Bilikiki Flies To Brazil

The Bilikiki Beach Soccer appeal has provided a much needed boost in morale and resources this morning when a Member of Parliament for West New Georgia and Vona Vona constituency, the Honorable Peter Boyers, handed over a cheque for $20,000 to SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava.

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Some interesting snippets from the article:

Coincidentally, `Bilikiki' is the local name of a common bird in the Roviana dialect that is found in many parts of the country particularly on the beaches.

Hon. Boyer's says his donation is fitting because the name Bilikiki is from his constituency.
It also has a special dance which is popular in the Western part of the country and adopted by other Solomon Islanders when performing local dances overseas.

The Bilikiki Beach soccer team departed for Brazil and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup yesterday.

The team is expected to engage in a couple of friendly matches with local teams and will travel to the competition venue couple of days before the tournament starts.

The team was in camp at the SIFF Academy this week and were training twice a day at the improvised beach court at Ranadi.

The Bilikiki played against a team from the Mataniko river mouth in the second friendly match recording a win but that is unlikely to represent the standard the Bilikiki will encounter at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.