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Team PNG to the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas, finished the five day competition from July 19-23 with the experience bringing the best out of the athletes. Though Team PNG didnt win any medals the eight athletes Ryan Maskelyne and Ebony Tkatchenko, (swimming), Matthew Stubbings and Patricia Apisah (tennis), Lawrence Lamond and Letisha Pukaikia (athletics) and Damien Aisi and Tonnie Gima (beach volleyball) made sure they did their best. England won the games with a total of 23 Gold Medals, 16 Silver and 12 Bronze, Australia came in Second with 14 Gold, 14 Silver and 11 Bronze, New Zealand came third with eight Gold, 14 Silver and nine Bronze. According to Chef de Mission Michael Henao the team was impressive and despite going against the worlds best they came out with some good performances. Ryan Maskelyne swam the 100m breaststroke it was a tough field which saw him come in just over 3 seconds (with 30.33) behind the fastest qualifier in that event (27.95). It was not enough to see him through to the finals Ryan Maskelyn swam the 200m breaststroke finals in Nassau he swam with a time of 2:20:33. Unfortunately it wasnt enough for a medal but he did put a personal best in his qualifying race finishing with a time of 2:19:72 Ebony Tkatchenko, the youngest of the contingent, has so much potential according to swim coach Greg Fasala. She competed in the 400m freestyle. Whilst she didnt medal, the coaching staff is confident the experience will fare her well in future tournaments. Lawrence Lamond ran the 200m dash. He finished 7th with a Time of 23.63. Regrettably it wasnt enough to get him into the semi finals. Letisha Pukaikia, another rising star like Lamond, ran the 200m dash and finished with a time of 26.40, but that wasnt enough to get her into the semi finals. Matthew Stubbings played Rwanda and beat them 6-3, 6-2. He went up against the no.1 ranked player (India) of the tournament, He wasnt ranked going into the tournament so having him finish in the top 8 was a remarkable effort, after going down to India. Patricia Apisah played Scotland under tough circumstances; regrettably she went down 7-6, 6-0. In the mixed doubles, Papua New Guinea (Stubbings & Apisah) went down to a well-drilled Scotland 6-0, 6-1. Given this was their first time to play together, and given they were able to hold their opponents to account for much of the match, they did well and -Iike true athletes have taken the learnings in their stride Damien Aisi and Tonnie Gima played St Lucia for 7th place and won in two straight sets (21-8 and 21-9). A grand finish to the two young men. <\/p>\n
The top four teams in the four divisions of the Pacific MMI Port Moresby Corporate Snooker competition start the finals play-offs this week. <\/p>\n
FC Genesis looked threatening against their University Inter FC opponents in the Port Moresby womens premier competition but could not escape their clutches only settling for a nil-all draw on Saturday. <\/p>\n
It barely moved him into the lower reaches of the world top 10 this year, but Usain Bolts (pictured) 9.95-second 100m win at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday night signified so much more. <\/p>\n
The top four teams in the four divisions of the Pacific MMI Port Moresby Corporate Snooker competition start the finals play-offs this week. <\/p>\n
FC Genesis looked threatening against their University Inter FC opponents in the Port Moresby womens premier competition but could not escape their clutches only settling for a nil-all draw on Saturday. <\/p>\n
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