Pacific Games
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Emblem
The Organising Committee of e Second South Pacific Games be held in Noumea in Septem ;r, 1966, is offering a first prize 15.000 French Pacific francs ibout £A7S) for the best de »n for an emblem for the ames.
WERE is also a second prize of 5.000 Pacific francs (£A.25).
The winning design may be opted as a permanent emblem for ; Games, which are the South as Olympics. The first Games were Suva in September, 1963. They i held every three years.
The conditions of entry for the iblem competition are: The Details 1. The design should embody the irds in French: “lie. Jeux du cifique Sud—Noumea, 1966.” The are II must appear in Roman ipt. 2. Entries should measure 21 x 27 itimetres (8i x 101 inches). 3. The design should be suitable ■ a postage stamp or medal.
The winning entry only will be blished and the organising com ttee will retain the right to alter ; selected designs. 5. Full copyright in respect of the ining entries will be vested in the janising committee. 5. Entries will be judged more for idea each embodies than for
artistic merit; hence, designs need not be finished to professional stan dards. 7. Entry is free and any number of entries may be submitted. Entries must reach the organising committee by January 31, 1965. The com mittee’s address is: Comite Organi sateur des Jeux du Pacifique Sud, Commission de la Publicite, Boite Postale 333, Noumea, New Caledonia. 8. Competitors wishing to have their entries returned to them should enclose a stamped addressed en velope. In the case of competitors residing outside New Caledonia and dependencies, an addressed envelope
with an international reply coupon should be enclosed. 9. All decisions made by the or ganising committee will be final.
Minister's Visit The French Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, Mr. Maurice Herzog, arrived in Noumea on November 15 to look over sporting facilities and study plans for the South Pacific Games in 1966.
After a detailed inspection, Mr.
Herzog said that the country’s sport ing facilities were outmoded, and he proposed a series of measures by which they could be improved. He
is was the emblem used for the First [?]uth Pacific Games. It was designed by woman resident of Port Moresby— [?]s. V. Prescott. The emblem for the [?]cond Games may become the permanent Games emblem.
also promised substantial subsidies Prom his ministry.
As a result, courts of the local tennis club will be reconditioned; and a new one with seating accom tnodation for 800, and a practice swimming pool at a Noumea college will be built. The local horse-riding :lub, L’Etrier, will also be subsidised.
At a Press conference before re ;urning to France, Mr. Herzog said ;hat “France would engage all its prestige in the staging of the 1966 Games”.
He said a sporting programme :osting 250 million Pacific francs [£li million) would be undertaken.
Phis would include subsidies to /arious sporting bodies, financial help :or the Organising Committee of the Games, and help in the construction jf the Olympic pool to be built by he Noumea Municipality.
Samoan Scheme The committee of the Western Samoa Amateur Sports Federation made a move in November which :ould result in that territory’s re presentatives putting up a much improved performance at the 1966 Games.
The committee resolved to seek the help of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Ltd. in arranging a visit of some top class athletes and tennis players to Samoa in 1965.
The committee’s secretary, Tufuga S. Atoa, was reported by Samoana as saying: “We feel that the ap pearance of world class athletes at Apia Park, and the visit of top tennis players would be a tremendous boost to local sport.”
He said that if the visits could be arranged, the Federation would hold a dinner at which the visitors would be the guests, and the entrance money of £2 a head would go towards a fund to send the Western Samoan team to the Noumea Games.
Samoana said the approach to Rothmans follows the formation last March of the Rothmans National Sport Foundation, a non-profit organisation supported by the com pany to the tune of £lOO,OOO. 1969 Games In NG Although there has been no official announcement on the site for the Third South Pacific Games in 1969, it seems likely that the Games will be held in Port Moresby.
A committee of five P-NG people in June were deadlocked on the decision whether to hold the Games in Moresby or Rabaul, and the decision was to be left to the Administrator, Sir Donald Cleland.
It now appears that the matter is connected with proposals to establish
a university at Port Moresby—and no firm decision has been made on the university (see TTopicalities).
The recent report of the Commission on Higher Education in P-NG points out that sporting facilities will be need for the university, and recommends that levelling of ovals and courts be undertaken on the university site in Port Moresby by 1966, that tennis and basketball courts, an oval, an athletic track with grandstand and gymnasium be
built by 1967, and that a second oval and 50 metre swimming pool be built in 1968.
Although the report does not connect this construction programme with the 1969 Games, it has ap parently been planned with the Games in mind, especially as P-NG Assistant Administrator, Dr. John Gunther, was a member of the com mision. While on commission work, Dr. Gunther attended the First Games in Suva.