The Fiji Sports Council is an organisation in charge of organising International

International

----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...

 tournaments for Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

 athletes. It is also one of the leading providers of quality sports and recreational facilities and programs at national, regional and international levels. It was established in 1978 under the Fiji Sports Council Act and a year later in 1979 it hosted the first South Pacific Games

South Pacific Games

The Pacific Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Olympics , with participation exclusively from countries around the South Pacific. It is held every four years and began in 1963, hosted by Suva, Fiji.- Concept :The idea of holding the South Pacific Games originated with Dr A.H...

. It was recently in charge of hosting the 2007 Netball World Championships

Netball World Championships

The World Netball Championships is a quadrennial international netball world championship co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations , inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australian national netball team and the New...

 which was to be held in Suva

Suva

Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...

 but due to the 2006 military coup, the venue was shifted to New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 and Fiji lost out in hosting the biggest event of the year. It is also affiliated to FASANOC. The organisation is headed by its Chairman Tom Ricketts (Fiji politician)

Tom Ricketts (Fiji politician)

Tom Ricketts was one of the eight nominees of the Leader of the Opposition to the Senate of Fiji after the 2006 elections. 4 January 2008, Tom Ricketts announced as Interim Minister for Tourism Trade and Communications after Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's 2008 Cabinet Reshuffle-...

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Aims

Its main aim is to foster, promote and market the development of sport and recreation in Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

 and to also:

• Work with other organizations involved in the business of sports and recreation
• Develop any land or other property for creating wealth and erect and maintain buildings and other structures
• Manage and maintain any land or buildings provided for the purpose of sport and recreation
• Charge fees for admission to land or buildings under its control for maximum number of end users
• Employ and remunerate staff as required at competitive rates
• Train and employ Fiji Sports Council staff according to intellectual capital and requirements to generate wealth
• Generate $4.239 million in 2007 and an increase of 10% thereafter

Achievements

Since it establishment in 1978, it has helped developed sporting centers and facilities and to upgrarde it to International standards such as:

• Ra Sports Ground
• Lawaqa Park
  Lawaqa Park
  Lawaqa Park is a rugby union stadium in Sigatoka, Fiji. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 12,000 people. It currently hosts rugby union matches as well as local football matches....
  
  
• Thompson Park (Navua)

Funding

It mainly funds its organisation by running its own advertising campaign and also collects money
through Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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advertising

Advertising

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