Sports
Honiara has three main stadiums, the largest of which is Lawson Tama Stadium, considered to be the national stadium of the Solomon Islands. The stadium, funded by FIFA, is unique as the stand is built into the hillside so there is no official capacity but it is cited as roughly 10,000 people. The stadium hosted the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.
Yachting is also popular in Honiara and it contains the Point Cruz Yacht Club on the harbor. Honiara Golf Club lies on the eastern side of the town, not far from the Lunga River, near the King George VI High School (between Honaria and the airport) was initially 9 hole course on a flat land which was earlier an airstrip. Now it is a 18 tee 11-hole golf course is located on the site of the airfield of the original airports in the 1940s (airstrip which was built during the war for “Fighter two”), and has existed since at least the late 1960s, as has Honiara Cricket Club.
Boxing, rugby, athletics, basketball, netball and volleyball are also practiced. Netball leagues are organized in Honiara for girls and is well-organized in surrounding larger villages, usually by women's clubs.
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