Sports

More for minor sports

December 20, 2012 5:57 pm

Fiji’s Powerlifting champion – Seinimili Turner is hoping that 2013 would be different for minor sports.

Known as the Iron Lady – Turner says sports such as Powerlifting has brought glory to Fiji.

She adds another example was the achievement of Iliesa Delana and hopes more funding is provided for minor sports.

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It’s a minor sport, this one here, I am doing this for the young ones, I will keep on continuing, Iam 59 now and I will be 60 next year, still the young ones will keep on coming, so I am hoping that next year we have more funds to take bigger teams for international events.

Powerlifting returned from Oceania last week with three gold, they are hoping to make it better in the Commonwealth and World meets next year.