2015 Pacific Games

15th edition of the Pacific Games XV Pacific Games 2015 Pacific Games logo.png 150px Official logo of the Games Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 24 3,796August 2018 299 in 28 sports 4 July 2015 18 July 2015 Prince Andrew, Duke of York PGC President Vidhya Lakhan Deslyn Siniu Susan Babao Dika Toua Sir John Guise Stadium Nouméa 2011 Apia 2019 The 2015 Pacific Games (tpi 2015 Pasifik Gems), officially the XV Pacific Games and also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015.https://archive.today/20120911024838/http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20120418/sport.htm "Pacific Games dates set", Post-Courier, 18 April 2012 It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More than 3,700 athletes from the 22 Pacific Games Associations plus first time entrants Australia and New Zealand, took part.https://www.businessadvantagepng.com/tag/pacific-games-2015/ Pacific Games 2015 www.businessadvantagepng.com/ Business Advantage PNG 1 July 2015 5 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180805143036/https://www.businessadvantagepng.com/tag/pacific-games-2015/ dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-03/australia-and-new-zealand-to-compete-in-pacific-games/5568956 Australia and New Zealand to participate in Pacific Games www.abc.net.au ABC Australia 3 July 2014 With almost 300 sets of medals, the games featured 28 sports, 19 of which are on the 2016 Summer Olympics program. Only men's football was a straight qualifying event for Rio 2016. These sporting events took place in 14 venues in the host city. The host nation, Papua New Guinea, topped the medal table for only the second time, winning the most golds (88) and most medals overall (217).https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1028797/papua-new-guinea-top-pacific-games-medal-table-as-port-moresby-2015-comes-to-a-close Papua New Guinea top final medal standings www.insidethegames.biz inside the games 18 July 2015 New Caledonia finished second making it only the third time the French territory had failed to place first. Tahiti finished third. Tuvalu won its first ever gold medal at the games, and the debuting teams from Australia and New Zealand won their first Pacific Games medals including gold.https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/278473/sport-tuvalu-wins-first-ever-pacific-games-gold Tuvalu wins historic first ever Pacific Games gold www.radionz.co.nz Radio New Zealand 11 July 2015 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1028477/australia-secures-historic-first-pacific-games-gold-medal-as-favourite-toua-falters-on-home-soil-in-weightlifting Yamasaki claims Australia's first ever Pacific Games medal www.insidethegames.biz inside the games 5 July 2015 https://www.olympic.org.nz/news/moss-makes-history-as-pacific-games-medalist/ New Zealand wins first Pacific Games medal at debut www.olympic.org.nz New Zealand Olympic Committee 5 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160213152410/http://www.olympic.org.nz/news/moss-makes-history-as-pacific-games-medalist 13 February 2016 dead 3 Host selection Five Pacific Island countries expressed interests in hosting the fifteenth edition of the games as soon as the bidding process began. They were American Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. By March 2009, only three were serious bidders – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.https://fijivillage.com/sport/2015-Pacific-Games-bids-face-strict-requirements-2sr95k/ 2015 Pacific Games bids face strict requirements www.fijivillage.com Fiji Village 30 July 2009 On 20 September 2009, the Solomon Islands National Olympic Committee President – Fred Maetoloa, in a press statement announced the withdrawal of the Solomons bid following the withdrawal of the Solomon Island government's commitment and support.https://www.thenational.com.pg/si-pulls-out-of-2015-games-bid/ SI pulls out of 2015 games bid www.thenational.com.pg Fiji Village 20 September 2009 On 27 September 2009, the Pacific Games Council, at its meeting coinciding with the 2009 Pacific Mini Games, elected Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea as the host of the 2015 Games. The final vote was 25–22 in favor of Port Moresby over Tonga to host.PNG2015 - Papua New Guinea Wins https://web.archive.org/web/20121010064050/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2642-0-0-0&sID=24021&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=10142202&sectionID=24021 2012-10-10 , published by the Pacific Games Council, on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009. 2015 Pacific Games bidding results City PGAFinal Votes Port Moresby 25 Nukuʻalofa 22 Development and preparation Preparations for the Games, which Port Moresby was given the honor of hosting in 2009, have taken longer than many had anticipated. The country's ability to host the event in time was uncertain in 2011, according to the PNG Pacific Games organizers. To evaluate the level of the games' preparation, Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan traveled to Port Moresby on April 26, 2012. On May 2, Lakhan made the announcement that Papua New Guinea will continue to serve as the 2015 Pacific Games host after a week-long presentation by the PNG Pacific Games Venue, Infrastructure and Equipment Committee (VIEC). Venues and infrastructure A total of 14 venues hosted 28 sports in Port Moresby. Competition venues Venue Sports Capacity Sir John Guise Stadium 20px|alt=Pictogram.Athletics (track and field)<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Rugby sevens<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Rugby league nines 15,000 Sir John Guise Sports Complex (outdoor) 20px|alt=Pictogram.Beach Volleyball<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram. Field Hockey Sir John Guise Stadium (indoor) 20px|alt=Pictogram.Basketball (finals)<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Netball<br/ >20px|alt=Pictogram.Powerlifting<br/ >20px|alt=Pictogram.Weightlifting 2,000 Port Moresby Racquets Club 20px|alt=Pictogram.Squash<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Tennis 1,000 Taurama Aquatic Centre 20px|alt=Pictogram.Swimming 2,000 Taurama Indoor Centre 20px|alt=Pictogram.Basketball (preliminary rounds)<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Karate<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Taekwondo<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Volleyball 2,500 Bisini Parade Sports Complex 20px|alt=Pictogram.Cricket<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Lawn bowls<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Football (Preliminary rounds)<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Softball<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Touch rugby 10,000 Royal Port Moresby Golf Club 20px|alt=Pictogram.Golf Ela Beach and PNGDF Naval Base 20px|alt=Pictogram.Va'a<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Triathlon (swimming) Royal Papua Yacht Club (Fairfax Harbour) 20px|alt=Pictogram.Sailing Caritas Technical Secondary School Gym 20px|alt=Pictogram.Body building<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Boxing<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Table Tennis 1,100 June Valley Shooting Range 20px|alt=Pictogram.Shooting 500 Sir Hubert Murray Stadium 20px|alt=Pictogram.Football (finals)<br/ > 20px|alt=Pictogram.Triathlon (finish) 20,477 Sports Complex There were two major sporting complexes that played host to many sports. The Sir John Guise complex which hosted nine different sporting codes namely Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Rugby 7s, Rugby league nines, beach volleyball, field hockey, and Athletics. The Bisini Parade Sports Complex was the other sports complex that hosted football, cricket, softball, Touch rugby and lawn bowls. Medals Games baton The 2015 Pacific Games baton was revealed on 23 February 2015 in Port Moresby. The baton was designed and created by Gickmai Kundun, a well known local artist from the Simbu Province. Shaped as an hourglass, the baton depicts a kundu drum which traditionally is used as a communication tool. It (baton) is made out of one of Papua New Guinea's major resource commodity, copper. Kundun said the purpose of the games baton was to unite the people of Papua New Guinea, and the kundu drum was the perfect fit.https://www.emtv.com.pg/2015-pacific-games-baton-unveiled-in-port-moresby/ Pacific Games baton unveiled www.emtv.com.pg Em TV online 24 February 2015 Games baton relay On 25 March 2015, in Port Moresby, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Hon. Peter O'Neill formally launched the Games baton relay.https://news.pngfacts.com/2015/03/oil-search-pacific-games-relay-begins_25.html Oil Search Games baton relay launched news.pngfacts.com/ Papua New Guinea Today 26 March 2015 The journey started on March 26 to officially celebrate exactly 100 days till the opening ceremony. Over 150 remote villages, as well as all 22 cities and towns in the 22 provinces, were visited by the baton's tour. The baton paid a special visit to Cairns, Australia, on June 20 to give the sizable Papua New Guinean community a chance to see it firsthand.https://www.looppng.com/content/png-community-cairns-australia-joins-games-relay https://web.archive.org/web/20200908090709/https://www.looppng.com/content/png-community-cairns-australia-joins-games-relay dead September 8, 2020 Games baton visits Cairns www.looppng.com Loop PNG 24 June 2015 The relay proceeded for the following five days when the baton landed in the National Capital District (the host province) on June 29.https://www.onepng.com/2015/06/oil-search-pacific-games-baton-relay-in.html Pacific Games baton arrives in nations capital www.onepng.com One PNG 29 June 2015 The baton ended its journey at the opening ceremony on 4 July 2015, where Olympian and Commonwealth weightlifting champion Dika Toua took to the heights of the Sir John Guise Stadium to light the Games Cauldron.https://pacificgames.pngfacts.com/news/toua-sets-port-moresby-2015-opening-ceremony-alight Toua sets Port Moresby 2015 opening ceremony alight www.pngfacts.com PNG facts 7 December 2023 Volunteers From over 6,000 volunteer applications received by the chief executive officer for the 2015 games, only 3,500 of this applicants were carefully screened and handpicked during the recruitment phase. The 3,500 volunteers were then divided into 175 teams that worked throughout the games in key functional areas such as games village operations, transport, technology, logistics and translators etc. The Games The official dates of the 2015 Pacific Games were July 4 to 18, however, competitions for Basketball, Football, Table tennis, and Touch rugby began on July 3 (one day earlier). Sports thumb|upright=0.75|Kyle Husslein playing basketball for Guam at the 2015 Pacific Games There were 28 sports featured at the 2015 Pacific Games.2015 Sports Port Moresby 2015 22 May 2015 http://www.portmoresby2015.com/sports-2/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150306221840/http://www.portmoresby2015.com/sports-2/ 6 March 2015 20em Athletics 48 d Basketball 2 d Beach volleyball 2 d Bodybuilding 12 d Boxing 13 d Cricket 2 d Field hockey 2 d Football 2 d Golf 4 d Karate 15 d Lawn bowls 8 d Netball 1 d Outrigger canoeing 12 d Powerlifting 15 d Rugby league nines 1 d Rugby sevens 2 d Sailing 6 d Shooting 11 d Softball 1 d Squash 7 d Swimming 35 d Table tennis 11 d Taekwondo 16 d Tennis 7 d Touch rugby 3 d Triathlon 2 d Volleyball 2 d Weightlifting 45 d Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport. Participating countries A total of 24 countries took part in the 2015 Pacific Games. This was with the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand for the first time in the history of the Games. The two countries were invited to participate in four sports; sailing, taekwondo, rugby sevens and weightlifting. The Pacific Games Council said in July 2014 that the participation of the two countries would improve the quality of competition in the Pacific Games. The inclusion of Australia and New Zealand was on a trial basis, with a review scheduled after the Games to determine its success. Participating Pacific Games Associations (PGA)28em ASA 2015 Pacific Games 91 AUS 2015 Pacific Games 43 COK 2015 Pacific Games 132 FSM 2015 Pacific Games 44 FIJ 2015 Pacific Games 481 GUM 2015 Pacific Games 148 KIR 2015 Pacific Games 86 MHL 2015 Pacific Games 10 NRU 2015 Pacific Games 130 NCL 2015 Pacific Games 354 NZL 2015 Pacific Games 49 NIU 2015 Pacific Games 22 NFK 2015 Pacific Games 13 NMI 2015 Pacific Games 26 PLW 2015 Pacific Games 14 PNG 2015 Pacific Games 625 (host) SAM 2015 Pacific Games 405 SOL 2015 Pacific Games 287 TAH 2015 Pacific Games 273 TKL 2015 Pacific Games 1 TGA 2015 Pacific Games 236 TUV 2015 Pacific Games 101 VAN 2015 Pacific Games 161 WLF 2015 Pacific Games 64 Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many athletes were registered prior to the Games, with that number expected to diminish by the Games' start. Clicking on the number will take you to a page on that nation's delegation to the 2015 Games. Calendar The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule. 4 June 2015 2015 Pacific Games Schedule Port Moresby 2015 7 June 2015 PDF 1.0 MB http://www.portmoresby2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/XV-Pacific-Games-Sports-Competition-Schedule-1-Level-1.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150607122539/http://www.portmoresby2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/XV-Pacific-Games-Sports-Competition-Schedule-1-Level-1.pdf 7 June 2015 Medal table Host nation Papua New Guinea topped the overall medal table for only the second time ever. It was also the third Pacific Games in history where New Caledonia had failed to finish first.PG Results 2015 3 2015 Pacific Games medal table PNG flagIOC2 2015 Pacific Games 88 69 60 yes 59 50 57 39 34 40 33 44 37 17 23 11 17 19 11 7 10 5 7 6 15 7 1 9 6 7 16 3 3 7 3 1 5 3 1 4 3 1 0 2 8 12 2 3 2 1 9 10 1 1 5 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ceremonies Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, between 18:00 and 22:00 (GMT+10), on 4 July 2015. The Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of Papua New Guinea, Queen Elizabeth II, was represented by her son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York.Prince Andrew to Open 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby https://pacificgames.pngfacts.com/news/prince-andrew-to-open-2015-pacific-games-in-port-moresby pngfacts.com 7 July 2015 28 May 2015 Airleke Ingram was its artistic director, with executive producer being Merryn Hughes from the Makoda Productions. Live musical performers included Jamie-Lee Chan, Jagarizzar, with Ngaire Joseph, and duo group Twin Tribe who performed Winds of Change as the closing act. A special performance by Sir George Telek and a medley from Papua New Guinea's all-time music greats - the Paramana Strangers, Pati Potts Doi, and Tom Larry. Parade of nations As per games tradition, each PGA paraded into the arena for the opening ceremony with each delegation being led by a flag bearer from their respective teams. Following tradition, the host of the previous games, New Caledonia, enters first followed by the rest of the participating PGA's in alphabetical order. The host nation of Papua New Guinea enters last. Each nation was preceded by a placard bearer carrying a sign with the country's name. Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name, or flag bearer's sport. OrderNationFlag bearerSport 1 NCL New Caledonia 2 ASA American Samoa 3 AUS Australia Nicole Beck Rugby sevens 4 COK Cook Islands Tereapii Tapoki Athletics 5 FSM Federated States of Micronesia Manuel Minginfel Weightlifting 6 FIJ Fiji Apolonia Vaivai Weightlifting 7 GUM Guam Jagger Stephens Swimming 8 KIR Kiribati David Katoatao Weightlifting 9 MHL Marshall Islands Mathlynn Robert-Sasser Weightlifting 10 NRU Nauru Itte Detenamo Weightlifting 11 NZL New Zealand Tracey Lambrechs Weightlifting 12 NIU Niue 13 NFK Norfolk Island Kevin Coulter Shooting 14 NMI Northern Mariana Islands 15 PLW Palau Stevick Patris Weightlifting 16 SAM Samoa Ele Opeloge Weightlifting 17 SOL Solomon Islands Jenly Tegu Wini Weightlifting 18 TAH 2015 Pacific GamesHititua TaereaVa'aMaea LextretBasketball 19 TKL Tokelau Volunteer n/a 20 TGA Tonga 21 TUV Tuvalu 22 VAN Vanuatu Cyril Jacobe Tennis 23 WLF Wallis and Futuna 24 PNG Papua New Guinea Linda Pulsan Powerlifting Closing ceremony The closing ceremony was held at Sir John Guise Stadium on Saturday 18 July 2015 and was produced by Makoda Productions. Papua New Guinean music stars Jay Lieasi, Jamie-Lee Chan, duo group Twin Tribe, and Moses Tau were among the opening acts of the ceremony. Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan passed the Pacific Games flag to Nuku'alofa, Tonga, host of the 2019 Games, and declared the XV Pacific Games closed. Closing performances followed with 2015 PNG Musik Awards Artist of the Year Anslom singing his hit song “Can’t Lie”, while other performers included American-Samoan reggae vocalist J Boog, Fijian hip-hop star George FIJI, PNG-American reggae musician O-Shen, and PNG's local icon and ARIA Music Awards winner George Telek, MBE. Marketing thumb|135px|Tura the Kokomo Mascot The official mascot for the 2015 games, 'Tura the Kokomo', was designed by a 13-year-old boy named Taka Seigori from Tubusereia, a motuan village - located 30 minutes drive from Port Moresby. 'Tura the Kokomo' depicts a modern, cheeky and funny Hornbill - known in Papua New Guinea as a 'Kokomo'. The bird is known to possess the attributes of friendliness and cheekiness. Colours seen on the crown of 'Tura the Kokomo' are the colours of the 2015 Pacific Games logo.https://www.thenational.com.pg/kokomo-is-games-mascot/ 2015 Pacific Games mascot launched www.thenational.com.pg The National 19 February 2014 Sponsors Official Games SponsorBank South Pacific (BSP)Games Baton Relay SponsorOil SearchPlatinum SponsorsOK Tedi Mining, Telikom PNG, PNG Power, National Gaming Control Board (NGCB), Puma Energy, SP BreweryGold SponsorsMRDC, Daltron, Brian Bell Homecentres, Applus Velosi, Fuji Xerox, Air Niugini, Petromin PNG Holdings Limited, Emtek Multimedia, Coca-Cola, SteamshipsSilver SponsorsMoore Printing, Hertz, MMI Pacific InsuranceSupporting SponsorPNG Ports See also 2016 Summer Olympics 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Pacific Mini Games 2018 Commonwealth Games Notes athletics a Athletics: The total of 48 events contested in 2015 included four parasport events: Men's shot put – secured throw, women's shot put – ambulatory, men's javelin – ambulatory, and men's 100m – ambulatory. boxing b Boxing: Women's events were included for 2015. The weight classes used by the IOC, i.e. flyweight (48–51 kg), lightweight (57–60 kg), and middleweight (69–75 kg) were added to the schedule. There were ten weight classes for men. football c Football: Men's tournament had eight teams (including New Zealand) and the women's had seven teams. Both were qualification events for the 2016 Summer Olympics.Soccer venues unveiled https://web.archive.org/web/20150714165011/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=306043 2015-07-14 . Fiji Times. 16 May 2015. karate d Karate: The Kumite tournament included six weight divisions for men and five for women. The schedule also included individual and team Kata events for men and women. softball e Men's softball was not able to be included in the program as the sport did not meet the criterion of the Pacific Games charter requiring nominations for the event from at least six countries. Women's softball was included. swimming f Swimming: The schedule for Taurama Pool included 40 events; 19 for men, 19 for women, and two mixed team relays. The open water swim also included a men's event and a women's event. table tennnis g Table tennis: The total of 11 events contested in 2015 included four parasport events: Men's singles – seated, women's singles – seated, men's singles – ambulatory, and women's singles – ambulatory. weightlifting h Weightlifting: The total of 45 events contested in 2015 was split into 15 weight classes (eight for men and seven for women) with three sets of medals awarded (for the snatch, clean and jerk, and combined total) in each class. 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