Amel Zmirli
'Flying' Charles – A Sporting Obituary From VASANOC
While Vanuatu is still basking in the aftermath of our greatest achievement in a Pacific Games from the 8-Gold haul in Samoa2019 and our...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20182 min read
1963 is when it all began!
The South Pacific Games was conceived by Dr A.H. Sahu Khanas a multisport event to engender bonds of friendship among the people of the...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20184 min read
New decade brings new challenges
After Port Moresby (1969), it was just two years before the next installment of the South Pacific Games took place in Tahiti (1971), at...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20183 min read
New Decade – Newly Independent Nation
Into the 1980’s with a new multi-sport games, new national name, newly won Independence and renewed optimism. In the inaugural Mini South...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20184 min read
Vanuatu hosts its first Mini Pacific Games
In the first decade of participation in the South Pacific Games, the New Hebrides won one gold medal. The 1970s saw just one more gold...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Tahiti and 1995 was a troubled time in the French Pacific
Tahiti hosted the next South Pacific Games in 1995, but it was under somewhat of a cloud. Like New Caledonia in 1987, tensions were still...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Vanuatu Boxing took the lead in Pago Pago
In the 1997 Mini Games in Pago Pago, American Samoa, it was Boxing which won bragging rights over Athletics in the medal tally for...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Team Vanuatu and the New Millennium
The first Pacific Mini Games of the new millennium was held on Norfolk Island in 2001. Vanuatu sent a Netball Team and an Athletics team...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Building Momentum in the New Millennium
The 2007 Pacific Games were hosted by Samoa - a fact Vanuatu took full advantage of by sending a larger team than ever before. A total of...
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Amel Zmirli
Oct 25, 20184 min read
The Path to 2017 has ignited the Spirit Within
Vanuatu sent a large team to Noumea in 2011 compared to previous ones, travelling the short distance from Port Vila, over the Loyalty...
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