The qualification standards for Fiji’s nationwide secondary faculty athletics competitors, the Coca-Cola Video games, had been unanimously accepted by 17 zone delegates representing all collaborating colleges in Fiji.
Fiji Secondary Colleges Athletics Affiliation Appearing Secretary Bev Kolti says the qualifying requirements give everybody a good footing on the nationwide meet and extra importantly will allow Fijian athletes to qualify for worldwide meets.
“All of us agreed to undertake the qualification standards after final 12 months’s video games. This was additionally understood and agreed by these in Rotoma and people within the Pacific Islands the place beforehand we solely acquired first second and third place. “They used to get it,” Kolti stated.
“If a few of these gamers are acknowledged and chosen to symbolize Fiji they’ll achieve this with none problems as a result of they’ve happy the qualifying time.”
Some dad and mom have expressed issues concerning the implementation of eligibility standards, as they really feel some gamers are being unfairly penalized. In some circumstances, athletes who completed first of their occasions within the zone failed to satisfy the qualifying standards.
“They don’t seem to be honest to those that have finished their greatest however have been let down by the usual {qualifications} they’ve launched,” stated a involved mother or father who wished to stay nameless.
“Many faculties are usually not fielding their greatest gamers due to this and it’s affecting college students’ alternatives and futures.”
Athletes who had been unable to satisfy the qualifying standards for the Coca-Cola Video games could have two extra alternatives to qualify by way of the President’s Qualifier. The primary occasion was held final weekend in Suva, and the second and ultimate occasion is scheduled for this Saturday at Lautoka’s Churchill Park.