1977 FESPIC Games

The 2nd FESPIC Games was a multi-sport event for Far East and South Pacific athletes with a disability held in Parramatta, Australia.

[2] Fifteen countries participated - Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Burma, India, Fiji, Singapore, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Philippines, Korea and Malaysia.

[3] Dr John Grant, the President of the Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation, was the chairman of the Organising Committee.

[2][3] There was an enormous amount of work devoted to making the old school habitable for athletes and their escorts.

Thirteen sports were held during the Games - archery, athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, FITA round bowls, powerlifting, shooting, slalom, snooker, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair fencing.