Lawn bowls at the Pacific Games

Last updated June 16, 2023

Lawn bowls at the Pacific Games (known as the South Pacific Games until 2009) was introduced as a tournament for men's and women in 1979 at the 1979 South Pacific Games.^[1]

Past winners

There have been six editions of lawn bowls at the Games.^[2]^[3]

Men's titles


Year	Venue	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours
1979	Suva, Fiji	Thomas Menton	Teanua Kamana Tupui Henry	Peter Fong Ram Harakh Shaun Patton	Peter Fong Ram Harakh Shaun Patton Kevin Perry
1983	Apia, Samoa
1991	Port Moresby, PNG	Caucau Turagabeci	Martin Seeto Tau Nancie	Babaga Mugu McKinnar	Martin Seeto Babaga Mugu Tau Nancie
2003	Suva, Fiji
2007	Apia, Samoa	Valovale Pritchard	Peter Juni Pomat Topal	Lotomalie Fakaalofa Sagato Alefosio Sakaraia Patelesio	Arun Kumar Semesa Naiseruvati Rajnish Lal Sushil Sharma
2015	Port Moresby, PNG	David Aitcheson	Phillip Jones Gary Bigg	Arun Kumar David Aitcheson Rajnesh Kumar	Peter Totoo Phillip Tangi Joseph Akaruru Ioane Inatou
2019	Apia, Samoa	Semesa Naiseruvati	Lealaiauloto Tiatia Tupai Avala Savaaiinaea	Abdul Kalim Kushal Pillay Semesa Naiseruvati	Aidan Zittersteijn Taiki Paniani Royden Aperau Lawrence Paniani

Women's titles


Year	Venue	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours
1979	Suva, Fiji	Maraia Lum On	Maraia Lum On Willow Fong	Josephine Hunt Lemafoe Lagaala-Porter Pula Laufili V. Faraimo	Piri Kennedy Maggie Worri Rose Kambul Betty Glassey
1983	Apia, Samoa
1991	Port Moresby, PNG	Maraia Lum On	Geua Vada Tau Linda Ahmat	Aun Bray Elizabeth Bure	Aun Bray Elizabeth Bure Linda Ahmat
2003	Suva, Fiji	Litia Tikoisuva
2007	Apia, Samoa	Violina Linda Pedro	Violina Linda Pedro Opetera Samakia Ngatoko	Kanny Vaile Mourauri Tokorangi Irene Tupuna	Martina Akaruru Kanny Vaile Mourauri Tokorangi Irene Tupuna
2015	Port Moresby, PNG	Teokotai Rahui Jim	Cesley Simbinali Ju Melissa Carlo	Litia Tikoisuva Sheral Mar Elizabeth Moceiwai	Mondin Tiba Cesley Simbinali Angela Simbinali Catherine Wimp
2019	Apia, Samoa	Litia Tikoisuva	Shae Wilson Petal Jones	Josephine Peyroux Pauline Rex-Blumsky Christine Ioane	Travey Wora Tassie Evans Ann Snell Petal Jones

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References

↑ "History". Pacific Games Council Official Website. 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
↑ "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
↑ "Inside Bowls August 2019". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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[1] "History". Pacific Games Council Official Website. 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[2] "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[3] "Inside Bowls August 2019". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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