The Pacific Games Council Annual General Meeting has been told that there will be no games on Sunday at the 2019 Pacific Games in Tonga.
The chief executive officer for the 2019 Tonga Pacific Games Organising committee, and former Prime Minister Lord Savele said, “we have decided we’d go back to the traditional way we’ve been running the Pacific Games and for Sunday we’ll allow everybody to rest or go to the beach but there will be no sport played on Sundays when you’re in Tonga.”
He said the Tongan Government is committed to delivering the games, hosting it and looking forward to seeing all the nations in Tonga in July of 2019.
Tonga will host 26 sports and the organising committee is thinking of including women’s weightlifting, boxing and rugby 7s.
However, Tonga’s Prime Minister says the country’s finances are not up to scratch in order to handle the requirements to host the Pacific Games in 2019.
’Akilisi Pohiva says although he is still uncertain on whether Tonga will be able to host the meet, his Government is committed to raising its financial standards, as donors are starting to pledge help.”
Source
- fijitimes.com
- fbc.com
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