December 11, 2024
Record Breaking Junior Athletes

A historic weekend for Athletics in Oceania. Junior Athletes showing a bright future ahead for Athletics in the Area. Australia – 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championships The track was heating up in Brisbane for the Australian All Schools Championships, with record breaking performances across the board. The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic host…

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October 11, 2024
The 3rd Cook Islands Games Athletics competition set to begin in Nikao

The Cook Island Games Athletics competition is set to take place on 11th and 12th of October. The two week multi sport event will feature athletics, rugby, netball and traditional canoe racing. The event aims to showcase local talent amongst the Cook Islands amongst ceremonies, and cultural performances. Now in its 3rd edition, the Games…

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Cook Islands
September 11, 2024
Oceania welcomes 60 new Bronze Referees

Oceania Athletics Association would like to congratulate the 60 successful candidates that completed the recent WA Referee Education and Certification System (WARECS) Bronze Referees Evaluation that was conducted for the Oceania Area. The WARECS evaluation saw 23 Women and 37 Men successfully complete the online evaluation from Australia and New Zealand, adding to the breadth of…

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June 11, 2022
Building a community of wellbeing at the Oceania Athletics Championships

One thousand athletes, coaches, team managers, officials and administrators descended on Mackay this week for the Oceania Athletics Championships after three years of hibernation. This year not only did we experience the joy of five full days of competition from under 16s through to masters, but we also added for the first time an Education…

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April 11, 2022
Brisbane Track Classic 2022

Article by Len Johnson for World Athletics and Photographs Casey Sims Olympic fourth-place finisher Peter Bol closed the Brisbane Track Classic with a convincing win over a classy field in the men’s 800m, the brightest race on an uncharacteristically gloomy afternoon on Saturday (9). Persistent rain and swirling winds made life difficult for competitors across…

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April 11, 2022
1996 TOWNSVILLE – OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sixteen nations competed in the third Oceania Athletics Championships, including the Federated States of Micronesia who had been admitted to the IAAF (now World Athletics) earlier in the year. There were 42 events contested with 22 for men and 20 for women.  The outstanding athlete of the meet was Tonga’s Siulolo Liku who won the…

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