Papua New Guinea cricket team the Lewas have registered their first win over Vanuatu by 55 runs over Vanuatu. PNG set a target of 140 and bowled Vanuatu out for 84
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PNG's superfish Ryan Pini has done it again and won gold in the 50 m free style in the men's swimming. He clock in the fastest time of 26.22 sec
Papua New Guinea took out Silver today in shooting.
Tanya Mairi won the Silver in the women's air pistol 10 meter targets, at the June Valley Shooting Range. Tahiti took out Gold, and Guam settled for the Bronze. Medal presentations will be held later this afternoon A Pacific Games Record has been broken in the swimming competition that kicked off this morning at the Taurama Aquatic Center.
Benjamin Schulte from Guam broke the men's 100 meter breast stroke record with a time of 1.04.62 seconds in the last heat. The games record was 1.04.81 seconds. Ryan Pini for PNG clocked 1.06.17 seconds in the same event and qualified for the finals also. There were five swimming events completed today with the finals set for 7pm tonight. Men's 50 meter backstroke, women's 100 meter freestyle, women's 400 meter individual medley, men's 100 meter breast stroke and men's 200 meter freestyle. Meantime medal hopefuls for PNG are Ryan Pini in the men's 50 meter back stroke and 100 breast stroke. Sam Seghers qualified the fastest in the men's 200 meter freestyle and and will be hoping to repeat his performance to get gold. Two PNG girls also qualifying for the finals tonight are Anna Lisa Mopio Jane and Savannah Tketchenko in the women's 100 meter freestyle. Other swimmers to watch out in the finals for females are Carolin Puamau, Matalio Buadromo from Fiji and Lara Grangeon from New Caledonia. For the men Jagger Stephens from Guam, Kevin Calmettes and Julien- Pierre Goyetche from New Caledonia will be shinning for their country. PORT MORESBY, July 6 2015 – Athletes at the Pacific Games will have the opportunity to spend their free time with the native animals of Papua New Guinea after the Games Organising Committee (GOC) gave out 3,800 tickets for tours at the Port Moresby Nature Park.
Hockey and boxing competitors from Vanuatu were among the first to visit, when their took an hour off from their training schedules to tour the park. Curtis Fowler, the park’s Marketing and Communication Officer, said the Vanuatu visit was an enjoyable moment. “They enjoyed bird watching, a touch of cultural display and craft and also took photos with the indigenous animals,” Fowler said. PNG’s national bird, the raggiana bird of paradise, and hornbills like Games mascot Tura the Kokomo are among the creatures that reside at the park. “There are more than 250 PNG native animals kept in the park, which includes 30 hectares of tropical garden and rainforest,” added Fowler. PNG’s Tourism Promotion Authority has a stall in the Games Village to advertise the country and the nature park to the athletes. Source: Pacific Games Media PORT MORESBY, July 6 – Papua New Guinea’s weightlifting favourite Dika Toua was upset about her performance in the women’s 53kg category at the PNG Power Dome on Sunday.
Despite adding a gold to the PNG medal tally with a winning score of 118kg in the clean and jerk, Toua failed to get a medal in the snatch and also missed out on an overall gong. “I did not do well in snatch because maybe I was tired from the climb during the opening ceremony and for not having enough rest,” Toua said. “In sports you can’t expect to be the best all the time. Things happen and a slight technical error can be surprising. I know that everyone in PNG expected more from me, but unfortunately that was the result.” Toua congratulated her rival Erika Yamasaki (AUS) for the overall win. The two may meet again in the world championships in Houston in November, as well as in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. “I wanted to retire but I feel that there is a lot in me that is yet to be done and to achieve for my country. I will continue to train and hopefully go back to New Caledonia for more training,” Toua said. Source: Pacific Games Media PORT MORESBY, July 6 – Alizee Lefranc scored 28 points to lead Tahiti to a 90-57 victory over Papua New Guinea in the teams’ first game of the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games basketball tournament at BSP Arena.
The 33-point first-up loss was a disappointingly large defeat for PNG who enjoyed the full backing of the home town crowd on Sunday. Lefranc shot 50 percent from the field, 80 percent from the line [8/10] and added nine rebounds in her team leading 28-point performance. Not to be outdone, her sister Oceane scored 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds of her own. PNG were led by Betty Angula’s 14 points, but she shot just 23 percent from the field and had eight turnovers in her 29 minutes of court-time. Tahiti got off to a strong start and established a 20-point lead through the first two quarters, with the teams going into halftime at 45-25. PNG made an early run in the second half on the back of a vocal crowd, but Tahiti were not going to let the lead go and closed out a 90-57 win. PNG head coach Thalo Green (USA) was disappointed with the team’s loss and pointed to his team’s 30 turnovers being the major problem. “If we turn the ball over like we did tonight, we will not have the chance to take anybody,” he said. “We plan to take one game at a time, and at this point, one point at a time because basketball is a game of momentum and once we gave the momentum away we never got it back.” In other women’s games, Nauru were soundly beaten by Guam 116-25, American Samoa deposed the Solomon Islands 80-44 and Fiji rode Letava Whippy’s team-high 29 points to a 85-40 victory over New Caledonia. GNS nc/jf Pacific Games Media The Federated State of Micronesia has a first gold medal after Weightlifter Mauel Minginfel lifted 120kg in the XV Pacific Games. Competing under the 69 kg, the Pacific Islander was the last man standing to snatch the gold medal.
Samoa's Patrick Pasia grabbed silver with a lift of 116kg and the bronze went to Stevick Patris of Palau with a 115kg lift. The best of the Papua New Guineans was Frank Oala with a 110kg lift. The clean and jerk challenge in the same weight division will start soon. PORT MORESBY, July 6 – The PNG Power Dome was the scene of some tense weightlifting drama in the 62kg men’s event at the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games on Sunday night.
Morea Baru (PNG) and Vaipava Nevo Ioane (SAM) were the two clear favorites entering the competition, a billing they more than lived up to with a nail-biting showdown for the three gold medals up for grabs. “He’s a friend of mine, but when we come to the Games, we just leave that aside, and we just fight,” Ioane said. Baru opened strong with a lift of 121kg to take gold in the snatch, and withstood Ioane’s gold medal lift of 156kg in the clean and jerk to win the overall gold with a total of 276kg. Ioane’s total score came to 271kg. Ramoaka Brown (SOL) took all three bronzes, with a snatch of 95kg and a clean and jerk of 120kg for a total of 215kg. Ioane’s silver medal snatch of 115kg left him with six kilograms to make up in the clean and jerk. After Baru succeeded at 155kg on his first attempt but failed at 158kg on his final two lifts, Ioane had two remaining attempts to overtake the lead. Ioane crumpled early during his first attempt at 162kg, but he lifted all the way to his chest in his second attempt, leaving him a single movement away from overall gold. However, by that stage he was suffering from a hand cramp and could not raise the bar any further. “It was a great competition between me and [Baru],” Ioane said. “You know, it was really hard for me to catch up because I was falling apart at the snatch and it was really hard for me to catch up on the clean and jerk.” “So that’s why I jumped on 162kg, so I could win the total and the clean and jerk.” Isi Scophil Kevau (PNG) placed fourth in each of the events with a snatch of 85kg and a clean and jerk of 110kg for a total of 195kg. Igo Lohia (PNG) placed fifth overall [85kg snatch, 100kg clean and jerk, 185kg overall] and Manua Tuau (TUV) finished sixth [75kg snatch, 106kg clean and jerk, 181kg overall]. Although Baru and Ioane have competed against each other many times in the past, this was the first time that Baru came out on top. At the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow, Ioane beat Baru by a single kilogram for the bronze medal (271kg to 270kg). “The last time he beat me by one kilogram, so I was trying to beat him by two kilograms or more,” Baru said. “It was a good battle. He’s very good, he’s a good athlete, good lifter.” “I tried my best to beat him, and now I beat him, so I’m very happy.” The victory was extra special for Baru since it came in front of his home crowd in his first Pacific Games appearance. “It’s amazing. It’s a great pleasure to perform in front of my country and my family.” “Thank you to all the Papua New Guineans supporting me inside and outside, watching on television,” said Baru. “Also, my New Caledonia people who have suffered me for two years – I’ve been staying there for training.” Baru’s performance topped off a day in which the host country won six golds over four weightlifting events, with Thelma Mea Toua (PNG) sweeping all three golds in the women’s 48kg event and Dika Toua (PNG) earning clean and jerk gold in the women’s 53kg. Pacific Games Media PORT MORESBY, July 5 – Erika Yamasaki (AUS) stole gold from Papua New Guinean favourite Dika Toua (PNG) with a massive 179kg total in the 53kg women’s weightlifting at the PNG Power Dome on Sunday.
The Australian claimed victory with an 82kg snatch and a clean and jerk of 97kg, amounting to a winning score of 179kg. After coming second to Toua in the clean and jerk, Yamasaki dominated the match. Charlotte Moss (NZ) took silver and Marry Kini Lifu (SI) claimed the bronze medal. With the standard being set high for the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games weightlifting competition, host PNG will have to step up to the challenge to add to its medal tally. Source: Pacific Games Media |
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