South Pacific Games 1963

The South Pacific Games in 1963 ( Engl. South Pacific Games in 1963 ) were to September 8, 1963 August 29, Suva , capital of Fiji discharged. These games were the 1st edition of the South Pacific Games . A tennis ball struck by Nono Tani at 9 a.m. on August 29, 1963 marked the official start of the South Pacific Games (from 2011: Pacific Games ).

A total of 130 female and 516 female athletes from thirteen nations and territories took part; they fought in the ten sports basketball , boxing , soccer , athletics , netball , rugby , swimming , tennis , table tennis and volleyball as well as 59 competitions for 179 medals. Carl Bay (Fiji) was the most successful participant with five gold medals.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Fiji	33	23	26th	82
2	Papua and New Guinea	9	11	11	31
3	New Caledonia	7th	9	11	27
4th	French Polynesia	4th	2	4th	10
5	Tonga	2	4th	2	8th
6th	Cook Islands	2	3	-	5
7th	American Samoa	1	2	3	6th
8th	Western Samoa	-	1	2	3
9	Gilbert and Ellice Islands	-	1	1	2
10	New Hebrides	-	1	-	1
11	British Solomon Islands Nauru Niue	-	-	-	0
total		58	57	60	175

The medal table does not contain any medals from the unofficial swimming competition over 3 × 110 yd, nor does it include the disqualified semi-finalists in boxing (feather and light heavyweight).

sports

Basketball (men only) Boxing (men only) Soccer (men only) athletics Netball (women only)

Rugby (men only) swim tennis Table tennis Volleyball (men only)

Results

basketball

Pl. team Sp. S. N baskets Points 1.  French Polynesia 6th 6th 0 456: 240 12 2.  American Samoa 6th 5 1 323: 263 10 3.  Papua and New Guinea 7th 4th 3 334: 395 8th 4th  Nauru 7th 3 4th 364: 370 6th 5.  New Caledonia 6th 2 4th 274: 301 4th 6th  Fiji 6th 2 4th 259: 314 4th 7th  Western Samoa 6th 0 6th 230: 357 0

team PYF ASA PNG NRU NCL FJI WSM  French Polynesia - 70:45 75:39 85:50 61:42 82:32 83:32  American Samoa - 65:46 45:40 58:44 54:37 56:26  Papua and New Guinea - 45:70 42:40 42:40 59:51  Nauru - 45:39 46:59 59:36  New Caledonia - 54:46 55:49  Fiji - 45:36  Western Samoa - Playoff for the bronze medal: Papua and New Guinea against Nauru (61:54)

Boxing

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)	Matthew Julius  Papua and New Guinea	Krishna Nair  Fiji	Sakaraia Qoro  Fiji
Feather weight (up to 57 kg)	Toro George  Cook Islands	Bobo Gurumuthi  Fiji	Michael Osborne  Fiji
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	James Brown  Fiji	Kasi Katoa  Tonga	Terence Hopkins  Papua and New Guinea
Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)	Joseph Scanlan  American Samoa	Petero Aniti  Fiji	Mitieli Moli  Fiji
			Arthur Tomaira  Papua and New Guinea
Welter weight (up to 67 kg)	Peter Marsters  Cook Islands	Paul Nelson  Papua and New Guinea	Mulikihaamea Kautau  Tonga
			Sainivalate Cawa  Fiji
Medium weight (up to 71 kg)	Moses Evans  Fiji	To'o visa Tuineau  Tonga	T. Ponapa  American Samoa
			Kenneth Hopkins  Papua and New Guinea
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Ravuama Roco  Fiji	Piri Puruto  Cook Islands	Leslie Hui  Papua and New Guinea
			Etemani Fonoti  American Samoa
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Joseph Tukana  Fiji	George Robati, Jnr.  Cook Islands	Apelu Loloaso  American Samoa

In weight classes with only two participants, a silver cup was awarded to both boxers.

Weight class	Silver cup
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Jioji Roba  Fiji	Manoa Mate  Fiji
Heavy weight (over 81 kg)	Veramu Dikidikiliti  Fiji	Peniasi Kali  Fiji

Soccer

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	First round				Semifinals				final
	New Caledonia
	bye
					New Caledonia	2
					French Polynesia	1
	French Polynesia
	bye
									New Caledonia	8th
									Fiji	2
	Fiji	3
	Papua and New Guinea	1
					Fiji	5			3rd place match
					British Solomon Islands	0
	British Solomon Islands	6th							French Polynesia	18th
	New Hebrides	3							British Solomon Islands	0

athletics

Men

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m	Jacques Pothin	10.6 s	Kiniviliame Nalatu	10.9 s	Christian Kaddour	11.1 s
200 m	Christian Kaddour	22.3 s	Apisai Nabou	22.4 s	Bruce Richter	22.6 s
400 m	Charles Harrison	49.7 s	Waituka Maina	49.9 s	Amani Racule	50.4 s
800 m	Mike Joyce	2: 02.4 min	Sekove Naivalurua	2: 02.7 min	Sitiveni Rokovesa	2: 03.0 min
1500 m	Samuiela Tuifangaloka	4: 23.4 min	Mike Joyce	4: 25.0 min	Sitiveni Rokovesa	4: 25.4 min
5000 m	Mike Joyce	17: 16.6 min	Kau Pupa	17: 28.6 min	Ken Gould	17: 28.8 min
10,000 m	Viliame Saulekaleka	36: 39.8 min	Tara mango	36: 46.2 min	Ken Gould	37: 07.8 min
3000 m obstacle	Jean-Pierre Aifa	10: 23.8 min	Viliame Saulekaleka	10: 47.0 min	Samisoni Ratuyawa	11: 14.0 min
110 m hurdles	Charles Tétaria	15.6 s	Kalolo Pale	16.2 s	Robin Mitchell	17.1 s
400 m hurdles	Osea Malamala	59.5 s	Graeme Southwick	59.7 s	Paul Martin	60.9 s
high jump	Edward Laboran	1.90 m	Tevita Kabakoro	1.805 m	Nypiengo Passa	1.805 m
Pole vault	Alipeti Latu	3.505 m	Jack Waewo	3.505 m	Otto Malatana	3.43 m
Long jump	Christian Kaddour	6.98 m	Jacques Pothin	6.565 m	Charles Tétaria	6.51 m
Triple jump	Christian Kaddour	14.23 m	Tevita Kabakoro	14.05 m	Samivela Latu	13.37 m
Shot put	Mesulame Rakuro	14.49 m	Adonio Tokawa	13.89 m	Petelo Wakalina	14.48 m
Discus throw	Mesulame Rakuro	49.35 m	Koroiwale Vatanimotu	39.77 m	André Hulot	38.43 m
Javelin throw	Ivaharia Oe	61.08 m	Penisio Munanao	59.88 m	William League	59.70 m
4 × 100 m	Papua and New Guinea	42.8 s	New Caledonia	43.1 s	Fiji	43.3 s
4 × 400 m	Papua and New Guinea	3: 24.3 min	Fiji	3: 26.1 min	New Caledonia	3: 31.4 min

Women

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m	Ana Ramacake	12.2 s	Maca Vakalala	12.3 s	Eleanor Phillips	12.5 s
200 m	Maca Vakalala	26.3 s	Ana Ramacake	26.4 s	Eleanor Phillips	26.7 s
800 m	Géraldine Bigourd	2: 28.0 min	Litia Lotu	2: 33.0 min	Asenaca Vani Serukalou	2: 40.0 min
80 m hurdles	Hélène Sarciaux	12.8 s	Eleanor Phillips	13.1 s	Ana Ramacake	13.7 s
high jump	Margaret Woodhouse	1.47 m	Eleanor Phillips	1.45 m	Hélène Sarciaux	1.40 m
Long jump	Kalisi Kuruvoli	5.51 m	Ana Ramacake	5.42 m	Maca Vakalala	4.78 m
Shot put	Merewai Turukawa	11.45 m	Maeva Tetuaiva	10.11 m	Victoria Pua	9.97 m
Discus throw	Merewai Turukawa	35.27 m	As long as David	33.23 m	Danielle Tanc	29.93 m
Javelin throw	Merewai Turukawa	36.59 m	Ivaroa Haro	32.06 m	Laite Nadumu	31.76 m
4 × 100 m	Fiji	50.0 s	-		-

Netball

Pl. team S. U N baskets Points 1.  Fiji 4th 0 0 129: 670 8th 2.  Western Samoa 3 0 1 137: 640 6th 3.  Papua and New Guinea 2 0 2 096:750 4th 4th  American Samoa 0 1 3 041: 104 1 5.  Niue 0 1 3 047: 140 1

team FJI WSM PNG ASA NIU  Fiji - 27:26 28:23 35: 6 39:12  Western Samoa - 26:18 32: 8 53:11  Papua and New Guinea - 22:12 33: 9  American Samoa - 15:15  Niue -

rugby

Pl. team S. U N Game points Points 1.  Fiji 4th 0 0 104: 230 8th 2.  Tonga 2 0 2 059:440 4th 3.  Western Samoa 0 0 4th 020: 116 0

team FJI VOLUME WSM  Fiji - 8: 5 42: 3  Tonga 9:25 - 16: 5  Western Samoa 6:29 6:29 -

swim

Men

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
110 yd freestyle	Carl Bay	1: 02.2	John Duncan Griffiths	1: 03.8	Patrick Kerrigan	1: 04.2
440 yd freestyle	Carl Bay	5: 23.4	John Duncan Griffiths	5: 25.3	Jean-Yves Mamelin	5: 37.0
1650 yd freestyle	Carl Bay	21: 36.4	Jean-Yves Mamelin	22: 38.6	François Caillard	22: 57.4
110 yd back	Colin Mark Raddock	1: 15.8	Philippe Postal	1: 18.8	Marika Sau	1: 20.3
220 yd chest	Sefanaia Koroi	3: 13.4	Popeu Kangon	3: 18.8	Joseph Douapere	3: 27.5
110 yd butterfly	Tovitolon Jovel	1: 16.4	Kanawan Jarope	1: 26.9	Philippe Postal	1: 29.0
4 × 110 yd freestyle	Fiji	4: 21.6	New Caledonia	4: 31.4	Papua and New Guinea	4: 34.4
4 × 110 yd layers	Fiji	5: 16.2	Papua and New Guinea	5: 19.7	New Caledonia	5: 28.7

Women

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
110 yd freestyle	Anareta Ranadi	1: 27.6	Suellen Matthews	1: 16.0	Clelia Stephanie Anfinson	1: 16.8
440 yd freestyle	Joan Elizabeth Herrington	6: 01.0	Suellen Matthews	6: 05.3	Clelia Stephanie Anfinson	6: 16.6
110 yd back	Winikiti Adi	1: 27.6	Jan Finn	1: 31.5	Joan Margaret Blyth	1: 31.9
110 yd chest	Margaret Lena Smith	1: 39.6	Weka Raivuni	1: 40.7	Joan Elizabeth Herrington	1: 41.2
220 yd chest	Joan Elizabeth Herrington	3: 33.8	Margaret Lena Smith	3: 37.3	Pia Mae	3: 45.0
4 × 110 yd freestyle	Fiji	5: 17.4	Papua and New Guinea	5: 20.3	-
3 × 110 yd layers 1	Fiji	4: 20.7	Papua and New Guinea	4: 37.0	-

¹ No medals awarded.

tennis

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

0

Fiji

4th

0

French Polynesia

4th

Fiji

4th

0

Tonga

6th

Tonga

4th

0

New Hebrides

2

Fiji

9

Papua and New Guinea

9

Papua and New Guinea

8th

Nauru

0

Fiji

5

New Caledonia

3

New Caledonia

8th

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

0

New Caledonia

8th

0

Cook Islands

8th

Cook Islands

0

0

Western Samoa

0

Cook Islands

8th

3rd place match

American Samoa

0

Papua and New Guinea

5

Cook Islands

3

Table tennis

	First round				Semifinals				final
	Fiji	6th
	Papua and New Guinea	2
					Fiji	7th
					Gilbert and Ellice Islands	1
	Gilbert and Ellice Islands
	bye
									Fiji	7th
									New Caledonia	1
	New Caledonia
	bye
					New Caledonia	8th			3rd place match
					Tonga	0
	Tonga	5							Gilbert and Ellice Islands	5
	Niue	3							Tonga	3

volleyball

Pl. team S. N Points sentences BPQ 1.  French Polynesia 3 0 6th 9: 2 1.505 2.  American Samoa 2 1 4th 8: 4 1.553 3.  Fiji 1 2 2 4: 7 0.683 4th  Western Samoa 0 3 0 0: 9 0.504

team PYF ASA FJI WSM  French Polynesia - 3: 2 3-0 3-0  American Samoa - 3: 1 3-0  Fiji - 3-0  Western Samoa -

Web links

• First South Pacific Games: Official Report and Results. In: sportstg.com (119 pages).
• Fiji outshone her rivals at first South Pacific Games. In: Pacific Islands Monthly , Vol. 37, No. 12, December 1, 1966, pp. 45-49.