Netball at thePacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been an optionalPacific Games sport since1963.Fiji have been the tournament's most successful team, winning seven gold medals.Cook Islands have won four gold medals. To date, only the Cook Islands and Fiji have won netball gold at the Pacific Games.
^abcdefghSummary of the netball competitions in the SPG and SPMG from 1963 to 1989, as reported inIslands Business:[34]
1963: Fiji
1966: Cook Islands
1969: no netball
1971: no netball
1975: no netball
1979: Fiji
1981: Cook Islands (mini games)
1983: Cook Islands
1985: Cook Islands (mini games)
1987: no netball
1989: Cook Islands (mini games).
^The September 1969 issue ofPacific Islands Monthly (PIM) stated that "women's netball attracted only a few onlookers at the Boroko Reserve"; and that, "The Fijian team withdrew at the last minute and two outsiders—Manly from Sydney and a 'Combined' team—fielded teams to give the Solomon Islanders and New Guineans a variety of six matches each. No medals were awarded".[4] While the Pacific Games Council results as of October 2015 list PNG and Solomons as gold and silver winners,[5] secondary sources published at the time, such as the South Pacific Bulletin, recorded that PNG was awarded a prize instead because only two teams had entered;[6] similarly, the 1969 results for netball published by PIM in September 1971.[7]
^The November 1979 issue ofPacific Islands Monthly (PIM) quoted a visiting umpire as saying "Fiji and Cooks were clearly the best teams followed some way behind by PNG – but there were 'no others'", and stated that "Papua New Guinea took the bronze" in the netball competition.[9] A few pages later in the PIM results section, Tonga is listed as finishing in third place for netball.[10] However, there are sources which suggest that the PIM published results might have some inaccuracies and could be incomplete:
The same PIM issue, reports that Fiji won table tennis gold medals for both the women's team event and the women's doubles.[11] However, only the women's doubles event is recorded in the list of results, and no women's (or men's) team event is included.[10]
The men's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay was not listed in the PIM results,[12] However, a publication from Guam'sPolitical Status Education Coordinating Commission states that the Guam swimmer Hollis Kimbrough, "won a record seven medals in the '79 SPG alone".[13] As the PIM results show only four medals for Kimbrough plus two men's relay medals won by the Guam team,[12] it may be the case that the men's 4 × 200 m event was missed in the results.
^Vanuatu won a bronze medal for netball at the 1999 South Pacific Games.[19][20]
^1989: Cook Islands won the netball competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament.[26]
^"Annual Report"(PDF 3.5 MB).Sporting Pulse. Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. 1999. p. 1.Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved7 June 2015.
^"Reflections on a mini event".Pacific Islands Monthly.59 (10). Pacific Publications. p. 49, col. 3, par. 3. 1989. Retrieved23 May 2015.
^"The Results"(PDF 9.4 MB).Sporting Pulse. 4th South Pacific Mini Games Committee. 16 December 1993.Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved27 May 2015.
Tonga (1st Title)
Fiji (7 titles)
Fiji
Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu
Solomon Islands