The Fiji FA Board of Control meeting was held in Nadi on Saturday.
President Rajesh Patel said the following discussions were made and passed in the meeting:
• Fiji FA has made a submission to get accredited under Fiji National Sports Commission to continue with its domestic competition once the government announcement is made for the restrictions to be lifted on sports. The submission also include FIFA’s guidelines that needs to be adhered to when football activities resume.
• The Association have applied for the OFC Solidarity funding to assist the players and those affected from football during this Covid-19 pandemic. Fiji FA will be distributing almost $68,000 (FJD) worth of groceries. There will also be some monetary funding given to the players that have lost income in this pandemic.
• President Patel today announced Fiji FA will start “Football for Humanity Foundation” which is a program to look after the players in times of natural disasters affecting football in Fiji in future. This program will be established soon.
• Revised football calendar was also passed in the meeting today.
• Inkk Mobile Battle of Giants (BOG) will be played at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Courts Inter District Championship (IDC) will be played at ANZ Stadium in Suva.
• Patel announced Fiji FA is planning to take the Vodafone Fiji FACT to Subrail Park in Labasa. He said this would depend on the new administrator in Labasa together with the Local Government to ensure Subrail Park is in top condition and that it has got the right approvals to host the tournament.
