Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Association

Last updated
Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Association
Norfolk Island National Olympic Committee Logo.png
Country/RegionFlag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island
Code NFK
Continental
Association
ONOC
HeadquartersNorfolk Island, Australia
PresidentMalcolm Tarrant
Secretary GeneralJacqueline Grundy

The Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Association (NIASCGA) is a National Olympic Committee. It is an associate member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. [1] It represents Norfolk Island in sporting events such as the Commonwealth Games, the Pacific Games, and the Pacific Mini Games. However, the association does not participate in the Olympic Games. [2] The organization is also a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Code.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Olympic Committee</span> National constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Asian Games</span> Multi-sport event

The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island nation of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pacific Games</span> Pacific archipelagic multi-sport event

The Pacific Games, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Games were called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007. The Pacific Games Council (PGC) organises the Games and oversees the host city's preparations. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams. In each sporting event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oceania National Olympic Committees</span> International organization

The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee</span> National Olympic Committee

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) was founded on 25 March 1949 and achieved International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition on 20 September 1955. It is responsible for entering Fiji's representatives in the Olympic Games and the coordination and management of Fiji Teams to the South Pacific Mini Games, South Pacific Games and the Commonwealth Games. It also provides technical assistance and funding to its affiliates in the areas of coaching, athlete development, sports medicine and sports administration.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cook Islands national rugby sevens team</span> Rugby team

The Cook Islands national rugby sevens team represents the Cook Islands in rugby sevens internationally. They have participated in two Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments, in 1997 and 2001, and have also competed at the Commonwealth Games on four occasions. They qualified for the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens tournament and played in the World Series Qualifiers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sport in Tuvalu</span>

Sport is an important part of Tuvaluan culture, which sporting culture is based on traditional games and athletic activities and the adoption of some of the major international sports of the modern era.

The Oceania Netball Federation is the regional body within the International Federation of Netball Associations that governs netball across Oceania. The current president is Wainikiti Bogidrau from Fiji. There are currently twenty four countries within the Oceania region. There are seven full members with New Zealand the only one with elite status. Realistically only thirteen nations, predominantly Commonwealth nations, play the game.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Oceania</span>

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania vary, with it being defined in various ways, often geopolitically or geographically. In the geopolitical conception used by the United Nations, International Olympic Committee, and many atlases, the Oceanic region includes Australia and the nations of the Pacific from Papua New Guinea east, but not the Malay Archipelago or Indonesian New Guinea. The term is sometimes used more specifically to denote Australasia as a geographic continent, or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian realm or the Oceanian realm.

Athletics competitions at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games were held at the Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between September 22–26, 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tuvalu Athletics Association</span>

The Tuvalu Athletics Association (TAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Tuvalu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee</span> National Olympic Committee

The Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) is the Tuvaluan organization recognised as a National Olympic Committee (NOC) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2006, Tuvalu satisfied the IOC's criterion of a minimum five national sports federations recognised by their international sports federations, which included basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, boxing and table tennis.

Netball at the Pacific Games has been an optional Pacific Games sport since 1963. 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.

Triathlon at the Pacific Games was first contested at the 1995 games at Papeete. It has also been included in the Pacific Mini Games, firstly at Norfolk Island in 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niue Island Sports Commonwealth Games Association</span> Unrecognized National Olympic Committee

The Niue Island Sports Commonwealth Games Association (NISCGA) is an unrecognized National Olympic Committee and associate member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. The organization is the national federation for all sports within Niue and represents the country at the Commonwealth Games, making its debut at the Manchester 2002. The association also organises the country's participation in the Commonwealth Youth Games. It is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Seiuli Paul WallworkOM was a Samoan weightlifter, civil servant, and sports administrator. He was the first Samoan to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games, winning a Silver in weightlifting at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1999 he was one of six members of the International Olympic Committee implicated in the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norfolk Island at the 2022 Commonwealth Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Norfolk Island competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August. It was Norfolk Island's tenth appearance at the Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Comité Territorial Olympique et Sportif de Nouvelle-Calédonie</span> Olympic committee for New Caledonia

The Comité Territorial Olympique et Sportif de Nouvelle-Calédonie (CTOS) is a National Olympic Committee. The committee is an associate member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. It represents New Caledonia in sporting events such as the Pacific Games and the Pacific Mini Games. However, the association does not participate in the Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association</span> Olympic committee for Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association is a National Olympic Committee. It is an associate member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. It represents the Northern Mariana Islands in sporting events such as the Pacific Games and the Pacific Mini Games. However, the association does not participate in the Olympic Games.

References

  1. "Oceania National Olympic Committee | Official Website". www.oceanianoc.org. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. "Parade of Nations: Which Countries Are (and Aren't) in the Olympics? (Paris 2024)" . Retrieved 2024-08-11.