan himself, says he believes supporting sports would play a major role in their communication strategies.

Athletics Solomon Islands is vowing to improve its medal haul at the next South Pacific Games in New Caledonia. The association says this can only be achieved by organizing more local competitions and sending of more athletes to regional championships this year.

Under the Australian sports outreach program members from the team will be traveling to either Gizo or Noro after returning from NOCSIs junior program in Auki. The team will be introducing the sports to juniors in the selected area. This is to enable the tennis federation to successfully introduce the sports hold mini competitions and also to identify talents. The planned program will run for one week but the location for the program is yet to be.

 
A total of five junior elite tennis players have recently returned after successfully competing at the Oceania elite tennis camp in Fiji.
Among the people who attended the elite camp is Oceania coach coordinator Benjamin Joel. At the tennis meet two of our tennis players managed to finish on top of their respective pools.

 With the success of the NOCSIs recent junior sports program in the central islands province plans are in place for the team to travel to Auki next year. The junior sports program is being carried out by NOCSI after the initiative was given to NOCSI by IOC under the world athletes plan.

The National Olympic  junior program has been hailed a success. 

The program hosted by the National Olympic Committee in the Central Islands province attracted a good number of participants.

Communities around the borderline area are taking part in what is the first Christmas against crime program that is being organized by the bible centre church youth ministry. The aim of the program is to involve youths from the different communities in sports activities during the Christmas break

One of the country’s amateur boxer’s Benedict Tolavae is looking to make his presence felt in next year’s Solomon games. Benedict has represented the country at many regional and international meets. Tolavae is one of the boxers nominated for next years commonwealth games in New Delhi.

For children who are interested in taking up the sports of aussie rules these may sound as good new because every Saturdays children from Honiara gather together at the Honiara high school sports field to play the game.

The Solbrew Company today took time out for their operations to celebrate the company’s Christmas party at the Telekom recreation center. As part of the celebration, staff from the company took part in volley ball competition to mark the special day.

With the Christmas break, many students are finding ways to amuse themselves and one place where you can find some of them is at the multipurpose hall gym. John Maja is one of such person attends the gym to keep fit during the holidays.

A sports workshop which is currently being run by NOCSI in the central islands has entered into its third day. The sports workshop is the first of its kind to be held in the country to introduce children to sports.

The minister for Aviation and Communication Varian Lonamei has applauded the sports competition currently underway in his constituency of maringe kokota .

The national Olympic committee of Solomon Islands is yet to hand over a 10 thousand dollar charity donation to the national referral hospital. The money was raised during their fundraising drive to send a Solomon Islands contingent to the pacific mini games.

The gym at the multipurpose hall will be closed from the 23rd of this month and will reopen its doors after the Christmas and new years break.

A Solomon Islands Tennis Federation's coach and development officer Joel Benjamin is currently in Fiji attending a tennis camp at the RBC oceania tennis center.