The Isabel Football Federation U-14 and U-16 squad is now at Honiara awaiting the tournerments opening.

This National U-14 and U-16 Championship is organised by SIFF for its affiliated member associates through out the country. However, since its inception, the championship went on and off due to contraints faced by the governerning body.

Prior to their arrivals, the IFA squads was critically debated. Mr. Knnet Oleeva, in one of his posts sighted in the IPYF facebook group page, pointed out that the current U-14 and U-16 selection squad lacks transparency and is biased. “From the list, the IFA president posted today, we could only see that only Bugotu Football League players are selected, but in Isabel, we have about a total of 16 wards.”

Frustrated Mr. Oleeva also argued that, ” a team that is not represented by the majority is not always got the moral support by the majority and it will always impact on the teams progress. We definitely lose our solidarity and support for our provincial football team.”

Fobo news media understand why the selection has to be based on the current squad, could possibly the dormant leagues in other wards, and the financial status of IFA to organize leagues and tournerments in the province. These could make it difficult for the selection to be fair and representative.

However, since the arrival of the squads last night. Few Isabel members in Honiara welcomed the young frigates and step up helping the team as they await for the tournerment to start.

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