An exciting year ahead

Fiji has an exciting calendar of events sch eduled for Visit South Pacific Year ’95.

January

1 - 3 World Windsurfers Titles Venue Pacific Harbour 9 Chinese New Year Theme “Year of the Pig”

Venue Civic Centre, Suva March 6-11 National Youth Day (Public

Holiday)

10-11 - Fiji International Rugby Sevens Venue - National Stadium, Suva 31 Cricket Crompton Competition Venue- Suva

April

Easter Basketball Easter Week

Open Club Championship

Tennis South Pacific Region Easter

Open

Venue- Nadi Sports Club

Suva Biathlon Championship (First

Series)

Venue- Tradewinds 20- PATA World Chapter Con gress Venue - Sheraton and Fijian hotels 21- The Fanta Secondary School

Basketball Championship

The Pacific Cup Children’s Sailing

Dinghies

Venue- Savusavu April/May — Auckland/Suva Yacht Race

May

5-7 South Pacific International

Triathlon Championship

Venue - Denarau 13-14 Buca Bay International Bilibili Raft Race 17-20 The Fiji Arts Club/ANZ Bank Art Exhibition Competition Venue- Playhouse, Selbourne, Suva 20-27 Savusavu World 14-foot

Sailing Championship

25-29 Ratu Sukuna Day (Public

Holiday)

June

9-12 Fiji National Tennis Cham

pionship

Venue- Suva 10 Suva Biathlon Championship

(Second Series)

Venue- Pacific Harbour 16 Nadi Charity Horse Races Venue- Votualevu, Nadi 16-17 Golf -Fiji Open Amateur

Championship

Venue- Denarau 16-20 Southern Taveuni Arts Fes tival Venue- Susie’s Plantation Resort J ul Y Bula Festival Venue- Nadi Town 8 Tennis - Nadi Pro Am Venue- Nadi Town

10 Golf - Pro Am Venue- Mocambo Hotel 12-15 Golf - C&W Pacific Harbour Classic Venue- Pacific Harbour 19- Golf - CBF Fiji Open Venue- Suva 20- Tennis - The Naviti/Regent

of Fiji/Fiji Open

Venue- Denarau/Naviti Hotel 24-25 Golf - Fiji Invitational ProAm Venue- Fijian Hotel 27 Golf - Sedgwick Charity ProAm Venue- Denarau 28-29 Golf - Denarau Western ProAm Venue- Denarau

August

July 29- Ist week — Island Cruising Regatta Venue- Savusavu Methodist Church Choir Compe

tition Hibiscus Festival Venue- Suva 19 South Pacific RIM Rugby Tournament Venue- National Stadium, Suva 19 Suva Triathlon Championship

(Third Series)

Venue- Tradewinds

September

Sugar Festival

Venue- Lautoka

Fiji Regatta Week

Venue- Musket Cove Resort Musket Cove to Port Vila Regatta Venue-Musket Cove Resort 11-15 Golf - Fiji Seniors Interna tional Championship Venue- Suva 18-19 Fiji Seniors Western Cham pionships Venue- Denarau 30-9 Oct Back to Levuka Celebr ation (week-long celebration). Visit the old capital of Fiji during this memorial

celebration period which includes ac tivities such as ‘Around the Island Yacht Race’, Thanksgiving service and the re-enactment of how Fiji was ceded to Britain on October 10, 1874.

October to 9 Back to Levuka Celebration 6- Tennis - Fiji Day Classic Venue- Denarau 7- Suva/Levuka Launch Race Nadi Charity Horse Races Venue- Votualevu, Nadi Hockey - Fiji Open - The Hedstrom

Shield Venue- Suva 25-27 Fiji Tourism Convention Venue- Fijian Hotel November 2 Diwali Festival Visit Fiji during this Hindu festival weekend when towns and cities will be brightly lit up with different colours and firecrackers and partake of the traditional Hindu sweets. 12-13 Kadavu Choir Festival Venue- Girmit Centre, Lautoka

16-19 Dunhill International Game

Fishing Tournament

Venue- Castaway Island Resort December 27 Dunhill Kontiki Golf Classic Venue- Kontiki Resort, Savusavu Visit the fabulous Kontiki Resort for this 18-hole golf tournament which we

be expecting 60-100 participants.

Relax and enjoy this festival season and have a feeling of what it is like to sleep in a traditional Fijian house or bure. □