From the soccer pitch to the farm

Submitted by Narayan24 on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 18:14

Playing professional soccer is 39-year-old Jone Turagarere’s passion in life and he certainly proved himself during this years Inter District Championships that was held in Ba in October of this year.

He was the Goalkeeper for the Tavua District team.

The father of five children is originally from Tovu, Totoya in the Lau Group but has been living in Nadala in Nadarivatu for a good number of years now.

Born and bred in the Gilbert and Alice Islands, Jone and his family were transferred to a lot of places due to the nature of work that his father was in.

“My father was always getting transfers and Tavua is where we ended up in and it was also the place where I decided to stay,