Pertandingan Perdana PON Hilangkan Keraguan Semua Kalangan

Pertandingan perdana itu, menandai dimulainya event nasional empat tahunan di Indonesia, yang mempertemukan tim Lampung melawan Sultra di Lapangan Softbol Stadion Agus Kafiar Universitas Cenderawasih, Kota Jayapura.

Dengan digelarnya pertandingan perdana tersebut, Ketua Harian PB PON Papua Yunus Wonda menyebut telah menghilangkan keraguan dan anggapan dari semua kalangan. 

“Sehingga dengan bangga kami sampaikan bahwa bahwa PON XX Papua akan sukses mulai dari pembukaan sampai penutupan,” tegas Yunus, disela-sela pertandingan tersebut.

Ketua Sub PB PON Kota Jayapura Benhur Tommy Mano yang turut hadir pun menyampaikan hal senada. 

Dimana menurut dia, suksesnya pertandingan perdana PON berkat dukungan KONI Pusat, Kementrian Olahraga serta PB PON Papua, hingga pertandingan perdana tersebut bisa diawali pada klaster Kota Jayapura.

“Sehingga kami berharap masyarakat Kota Jayapura dapat mendukung dan mensukseskan iven empat tahunan ini, dengan menjaga keamanan dan ketertiban,” imbaunya.

Ketua KONI Pusat Marciano Norman di Jayapura, Rabu, mengatakan PON kali ini tidak sama dengan PON-PON sebelumnya, karena masih dalam situasi pandemi.

Oleh karenanya dia berharap dukungan panitia penyelenggara untuk menjadikan PON tersebut sebagai momentum pemersatu bangsa serta mengokohkan persatuan maupun kesatuan dalam bingkai NKRI.

Sementara dalam pertandingan lanjutan softbal putra, mempertandingkan dua tim lainnya yakni DKI Jakarta vs Papua Barat dan Banten vs Kalimantan Timur. ***

JAYAPURA - National Sports Week XX Papua officially competes Softball for men, on Wednesday (09/22/2021) morning.

The inaugural match marked the start of the quadrennial national event in Indonesia, which brought together the Lampung team against Southeast Sulawesi at the Softball Field of Agus Kafiar Stadium of Cenderawasih University, Jayapura City.

With the inaugural match held, Chairman of National Sports Week Committee, Yunus Wonda said it had eliminated doubts and assumptions from all circles.

"So we are proud to convey that National Sports Week XX in Papua will be successful from opening to closing," said Yunus, on the sidelines of the match.

Chairman of the Sub-Committee of National Sports Week for Jayapura City, Benhur Tommy Mano who also attended also conveyed the same thing.

According to him, with the success of the first match by support from Central KONI, the Ministry of Sports and National Sports Week Committee of Papua, the first match can be started in the Jayapura City cluster.

"So we hope that the people of Jayapura City can support and succeed in this quadrennial event, by maintaining security and order," he urged.

The Chairman of Central KONI, Marciano Norman in Jayapura on Wednesday said it is not the same as the previous one, because it is still in a pandemic situation.

Therefore, he hopes the support of the organizing committee will make this event a unifying momentum of the nation and strengthen unity in the framework of the Republic of Indonesia.

While in the men's softball follow-up match, it competed against two other teams namely DKI Jakarta vs. West Papua and Banten vs. East Kalimantan. ***