THE Pacific Mini Games, formerly known as the South Pacific Mini Games, is a multi-sport event contested by countries and territories located in the Pacific region.
It is called the Mini Games reported Wikipedia.
This is because it is a scaled-down version of the Pacific Games and is similarly rotated on a four-year basis in the intervening years between the main games.
The mini games have been held every four years since the inaugural games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1981.
Following the success of the Pacific Games, the Pacific Games Council decided to create a smaller version called the Pacific Mini Games to enable smaller nations and territories to host events and compete against each other.
Pacific Games
Council
The governing body for the mini games is the Pacific Games Council. Much like the main games, the council flag is presented to the host nation of the next mini games at the end of every games. As of 2017, the council has 22 member nations.
Australia and New Zealand are not members of the council, but are invited as observers to the council’s general assembly.
Team Fiji
Team Fiji is participating in 10 sports in the Vanuatu games.
After presenting the i-tatau to the President Jioji Konrote on November 22 at Borron House in Suva, Team Fiji is among the biggest contigents in Port Vila.
“For some sports like beach volleyball, the Pacific Mini Games is a qualifying event for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. I wish you the very best in your effort to qualify for the Commonwealth Games that will be held at the Gold Coast in Australia in April 2018,” Konrote told the athletes.
IN 2013 in Wallis and Futuna, Fiji finished on fourth position overall with Papua New Guinea as champion, second was Tahiti and New Caledonia third.
The flag bearer in the opening ceremony of the 2013 edition in Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna, was Banuve Tabakaucoro, then the champion South Pacific sprinter who now returns to the games as a Fijian 7s rugby player.
This year’s games will end on December 15.
