May 25, 2022
2006 Oceania Championships – Samoa

OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2006 Apia (December 12-16) By Bob Snow (Photos and Story) As in recent Oceania Athletics Championships, this 8th edition started with a Grand Prix Series. The original idea was to hold the competition in Suva, Fiji, but politics got in the way of the best made plans.  We all knew that a…

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April 25, 2022
2022 FIJI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

FIJI NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – SUVA 15-16 April 2022 – Article by Bob Snow Normally Fiji is in a very enviable position having many excellent athletes identified through the hugely successful Coca Cola Games for secondary school athletes. However, the Covid pandemic has caused these to be either cancelled or postponed for three years, and…

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January 25, 2022
Oceania Athletics Championships 2022 – Mackay, Australia

Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce that the Mackay Regional Council will be the Major Sponsor and Host of the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. The Oceania Athletics Championships, which is the pinnacle event within the Oceania Area for Athletics, will see the best athletes head to Mackay from the 7th until 11th of June. Mackay…

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July 25, 2021
Take off for Tokyo: The Milk Run

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pristine and remote – welcome to the pacific ocean. A map will barely show a dot for most nations, and to most of the world, they are unknown. However, at the Olympics, every nation is given a chance, a moment to shine. An incredibly symbolic and united message that genuinely captures the Olympic ethos….

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March 25, 2021
Melbourne Track Classic

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]The Melbourne Track Classic kicks off tonight, as an area permit meet. Tonight will feature, Matt Denny in the Men’s Discus Throw. Bendere Oboya & Ellie Beer in the Women’s 400m Damien Birkinhead in the Shot Put Jessee Wyatt, Rosemary Little & Maria Strong in the Mixed Secured Shot Put Georgia Griffith, Abbey Caldwell ,…

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January 25, 2021
Zatopek Classic Preview

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The first Area Permit Meeting of 2021 in Australia is the Zatopek Classic. Traditionally held in December, this meet has been shifted to the Australia Day holiday of January 26 due to covid-19 concerns. The longest running meeting in Oceania, the 2021 January edition will be the 59th running of the meeting. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][epic_element_blocklink compatible_column_notice=””…

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