Arafura Games
arafura game multisport event athlete disability compete program ablebodied athlete competitor around world compete weeklong game held every year darwin northern territory australia called meeting sporting neighbour arafura game take name arafura sea lie northern australia southeast asia nation along arafura sea originally formed basis arafura game however recent year country afield participated including united state england brazil liechtenstein first held foundation sport arafura game basketball grown team competition team around darwin region team international competition team world game known arafura sport festival game first ever international sporting festival australian rule football international competition sport right international australian football council formed game playing important role promoting aussie rule dissolving arafura game cancelled due concern sars virus onwards arafura game included event athlete physical disability arafura game received patronage international paralympic committee ipc arafura game incorporated oceania paralympic championship sport athletics swimming powerlifting table tennis arafura game cancelled newly elected clp government october cost much run eightyear hiatus arafura game held april may game postponed due covid pandemic however later announced major event minister natasha fyles future arafura game scrapped conducted federation international basketball association fiba condition guideline basketball played darwin basketball stadium abala road marrara marrara sporting complex recent year usa squad player university team dominated competition northern territory team shaded last arafura game american depth bench let northern territory silver medal past arafura game arafura game basketball result gold united state america usa college silver northern territory northern territory bronze australian indigenous australian indigenous sport played arafura game netball archive result official website archived june wayback machine