The Fiji Pearls are now into their final phase of preparations for the Pacific Games before they leave for Papua New Guinea on a commercial flight on the 11th of next month.

They will meet Vanuatu in their first pool match on the 13th of July and meet Cook Islands on the 15th.

The semifinals will be held on the 17th while the Netball final will be staged on the 18th of July.

There was no netball competition in the 2011 Pacific Games.

Fiji won gold in the 2007 Pacific Games in Samoa.

The Pacific Games will be held from the 4th to the 18th of next month in PNG.