Profile of Chairman Colin Taimbari

Colin Taimbari is the founding Chairman of the Telikom Media Pool Competition.

While in the final semester of his Bachelor in Journalism program at the University of Papua New Guinea, he was employed by the Post-Courier newspaper and went on to spend 10 years as a print journalist.

He resigned from mainstream journalism as the Chief Political Reporter of The National newspaper in late 2003.

As a journalist, Colin Taimbari has widely covered PNG and the region.

He was awarded the PNG Journalist of the Year Award by the Divine Word University in 2002 and in 2003 won the Commonwealth Press Union's prestigious Harry Britain Fellowship spending two months in the United Kingdom on a study trip.

Colin Taimbari is currently the Public Relations Coordinator for the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority and also serves as a Director on the Board of the Surfing Association of PNG.

Round 5 Pictures

Round 6 Draws for Saturday 19th July

11.00am

Table 1
M/Media v Wokabout

Ref: Weekender

Table 2
S/Doctors v S/Chronicle

Ref: Komodo

Table 3
NBC v National

Ref: Nambawan

Table 4
Niusmakers v C/Stoppers

Ref: FM100

1.00pm

Table 1
S/Doctors v Weekender

Ref: Freelancers

Table 2
NCDC v Komodo

Ref: P/Nangu

Table 3
Nambawan v FM100

Ref: National

Table 4
NBC v Wokabout
Ref: C/Stoppers

3.00pm

Table 1
Nambawan v Freelancers

Ref: S/Doctors


Table 2
P/Nangu v FM100

Ref: M/Media

Table 3
NCDC v Weekenders

Ref: Niusmakers

Table 4
Wantok v Komodo

Ref: Niusmakers

Ladder after Round 5 (Saturday July 12th)

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2008 Telikom Media Pool (Eight-Ball) Competition Round #5 Results

Freelancers 4 d NCDC 3

S/Doctors 5 d Wantok 2

PC Nambawan 5 d PC Weekenders 2

M/Media 4 d S/Doctors 3

S/Chronicle 6 d NCDC 1

FM100 7 d YumiFM Komodo 0 (forfeit)

P/Nangu 5 d Wantok 2

Freelancers 5 d Wokabout 2

NBC 6 d Crime Stoppers 1

Wokabout 5 d S/Chronicle 2

M/Media 5 d P/Nangu 2

National 5 d Niusmakers 2