Norfolk Island at the 2023 Pacific Games

Norfolk Island at the
2023 Pacific Games
Norfolk Island at the; 2023 Pacific Games
	Flag of Norfolk Island
National federation	Norfolk Island Amateur Sports and Commonwealth Games Association
in Honiara, Solomon Islands; 19 November 2023 – 2 December 2023
Competitors	30 (16 men and 14 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Mal Tarrant
Officials	Mal Tarrant (chef de mission)
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Pacific Games appearances
	1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; ;

Norfolk Island competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 19 November to 2 December 2023. This was Norfolk Island's twelfth appearance at the Pacific Games since first competing in 1979.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	1	0	1
Netball	—	12	12
Touch rugby	14	0	14
Va'a	0	1	1
Total	16	14	30

Athletics Norfolk Island have selected two athletes (one male and one female).^[1]^[2]

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brentt Jones	Hammer throw

Norfolk Island will enter one boxer for the games.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rhys Schmitz		–	–	–	–	–

The Norfolk Island national netball team was announced on 29 October 2023 along with the rest of the Norfolk Island Pacific Games contingent.^[1]

Team	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Norfolk Island	Women's tournament	Samoa	Solomon Islands	Fiji	—

Norfolk Island will enter one touch rugby team in the men's tournament. This will be their debut touch rugby appearance at the Pacific Games.^[3]

Team	Event	Round-robin								Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Norfolk Island men's	Men's	Niue –	Fiji –	Samoa –	Cook Islands –	Kiribati –	Solomon Islands –	Papua New Guinea –

Norfolk Island will be represented by one female paddler.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NIASA announce 2023 Pacific Games team". www.facebook.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Pacific Games 2023 Entry List" (PDF). Oceania Athletics. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "Pacific Games 2023 - Men's Open -Norfolk Island". Federation of International Touch. Retrieved 3 November 2023.