15 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Two time Pacific Games gold medalist and Oceania record holder Brandon Schuster leaves Samoa tomorrow to represent his home country in the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Brandon will be joined by gold medalist Lushavel Stickland and Samoa’s National Swimming Coach Suzie Schuster. Asked what it […]
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Update on Samoa Touch after Day 1
15 July 2019, Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Samoa Touch got off to a good start today with the Women’s team winning three out of four matches while the men secured two easy wins. The Women’s team started with a close game against Fiji, scoring a last minute try to win 4-3. They succumbed to the 2015 […]
Tennis ‘Ball Kids’ the Youngest Hardworking Volunteers of Pacific Games.
15 July 2019, Pacific Games Apia Samoa. The sport of tennis has the youngest volunteers of the Pacific Games with “ball kids” seen working hard as we head into the second week of competition at the Apia Park Courts. Orlando Lui Zhu was relaxing on a lunch break with his friends when Samoa Global News […]
Proud Grandma Cheers on her 7-Gold Medal World Champ
13 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. 18 year old Junior World Champion Don Opeloge has won 7 gold medals in the 4-in-1 International Weightlifting Championships. Don’s grandmother Lesila Opeloge was his number one supporter seen amongst the crowd at Gym 1 Tuanaimato yesterday, cheering on her grandson. “We are very proud of Don. He […]
Australia’s Beach Volley Gold Medalists Will Be Back for More of Samoa
12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Beach Volleyball gold medalists Marcus Ferguson and Tim Dickson of Australia have loved the Samoan hospitality and say they will be back to stay for longer. It is the first time Marcus and Tim have ever visited Samoa and the Australians spoke highly of how the Samoan people […]
Gold Medal for Our Parents Back Home – Vanuatu Women’s Beach Volleyball
12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. 21-year-old Sherysyn Toko and 32-year-old Miller Pata of Vanuatu were in tears during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Beach Volleyball earlier today. The duo played edged out American Samoa in the semi finals to secure a place in the finals against Tahiti. Sherysynand Miller could not hold […]
Gold Medal for Father and Daughter in Archery Mixed Doubles Recurve
12 July 2019, Pacific Games Apia Samoa. Samoa’s first gold-medalist in the XVI Pacific Games has won two more medals in the final day of Archery with a Gold in the Mixed Doubles Recurve and a Silver medal in the Women’s individual Recurve. Jil Grete Andrea Walter won Samoa’s first gold on her 18th birthday […]
7 Gold Medals for 17-year-old Lifter from Savaii, Leotina Sivelio Petelo!
12 July 2019, Apia Samoa. 17-year-old Leotina Sive Petelo of Ululoloa, Salailua and Saleaula, Savaii dominated the 81kg Womens Division of Weightlifting scooping 7 gold medals in one afternoon. The Faleata College Year 13 student won 3 Gold medals for the Pacific Games in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Overall Total. The other 4 […]
Bronze Medal for Tonga Mens Beachvolley
12 July 2019 Pacific Games Apia Samoa. NewsNow# The Tongan Mens Beach Volleyball team has won the bronze medal after a tough match against the American Samoa duo. Semisi Funaki and Tio Fono Hema had to fight hard to beat American Samoa today with a close 19-17 in the final set for the bronze medal. […]
Tahiti Women’s Beach Volleyball to Play for Gold
12 July 2019 Apia Samoa. Tahiti will play for Gold in the Women’s Division of Beach Volleyball this afternoon after a convincing win over Solomon Islands. The Tahitians will face the winner of Vanuatu and American Samoa for Gold and Silver. The loser between American Samoa and Vanuatu will face the Solomon Islands for the […]
