NCD Governor's Netball Cup

🏐 NCD Governor’s Netball Cup 2025 – Grand Final Highlights 🏆

What an incredible showdown played on Saturday, 3rd January at the Rita Flynn Netball Centre!
Congratulations to all the winning teams across the Cup, Plate, and Bowl categories. The passion, teamwork, and talent on display truly celebrated netball at its best.

Play. Connect. Celebrate. 🎉

🏆🔥 GRAND FINAL DAY IS HERE! 🔥🏆

The NCD Governor’s Netball Cup 2025 Grand Final is going down and you don’t want to miss it! 🙌🏽💥

📍 Venue: Rita Flynn Netball Court
🗓 Date: Saturday, 3rd January 2026
⏰ Time: 10AM – 3PM

Come witness top netball action, celebrate our athletes, and enjoy LIVE performances by Jnr Vigi & Elton Kili 🎤🎶
✨ Play. Connect. Celebrate.
Let’s turn up, show support, and crown our champions! 🧡🏐

Uniting Our City❤️

A few moments captured yesterday as Day 1 of the Netball matches commenced at Rita Flynn, during the 2025 NCD Governor’s Netball Cup.🎉🏐
Photos by NCDC Media.📸

Day 1 Complete | 2025 NCD Governor’s Netball Cup🏐🎉

We are grateful for a successful commencement and an exciting Day 1 of netball at the 2025 NCD Governor’s Cup. Thank you to the NCD Governor Hon. Powes Parkop, PNG Netball Federation, officials, volunteers, teams, and supporters for bringing the spirit of Play. Connect. Celebrate. to life.
This tournament also stands as a powerful platform in the fight against GBV, promoting safe spaces, empowerment, and unity for women and girls through sport.
Below are a few highlights from yesterday’s officiation ceremony, capturing the energy, passion, and strength of community netball in action. 🇵🇬✨

PC: NCDC Media, 29/12/2025

🏐 NCD GOVERNOR’S NETBALL CUP 🏐

Netball teams from across the National Capital District will come together to compete in the 2025 NCD Governor’s Netball Cup, an event that celebrates sport, unity, and positive community values.

The tournament provides a platform to promote respect, teamwork, and safe communities, while empowering women and girls through participation in sport. It is also part of broader efforts to encourage positive behaviour and mutual respect across NCD.

We invite families, supporters, and the wider community to come out, support the teams, and enjoy exciting netball action. Your presence helps uplift our players and strengthens community spirit.

Dates: 28th, 29th December and 3rd January 2026
Venue: Rita Flynn Netball Centre
Gate Fee: K2
Stall fee: K150 for three days (Chair, Table & Tent provided by venue)

Let’s support netball and stand together for a stronger NCD. 🙌💙
Uniting Our City.
Play. Connect. Celebrate

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This is a Final Call Out📣 to all interested Netball Teams in Port Moresby!🏐
27th, 28th December and 3rd of JANUARY

A New Chapter of Unity and Celebration: 2025 NCD Governor’s Cup Launched🎊🥳

The Sir Hubert Murray Stadium came alive on 19 December 2025 as the 2025 NCD Governor’s Cup was officially launched. Marking not just the beginning of another sporting calendar, but the celebration of unity, inclusivity, and community spirit through sport.
The launch brought together representatives from rugby, soccer, and netball, alongside invited dignitaries and stakeholders, all gathered under one shared vision: to use sport as a powerful platform to connect people across the nation’s capital.

Speaking on behalf of PNG Netball Federation President Ulato. Avei and the Board, PNG Netball
Federation CEO Lynette Maha expressed heartfelt appreciation for the inclusion of netball in this year’s NCD Governor’s Cup. She described the decision as a meaningful acknowledgment of the importance of
community and grassroots netball, where the game is not only enjoyed but where future stars are discovered.
“Community sports is for enjoyment, but it is also where raw talent is found,” she shared, emphasizing that netball remains the largest women’s sport in Papua New Guinea. In words that resonated deeply with many, she proudly stated, “Planti Mama, Planti Susa, Planti Pikinini Meri, ol sa pilai Netball.”
Her message reflected the heart of netball in PNG, a sport that lives in communities, families, and generations of women and girls.
Ms. Maha further echoed the 2025 NCD Governor’s Cup theme: Play.Connect.Celebrate. Encouraging all participants and supporters, she reminded everyone to enjoy through playing, connect through making new friends, and celebrate safely, reinforcing the true spirit of the tournament.

Delivering his welcoming address, NCD Governor Hon. Powes Parkop warmly acknowledged all sporting
codes present and the distinguished guests in attendance. He highlighted the significance of expanding the Governor’s Cup to include netball, noting that the sport holds a unique and valued place in society. “Netball is one of the most popular sports in our city and across the country,” he said. “It is almost exclusively, otherwise, 100 percent played by women and girls. That is why it is important to bring
them into the equation.”
Governor Parkop emphasized that the inclusion of netball is part of a broader vision to bring the city together, uniting men and women, boys and girls, across 1,000 tribes and 806 languages. He reminded the audience that even when the tournament comes to an end, its greatest achievement is already realized, thousands of people connected and united through sport.
In his address, the Governor also announced the Netball tournament’s prize structure, underscoring the commitment to rewarding excellence and participation:

• K50,000 to be shared among Cup finalists (1st, 2nd, and 3rd placers)🏆
• K30,000 to be shared among Plate finalists (1st, 2nd, and 3rd runners-up)🥈
• K20,000 to be shared among Bowl finalists (1st, 2nd, and 3rd runners-up)🥉

The launch was officially sealed in a powerful and symbolic moment as the Governor and representatives from each sport kicked their respective balls into the air, signalling the start of a tournament built on hope, inclusivity, and shared celebration.
The 2025 NCD Governor’s Cup stands as more than just a competition, it is a reminder that sport has the power to unite communities, uplift voices, and celebrate the rich diversity of Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea as a whole.🇵🇬

🏐 CALLING ALL COMMUNITY NETBALL TEAMS! 🏐
Play. Connect. Celebrate

Registrations are now OPEN for the NCD Governors Netball Cup 2025.
Join us for a fun, community-based tournament bringing teams from across the National Capital District together this festive season.
📅 Game Days: 29th, 30th & 31st December
📍 Venue: Rita Flynn Netball Center, Bisini Parade, Boroko – Port Moresby
Team Registration Fee: K500
🎟 Audience Gate Fee: K2
🏆 Prizes:
🥇 Cup Winners – K30,000
🥈 2nd Runner Up – K15,000
🥉 3rd Runner Up – K5,000
⚠️ Open to community teams only (existing league teams and corporate teams are not eligible).
⏰ Registration closes Wednesday 24th – don’t miss out!
📞 For more information, call +675 7582 0948
Let’s celebrate Christmas with netball 💪🏽🔥
Governor's Cup, Uniting Our City