2017 Vanuatu Pacific Mini-Games

This follows the announcement from the PNG Olympic Committee Justification Committee on the athletes of the sports that have been endorsed to represent Team PNG.

President of Athletics PNG, Tony Green, said with the National Championships coming up in Goroka September 28-30, it is important for athletes to realise that some places in the team are yet to be filled and many athletes have been only provisionally endorsed subject to proving their current form.

The selection has been made by the PNG Olympic Committee Justification Committee.

Sports on the Van2017 program met with the Justification Committee on August 26th and 27th to justify why their nominated athletes deserve selection onto Team PNG.

The JC membership comprises of two PNGOC representatives, the director of the PNG Sports Foundation’s National Sports Institute, three National Federation representatives and an Athletes Commission representative.

The Justification Committee deliberated and reached its decisions for each sport.