The reigning champions of the Courts Homecentres IDC Vodafone Ba will not have the services of the top goalkeeper and defender for this week's championship.

Nicholas Lawrence has been dropped from the squad after failing to attend training.

Lawrence is still in Australia while Josua Wilson did not attend training because of personal commitments.

Both Lawrence and Wilson were the key players for Ba when they won the BOG title in July this year.

Ba Soccer president Rishi Kumar said they will not miss the services of the duo as they have other good players in the side.

Ba will meet Lautoka in their opening match on Thursday at 8:45pm.