[Published on Thursday, March 5, 2026]
BY TONY IROGA
The Sky Rider’s Men’s Floorball Team are leading the National Floorball League table with 27 points after beating 8-0 Moonwalkers in round twelve at the Friendship Hall in Honiara a couples of days ago.
SINU Panthers landed the second spot with 18 points followed by Sinu Knights with 17 points in third spot, and Moonwalkers got the fourth spot with 11 points followed by USP Bullets and Unix at the bottom of the table with 4 points each.
In an interview with Island Sun, Sky Riders captain, Ricky Fairamoa said they are now heading into playoff matches towards qualifying for Spain this year 2026.
“This will see men’s squared qualification for world floorball championship (WFC) this year 2026, which will take place in San Lorenzo de, Spain from 12th to 14th of June 2026,” he said.
He said even though they are in playoff matches, his team has already secured the first spot in the Solomon Islands National Men’s Floorball League.
“For the final round 13 match we are looking forward to meet rival USP Bullets on the coming Sunday 8th March at 3:00pm in Friendship Hall,” he said.
He said in the round 13 playoff matches, they will be concentrating on playoff matches which are scheduled for March and April before the qualifiers in June.
“Moon walkers is a tough team, but we defeated them. We are looking forward to our strike unbeaten, but for the previous floorball league we went down to moon walkers for several times in semifinal.
“Currently we are focusing on basics skills, and movement of boys on how to understand each other and work as a team,” he said.
He requests all supporters to go and watch Floorball League to feel the spirit of games in the Friendship Hall.
He also appeals to the public to come in numbers to watch and support which ever team they wish to support.
“But for Sky Riders fans please continue to support the team,” he said.
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