AMOA PNG men’s team is now the champion in the Pacific after beating Wallis and Futuna 3-2 in the last day of competition in the 2013 IX Mini Pacific Games in Wallis and Futuna.
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It was a hard game for the Eagles yesterday (Wednesday), but the ability to remain focused and prayerful saw the PNG team walk away the winner and winning the gold medal.
Wallis and Futuna came on strong from the start with hard hitting spikes
from their big hitters to end the first set 25-16.
PNG came back in the second set and pushed the Polynesians to end the set
27-26.
In the third, the PNG team made simple errors and bad passes that the
home team took advantage of and it won that set with a 25-20 score line.
With coach Tommy Luis urging from outside and the cool and never-say-die
captain Ravu Mahuru from the inside, Amoa got into the game and dragged the
islanders to end the fourth set 25-19.
In the last set, Amoa members played with care and led from the first few
hits all the way to end the game 15-11.
Meanwhile, Amoa PNG women’s team was unsuccessful in their pursuit for
the bronze medal by losing to Fiji 3-1.
Fiji won the first set, PNG came back on the second and pushed Fiji overboard
to win 25-18. However, that was all that PNG could manage as their Melanesian
sisters won the two other sets.
Fiji won 25-17, 18-25, 25-23, 25-14.
In the gold medal playoff, Tahiti beat New Caledonia 3-0. The Polynesians
looked too strong on the day firing from all parts of the court.
In the men’s bronze playoff, New Caledonia was too good for Tuvalu,
walking away with a 3-0 score.
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