Games Guide

An invaluable little book was available in Suva during the August-September South Pa cific Games. It was produced by Robin Yarrow of Fiji in association with UK athletics facts and figures man Tony Isaacs as a ‘complete record of South Pacific Games 1963-1975’. It was a job very well done.

With advertising helping to

pay for it, Messrs Yarrow and Isaacs were hoping that, at 5F1.50 a copy, it would sell

briskly, proceeds going to the

games fund. Unhappily, games followers seemed more interested in the present than the past and by the final two days of the games only about 1500 had been sold. It went on ‘special’ for the last day but many copies remain unsold.

It’s a book well worth having not just for the statistically-minded but for anyone with a genuine interest in, and the wellbeing of, Island sports.

It’s neatly presented, very easy to refer to, and literally stuffed with much more than just games historical data.

Sport is lucky to have a couple of enthusiasts like Yarrow and Isaacs around. It would be a shame if these two who put in so many hours and coped so manfully with the 19 000 km which separ

ated them during compilation

lost heart.

Among other outlets the handbook is available from Desai, Suva, and, soon, it will be obtainable from PlM’s

Sydney bookshop.