19-05-2025
Call for Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport to add more staff and grow its services in light of Manele Government's long term funding pledge
When Solomon Islands hosted the Pacific Games in late 2023, their team raked in a record haul of 80 medals for the country, including 12 gold.
The athletes' success was put down in no small part to the impact of SINIS, the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport, which was set up prior to the games, and based on the PNG model which proved so successful for their team in 20-15.
However once the games in Honiara were over, SINIS was plunged into a period of uncertainty - sporting federations were barred from using it at one point, staff were concerned about job security, and no-one knew where future funding for the institute was going to come from.
But now Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele, has put minds at rest by pledging financial support from government for SINIS on an annual basis.
