Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1955Vol. XXV, No. 10

Athletics in N. Caledonia

p. 67 · Read in the full issue

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PARTICIPATION of New Cale donian athletes in the French Union Games and the Olympic Games is one of the objectives of the NC Deputy in the French Parlia ment (M. Lenormand). He intends to form a commission in the local assembly to deal with all sporting matters and to institute a system of sporting education. Only about three organised sports flourish at present —football, basketball and cycling.

Tennis and swimming do not figure much in the sporting calendar, but spearfishing is popular and annual championships are organise d.— Noumea Correspondent.

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