2009 Pacific Mini Games
Host city | Rarotonga | ||
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Country | Cook Islands | ||
Motto | Share the moments | ||
Nations participating | 21 | ||
Events | 15 sports | ||
Opening ceremony | September 21, 2009 | ||
Closing ceremony | October 2, 2009 | ||
Officially opened by | Elizabeth II | ||
Torch lighter | Daniel Tutai, Patricia Taea | ||
Main venue | Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium | ||
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The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was the 8th edition of the Games. They were held in the Cook Islands from September 21-October 2.[1]
Torch lighters were the athletes Daniel Tutai and Patricia Taea, the Cook Islands' junior sportsman and sportswoman of the year for 2008.[2]
Participating countries
There were 21 countries participating at the 2009 Games:[3]
Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (athletes and officials, where known).
Sports
15 sports were contested at the 2009 Games:[5]
- Athletics (41) ()
- Boxing ()
- Golf ()
- Bowls ()
- Netball (1) ()
- Rugby league sevens ()
- Rugby sevens (1) ()
- Sailing ()
- Squash ()
- Table tennis ()
- Tennis ()
- Touch rugby (2) ()
- Triathlon ()
- Va'a ()
- Weightlifting ()
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport (where known).
See also
References
- ↑ Homepage for the Pacific Mini Games 2009 Cook Islands; retrieved 2009-08-14. Archived 2009-08-16.
- ↑ RAROTONGA: 21ST SEPTEMBER TO 2ND OCTOBER, 2009, retrieved April 30, 2013
- ↑ Participating countries list from the 2009 Games website; retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ (French) Mini-Jeux aux Cook : la délégation de Polynésie française engagée dans dix sports (trans: Mini-Games at Cook: the French Polynesia delegations will engage in 10 sports); La Dépêche de Tahiti; published 2009-08-28, retrieved 2009-09-02. Archived 2009-09-07.
- ↑ Participating Sports list from the 2009 Games website; retrieved 2009-08-14.
External links
- 2009 Pacific Mini Games webpage
- VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report (Report). 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015.
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