1969 South Pacific Games

3rd edition of the South Pacific Games 1969 South Pacific Games 1969_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 188px Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 12 1,150 95 in 15 sports 1969 08 13 1969 08 23 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Sir Hubert Murray Stadium 1966 Nouméa 1971 Papeete The 3rd South Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 1969 (tpi Pot Mosbi 1969), held on 13–23 August 1969 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was the third edition of the South Pacific Games. A total of 1,150 athletes participated in the games. Participating countries Twelve Pacific nations or territories competed at the Games: 17em American Samoa Fiji colonial French Polynesia 1946 Guam Nauru New Caledonia 1853 New Hebrides 1969 Papua New Guinea 1965 Papua and New Guinea (234) Solomon Islands 1956 Tonga Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Note: A number in parentheses indicates the size of a country's team (where known). Sports There were fifteen sports contested at the 1969 South Pacific Games:total sports a 15em Athletics 33 Basketball 2 Boxing 10 mnine sports b Football 1nine sports b Golf 4 mnine sports b,golf c Judo 5 mjudo d Netball 1 mnetball e Rugby union 1 Sailing 1 mthree sports f Softball 1 mthree sports f Swimming 19 nine sports b Table tennis 2 mnine sports b Tennis 3 mnine sports b Volleyball 2 mthree sports f Weightlifting 9 mstamps g Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport (where known). Medal table 1969 South Pacific Games medal table PNG 36 20 21 NCL 1853 23 23 18 yes AUSPNG 1965 Papua and New Guinea 13 18 25 FIJ colonial 8 11 13 PYF 1946 6 4 2 4 4 1 1 5 1 1 4 2 New Hebrides 1966 1 3 2 1 2 4 1 0 5 0 2 1 SOL 1956 British Solomon Islands PIM Results 1969 Notes total sports a A total of fifteen sports were contested at the 1969 South Pacific Games.SPG Results 1969 Athletics (and the opening and closing ceremonies) were held at the newly built Sir Hubert Murray Stadium at Konedobu. The souvenir programme for 1969 features the official games logo and icons for the fifteen sports. nine sports b Basketball, tennis, table tennis, boxing, swimming, athletics, rugby union, soccer and golf were played at the 1969 games. golf c Golf: There were individual and team sections for men and for women; four medal events in total.SPG Results 1969 7 The tournament was played at Lae. judo d Judo was included in the SPG for the first time in 1969. Participants came from Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea. One competitor per country was allowed in each of five weight divisions: lightweight, light middleweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight. netball e Netball was played at the 1969 Games, but PNG was given a prize instead of the gold medal as only two teams entered the competition. three sports f Yachting (Fireball dinghy), volleyball, and softball were played at the 1969 games. stamps g Weightlifting, yachting and boxing are depicted on postage stamps celebrating the 1969 games. References 25em 2011 Stuart Hawthorne Taim Bipo Boolarong Press 88–89 15 May 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg1QBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 978-1-876344962 Games predictions – extract from Pacific Islands Monthly, 42 (9) Oceania Sport Information Centre 29 28 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3796035 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151028122905/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3796035 28 October 2015 1 May 1970 Janet Grace Go Guam enters third South Pacific Games; garners three judo medals Black Belt 8 5 58 15 May 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=f84DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 1969 Gold Medals—Team Events South Pacific Bulletin 19-20 24 South Pacific Commission 29 May 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=vt4iAQAAIAAJ&q=%22netball+competition%22 2015 Anne Clark Hall of Fame Inductee Netball NSW http://nsw.netball.com.au/inside-netball-nsw/honour-roll/704-2/717-2/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150423135113/http://nsw.netball.com.au/inside-netball-nsw/honour-roll/704-2/717-2/ 23 April 2015 11 October 2010 South Pacific Games 1969 - Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68540 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150624132818/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68540 24 June 2015 20 August 1969 Golf gold medals in sight for P-NG The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136950580 13 August 1969 Duke to open games The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136949259 19 August 1969 New Caledonia thrashes Fiji in soccer: South Pacific Games The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136950420 23 August 1969 Seven medals for girl swimmer The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136951275 15 May 2015 25 August 1969 Pipes and a song end games The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136951493 25 August 1969 Samoa Stamps 1969 South Pacific Games Rosebeds Stamp Shop.com http://www.rosebedsstampshop.com/samoa-stamps-1969-south-pacific-games-mnh.html 21 May 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160224035821/http://www.rosebedsstampshop.com/samoa-stamps-1969-south-pacific-games-mnh.html 24 February 2016 21 May 2015 Program and Day Guide for 1969 3rd South Pacific Games http://www.ebay.com/itm/T32-PROGRAM-DAY-GUIDE-FOR-1969-3rd-SOUTH-PACIFIC-GAMES-/331188391648 21 May 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150521141510/http://www.ebay.com/itm/T32-PROGRAM-DAY-GUIDE-FOR-1969-3rd-SOUTH-PACIFIC-GAMES-/331188391648 21 May 2015 1 September 1971 South Pacific Games results 1969 (Part 2) Pacific Islands Monthly 42 2 131 Pacific Publications 14 July 2015 http://i.imgur.com/E8MNiYP.png dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161220182644/http://i.imgur.com/E8MNiYP.png 20 December 2016 Sources 1 September 1969 Complete results 3rd South Pacific Games Pacific Islands Monthly 40 9 36–37 Pacific Publications https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-330240358/view?sectionId=nla.obj-336139372&partId=nla.obj-330295340#page/n44/mode/1up PIM Results 1969 1969 South Pacific Games Results Oceania Sport Information Centre 28 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3848484 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151028125003/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3848484 28 October 2015 SPG Results 1969 Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games Pacific Games Category:1969 in Papua New Guinean sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Papua New Guinea Category:August 1969 sports events in Oceania Category:Sport in Port Moresby