Moresby Games
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They want an emblem for the Moresby Games
From a Port Moresby correspondent A competition for the design of an emblem for the Third South Pacific Games, to be held in Port Moresby in 1969, was launched in Port Moresby on July 28 by the P-NG South Pacific Games Association. It closes on September 30.
WHY designers should be given only two months to come up with their ideas is inexplicable, especially as the organisers have an nounced that the competition is “on a world-wide basis, carrying high prize money”, and that it is “antici pated entries will be forthcoming from topline designers”.
The prize money isn’t really as high as all that, but the honour will certainly mean something. The de sign will probably be used on a special issue of P-NG stamps during the Games, and in any case, in the next two years the emblem will be come a trademark in the South Pacific as did the emblems for the first two Games, in Suva and Noumea.
Prize money
Designs will be judged by a panel of five, yet to be appointed. They will be selected from prominent design, sporting and business people in Port Moresby.
There will be $l5O as first prize; $2O for the best entry received from Papua-New Guinea; $2O for the best entry from a native New Guinean;
and $lO for the best entry for an body 16 years or younger. O presumes that if the main winn comes from New Guinea, he or s will also get the $2O for the b( local entry.
Designs will have to be submitt to a standard size, 10 in. by 8 i clearly labelled on the back with t entrant’s name and address, and a for those in the juvenile section. E signers may also attach a writt explanation of the design.
Designs can be in black and whi or up to four colours. Organise have advised entrants to post airma and to include heavy cardboard bac ing. The Games Association retai full copyright of the winning desigi which should be addressed to t Emblem Design Competition, P-1S Games Association, PO Box 367. Pc Moresby, New Guinea.
Get to it. Time’s short!
Work on Games reserve
Meanwhile trucks emptying loa of fill continue reclamation work extend the Sir Hubert Murr Memorial Reserve for the Garni and horticultural experts are pla ning beautification of the seven-ac area. This will be the main Gam arena.
The chairman of the landscapi committee set up to advise on beau fication of the area, Mr. Kevin Whi said that planting stock was bei brought to Port Moresby from ; parts of the territory for the proje Mr. White has called for he from public-spirited groups to he develop the area.
The president of the Port Moresl Horticultural Society, Mrs. W.
Suttie, said the society had decid to landscape and beautify a sectfi of the reserve to make a setting f a greenhouse where exotic tropic plants could be grown and displaye
The emblem which won the competition for the Second Games in Noumea.
This was the emblem for the First Games in Suva. It was designed by Mrs. Pamela Prescott, of Port Moresby. There were 107 entries from 12 countries for that first competition. First prize was £Stg.4o.