Squash tourney
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attracts 50
NORMALLY, squash players from the South Pa cific get to play each other only once in two years, mainly because of financial constraints. When they do manage to meet, players make the most of it both on the courts and socially.
Fiji hosted the Sixth South
Pacific Cup Squash Cham
pionships from August 20-27
attracting 50 players from six countries.
Fiji’s Sports Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola opened the event with a cocktail welcome for the players at Suva’s National Stadium. Frenchman Etienne Marziac headed a
New Caledonian assualt in the men’s division, claiming the singles gold for himself and featuring prominently in his team’s gold medal win.
Marziac beat fellow countryman Phillipe Martin 3-1 in the final.
The Fiji men’s team, headed by senior govern ment official Winston Thompson, took silver and Papua New Guinea bronze.
The PNG women’s team won the gold to make up for their men’s loss, beating Western Samoa by 2-0. Fiji born Asinate King was a prominent member of the PNG side. In the women’s singles final, New Zealand born Vanuatu resident Vic toria Hillman crushed Imong Brooksbank 3-1 to capture gold. □