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Samuela Tuikiligana
Samuela Tuikiligana (born 1958) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. In 2008 he won the silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Curtis Mar and Keshwa Goundar. He won the gold medal in the triples with Semesa Naiseruvati and Daniel Lum On at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every ... in Adelaide. References Fijian male bowls players 1958 births Living people People from Lakeba {{Fiji-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeba
Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers.Steadman (2006) It is fertile and well watered, and encircled by a 29-kilometer road. Its closest neighbors are Aiwa and Nayau. Separated by deep sea from the latter but only by shallow waters from the former, when sea levels were lower during glacial episodes Lakeba and Aiwa formed one large island. It has a population of around 2,100 in eight villages, the most important of which is the capital Tubou which lies in the island's south. Near Tubou is the village of Levuka; not to be confused with its namesake – Fiji's old capital – Levuka on Lakeba is home to a fishing tribe whose ancestors came from Bau Island. Another significant village is Nasaqalau, located in the northern part of Lakeba. Geography Situated at 18.20° South and 178.80° East, Lakeb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bowls Championship
The World Bowls Championship is the premier world bowls competition between national bowls organisations. The premier indoor event is the World Indoor Bowls Championships listed separately and is organised by the World Bowls Tour. World Outdoor Championships First held in Australia in 1966, the World Outdoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every four years. From 2008 the men's and women's events were held together. Qualifying national bowls organisations (usually countries) are represented by a team of five players, who play once as a single and a four, then again as a pair and a triple. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in each of the four disciplines, and there is also a trophy for the best overall team — the Leonard Trophy for men and the Taylor Trophy for women. Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland compete as one combined Irish team. The 2020 event was postponed twice and scheduled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However following c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ... won the pairs, fours and Leonard Trophy with only Scotland preventing a clean sweep by claiming the triples. Medallists Results W. M. Leonard Trophy Taylor Trophy References {{World Outdoor Bowls Championships World Outdoor Bowls Championship Bowls in New Zealand Sport in Christchurch 2008 in New Zealand sport 2008 in bowls January 2008 sports events in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every two years but then took place every four years and was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships. In 2021, the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Bowls then decided that the World Championships would take place every two years starting in 2023. This also resulted in the fact that qualifying events for the Championships were no longer required meaning the Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it wou ... and Asia Pacific Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawn Bowler
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-green bowls") or convex or uneven (for "crown green bowls"). It is normally played outdoors (although there are many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf or cotula (in New Zealand). History Bowls is a variant of the ''boules'' games (Italian ''Bocce''), which, in their general form, are of ancient or prehistoric origin. ancient Greece, Ancient Greek variants are recorded that involved throwing light objects (such as flat stones, coins, or later also stone balls) as far as possible. The aspect of tossing the balls to approach a target as closely as possible is recorded in ancient Rome. This game was spread to Roman Gaul by soldiers or sailors. A Roman sepulchre in Florence shows people playing this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives a gold medal and the third place a bronze medal. More generally, silver is traditionally a metal sometimes used for all types of high-quality medals, including artistic ones. Sports Olympic Games During the first Olympic event in 1896, number one achievers or winners' medals were in fact made of silver metal. The custom of gold-silver- bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events. Minting the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From 1928 to 1968 the design was always the same: the obverse showed a generic design by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli with text giving the host city; the reverse showed another generic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Mar
Curtis Mar (born 6 August 1967) is a Fijian international lawn bowler and team manager. In 2008 he won the silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Keshwa Goundar and Samuela Tuikiligana. In 2016 he was the team manager during the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. It has two primary schools, a shopping centre and several parks. Etymology Engineer W .... References External links * Fijian male bowls players 1967 births Living people Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji {{Fiji-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshwa Goundar
Keshwa Goundar (born 1957) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. In 2008 he won the silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Curtis Mar and Samuela Tuikiligana Samuela Tuikiligana (born 1958) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. In 2008 he won the silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Curtis Mar and Keshwa Goundar. He won the gold medal .... References Fijian male bowls players 1957 births Living people {{Fiji-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980 they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e.g., the Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semesa Naiseruvati
Semesa Vakalelea Naiseruvati (born 20 September 1963) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. Bows career Naiseruvati won the gold medal in the triples with Daniel Lum On and Samuela Tuikiligana at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Adelaide. He was selected to represent Fiji at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, where he competed in the triples and fours. After winning the singles gold medal at the Lawn bowls at the 2019 Pacific Games he announced his retirement, but later changed his mind. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Fiji at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie .... He part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lum On
Daniel Lum On (born 1962) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. Bows career Lum On won the gold medal in the triples with Semesa Naiseruvati and Samuela Tuikiligana at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Adelaide. He was selected to represent Fiji at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the triples TripleS (stylized as tripleS; Help:IPA/English, /ˈtɹɪpəl:ɛs/; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by MODHAUS. They aim to be the world's first decentralized K-pop idol group. The members will rotate between the group, sub-unit, and solo ac ... and fours events. References 1962 births Fijian male bowls players Living people Sportspeople from Suva Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji {{Bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
