The 2020 Pillay Garments Champion vs Champion series between Powerwise (NZ)/ Standard Hire Labasa and Unique Rubber Stamp & Printery Suva side will be nail biting fixture this weekend.
Labasa team manager Praveen Karan said they were coming in with a positive mindset in Friday’s Pillay Garments Champion vs Champion series against Suva.
“Despite a few hiccups at the beginning of the year, this has not hindered the team’s preparation and the players are all geared up to defend the title,”said Karan
Karan said it would be a tough match but they were confident of retaining the title.
“We have won the CvC title four times, and are hoping to make it their fifth win this weekend.
“We will put up the hard yards which we are doing at the moment and we are preparing well. Even though there were hiccups because of the weather which was not in our favour, but Labasa is preparing well. This I want to assure our fans last year our fans have seen that Labasa has produced a better team.”
Suva FA senior vice president Sunil Karan said their aim was to win the title for the first time this year.
“We have played in the CVC for three or four times but we always failed but this year we want to go one step further,” said Karan
“Our preparation is going well and we have been playing some test matches to test our new players as well give some game time to our players,”
Karan urged Suva fans to come out in numbers and support the boys in their campaign of winning the first CVC title.
The Babasiga Lions will meet the Whites in the CvC series on Friday at 7pm while the second match will be played on Sunday at 3pm.
