Netball at the Pacific Games

International netball competition

Netball at the Pacific Games

Founded| 1963
Administrator| World Netball
Oceania Netball Federation
Most recent
champion(s)|  Tonga (1st Title)
Most titles|  Fiji (7 titles)

Netball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been an optional Pacific Games sport since 1963. Fiji have been the tournament's most successful team, winning seven gold medals. Cook Islands have won four gold medals. To date, only the Cook Islands and Fiji have won netball gold at the Pacific Games.

Netball was originally scheduled as a medal sport for the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby, however, due to the sport having only two entries, a prize instead was awarded to the winner. Netball was not included in 1971, 1975, 1987 and 2011.[citation needed]

## Results summary

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1963[A][1] |  Fiji |  Western Samoa |  Papua New Guinea
1966[2][3][A] |  Cook Islands |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea
1969[A][B] | PNG given a prize instead of the gold medal as only two teams had entered.
1979[8][A][C] |  Fiji |  Cook Islands |  Papua New Guinea
1983[8][A][14] |  Cook Islands |  Fiji |  Tonga
1991[15] |  Cook Islands |  Papua New Guinea |  Tonga
1995[16][17] |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea |  Tonga
1999[16][18][D] |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea |  Vanuatu
2003[21] |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea |  Cook Islands
2007[22] |  Fiji |  Samoa |  Papua New Guinea
2015 |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea |  Samoa
2019 |  Cook Islands |  Tonga |  Papua New Guinea
2023 |  Tonga |  Fiji |  Samoa

## All-time medal table

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Rank  | Team  |  |  |  | Total

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1 |  Fiji | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10
2 |  Cook Islands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6
3 |  Tonga | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5
4 |  Papua New Guinea | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10
5 |  Samoa | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5
6 |  Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1

## Pacific Mini Games

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Edn | Year  | Host city  | Final placings | Refs

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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze
I | 1981  | Honiara |  Cook Islands |  |  Papua New Guinea |  Solomon Islands | [8][23][A]
II | 1985 | Rarotonga |  Cook Islands |  |  Papua New Guinea |  Tonga | [A][24][25]
III | 1989  | Nuku'alofa |  Cook Islands |  |  Papua New Guinea | ?  | .[A][E]
IV | 1993 | Port Vila |  Cook Islands |  |  Papua New Guinea |  Fiji | [16][27]
V | 1997 | Pago Pago |  Cook Islands |  |  Fiji |  Papua New Guinea | [28][16][29]
VI | 2001 | Kingston |  Fiji |  |  Papua New Guinea |  Cook Islands | [30][31][25]
VII | Netball not contested |
VIII | 2009 | Rarotonga |  Fiji |  |  Papua New Guinea |  Cook Islands | [32]
IX | Netball not contested |
X | 2017 | Port Vila |  Papua New Guinea |  |  Tonga |  Solomon Islands | [33]
XI | Netball not contested |

## See also

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* Netball at the Commonwealth Games
* Oceania Netball Federation

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h Summary of the netball competitions in the SPG and SPMG from 1963 to 1989, as reported in Islands Business:[34]

* 1963: Fiji
* 1966: Cook Islands
* 1969: no netball
* 1971: no netball
* 1975: no netball
* 1979: Fiji
* 1981: Cook Islands (mini games)
* 1983: Cook Islands
* 1985: Cook Islands (mini games)
* 1987: no netball
* 1989: Cook Islands (mini games).

2. ^ The September 1969 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM) stated that "women's netball attracted only a few onlookers at the Boroko Reserve"; and that, "The Fijian team withdrew at the last minute and two outsiders—Manly from Sydney and a 'Combined' team—fielded teams to give the Solomon Islanders and New Guineans a variety of six matches each. No medals were awarded".[4] While the Pacific Games Council results as of October 2015 list PNG and Solomons as gold and silver winners,[5] secondary sources published at the time, such as the South Pacific Bulletin, recorded that PNG was awarded a prize instead because only two teams had entered;[6] similarly, the 1969 results for netball published by PIM in September 1971.[7]
3. ^ The November 1979 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM) quoted a visiting umpire as saying "Fiji and Cooks were clearly the best teams followed some way behind by PNG – but there were 'no others'", and stated that "Papua New Guinea took the bronze" in the netball competition.[9] A few pages later in the PIM results section, Tonga is listed as finishing in third place for netball.[10] However, there are sources which suggest that the PIM published results might have some inaccuracies and could be incomplete:

1. The same PIM issue, reports that Fiji won table tennis gold medals for both the women's team event and the women's doubles.[11] However, only the women's doubles event is recorded in the list of results, and no women's (or men's) team event is included.[10]
2. The men's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay was not listed in the PIM results,[12] However, a publication from Guam's Political Status Education Coordinating Commission states that the Guam swimmer Hollis Kimbrough, "won a record seven medals in the '79 SPG alone".[13] As the PIM results show only four medals for Kimbrough plus two men's relay medals won by the Guam team,[12] it may be the case that the men's 4 × 200 m event was missed in the results.
4. ^ Vanuatu won a bronze medal for netball at the 1999 South Pacific Games.[19][20]
5. ^ 1989: Cook Islands won the netball competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament.[26]

## References

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1. ^ "1963 South Pacific Games Results". Oceania Sport Information Centre. p. 33\. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
2. ^ "1966 South Pacific Games Results". Oceania Sport Information Centre. p. 7\. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
3. ^ Anne Clark BEM Netball NSW.
4. ^ "No Medals in Netball". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (9). Pacific Publications: 33. 1969. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
5. ^ 1969 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
6. ^ "Gold Medals—Team Events". South Pacific Bulletin. 19–20\. South Pacific Commission: 24. 1969. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
7. ^ "Check how they go in the Games at Tahiti". Pacific Islands Monthly. 42 (9). Pacific Publications: 131. 1971. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
8. ^ a b c "Mamia Tunui Savage". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
9. ^ PIM & 1979 (10), 15, § Netball.
10. ^ a b PIM & 1979 (10), p. 19.
11. ^ PIM & 1979 (10), 16, § Table Tennis.
12. ^ a b PIM & 1979 (10), p. 18.
13. ^ I manfåyi, Who's who in Chamorro history, Volume 3 (Report). Political Status Education Coordinating Commission (Guam). 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
14. ^ 1983 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). p. 5\. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
15. ^ 1991 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). p. 9\. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
16. ^ a b c d "Vilimaina Davu - Netball". Sporting Pulse. Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic ... 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
17. ^ 1995 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
18. ^ "Medal Tally by Sport". SPG 99. 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
19. ^ "1999 Team Vanuatu to 11th SPG, Guam". Sports Pulse. VASNOC. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
20. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF 3.5 MB). Sporting Pulse. Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. 1999. p. 1\. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
21. ^ Results of Finals Sporting Impulse. 2003/
22. ^ Results of Finals Sporting Impulse. 2007/
23. ^ "Sports results, details". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1981. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
24. ^ 2nd Mini South Pacific Games: Raratonga 31st July ~ 9th August 1985 (PDF) (Report). Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee. 1985. p. 15\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
25. ^ a b Papua New Guinea Netball Federation. "Pepes – Game results & tournaments". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
26. ^ "Reflections on a mini event". Pacific Islands Monthly. 59 (10). Pacific Publications. p. 49, col. 3, par. 3. 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
27. ^ "The Results" (PDF 9.4 MB). Sporting Pulse. 4th South Pacific Mini Games Committee. 16 December 1993. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
28. ^ "South Pacific Mini Games - Detail medal results by Netball". 1997. Archived from the original on 6 October 1999.
29. ^ Caroline Ah Chong. Samoa Netball Association.
30. ^ 6th South Pacific Mini Games: Norfolk Island 3rd to 14th December 2001 (PDF 6.5 MB) (Report). Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Association. 2001. pp. 62–67\. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
31. ^ Netball around the world Netball Scoop 9 May 2008.
32. ^ "VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report" (PDF 3.9 MB). Pacific Mini Games 2009. 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
33. ^ http://www.van2017.com/netball-results/ Netball results. 2017 Vanuatu. Retrieved 2 Dec 2017
34. ^ "Matenga shoots for gold". Islands Business. 16. News (South Pacific) Limited: 63. 1990. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

## Sources

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* "Last of the Super Games/The Medal Winners" (PDF). Pacific Islands Monthly. 50 (10). 1979. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

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