1977 FESPIC Games

2nd FESPIC Games IPC logo (2019).svg Parramatta, Australia 15 310 November 20, 1977 November 26, 1977 Malcolm Fraser The 2nd FESPIC Games was a multi-sport event for Far East and South Pacific athletes with a disability held in Parramatta, Australia.http://www.taiyonoie.or.jp/03_feel/images/FESPIC-02.pdf FESPIC Federation: its Games and History (2) 2012-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20111210113542/http://www.taiyonoie.or.jp/03_feel/images/FESPIC-02.pdf 2011-12-10 dead The Games were opened on November 20, 1977, by Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia and closed on November 26, 1977, by Honourable Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales. Participation Fifteen countries participated - Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Burma, India, Fiji, Singapore, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Philippines, Korea and Malaysia.FESPIC Games Paranews Jan 1978 2 There were 310 athletes - 42 who were blind or visually impaired, 82 who were amputees and 185 who were wheelchair users. Administration The FESPIC Executive granted Sydney the right to host the 2nd FESPIC Games during its meeting held during the 1976 Toronto Paralympic Games. The Organising Committee only had just over a year to organise the second international disability sporting event in Australia. The first event was the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games held in Perth, Western Australia. Dr John Grant, the President of the Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation, was the chairman of the Organising Committee. Funding for the Games was provided by the Australian Government, New South Government, City of Parramatta, City of Holroyd, Baulkham Hills Shire, Merrylands Council, Red Cross and several sporting organisations. Facilities The Games Village was the William Thompson Masonic School in Baulkham Hills which had closed down in 1972. There was an enormous amount of work devoted to making the old school habitable for athletes and their escorts. Sports Thirteen sports were held during the Games - archery, athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, FITA round bowls, powerlifting, shooting, slalom, snooker, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair fencing.Chiang Silas FESPIC Movement : sports for people with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific 2010 Commercial Press Hong Kong 978-962-07-6449-3 http://www.hksap.org/download/FESPIC%20%20Book.pdf 2012-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522211100/http://www.hksap.org/download/FESPIC%20%20Book.pdf 2011-05-22 dead References 1977 1977 Category:1977 in sport in Sydney FESPIC Category:1977 in Asian sport Category:Sport in Parramatta Category:Multi-sport events in Australia Category:International sports competitions hosted by Australia Category:International sports competitions in Sydney Category:November 1977 sports events in Australia