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Oceania Athletics is delighted to announce Pasifika TV as an additional Broadcasting Partner for the Oceania Athletics Championships in collaboration with Fiji TV. In another step to connect families, supporters, and athletics fans to the most important athletics meet in the Oceania Area. Pasifika TV through its free to air network across 15 Pacific broadcasters…

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February 27, 2024

Oceania Athletics Association, Athletes’ Commission election

The Oceania Athletics Association, Athletes’ Commission election will be held at the Oceania Athletics Championships to be held in Suva, Fiji Islands, 1-8 June. Athletes interested in nominating for the OAA Athletes’ Commission, this is your chance to be a voice for athletes in the Oceania Athletics Area. The role of the Athletes’ Commission is…

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November 15, 2023

Oceania Athletics Championships 2024 – Suva, Fiji Islands

The 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships will be conducted in Suva, Fiji, with the Championships to begin on Tuesday June 4th and run until Saturday June 8th. The National Stadium, HFC Bank Stadium, will be the host venue, and is currently being re-laid with a new track surface to be finished by mid-April 2024. Suva has…

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November 6, 2023

Pacific Games – Preliminary Entries, Timetable and Information

Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the preliminary entries for the Pacific Games, to be held in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Pacific Games alternates between different countries of the Pacific Region. The Solomon Islands will host a Games in the capital, Honiara, for the second time. Honiara has previously hosted the 1981 Mini Games. The…

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October 17, 2023

Continental Tour – Oceania – 2024

Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the event grid and events on the Continental Tour for 2024. The Continental Tour within Oceania sees cooperation from both from Australia and New Zealand, to form a calendar and event grid, which will assist athletes in gaining much needed ranking points to qualify for the Olympic Games. Following…

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August 22, 2023

Climate Change Forum – Budapest 2023

Members of the OAA family participate in a climate change forum in Budapest today at the World Championships. All three regions of Oceania were represented on the panel and explained their own challenges with climate change. The Oceania federations, through not fault of their own, are being effected by climate change. You can watch…

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August 18, 2023

WORLD ATHLETICS – PLAQUE OF MERIT

NAME OF NOMINEE: Robert Snow AUSTRALIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA The World Athletics Plaque of Merit is awarded for meritorious services to World Athletics. The Plaque is awarded to one person from each of the six (6) continental areas at each World Athletics Congress. Bob is a previous Statistician of the Oceania and continues to work closely…

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August 17, 2023

World Championships – Budapest 2023

With thanks to Oceania Athletics Life Member, Bob Snow for the following on the Pacific Island Athletes. Australian Preview New Zealand Preview How to Watch Timetable/Results ASA Nathan Crumpton – 100m Nathan competed in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 recording the time of 11.27 seconds in the Preliminary Round. He also…

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August 10, 2023

2024 Continental Tour: Oceania

Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the One Day Meeting Calendar to be conducted in the Oceania Region in 2024. Currently, there is 8 meetings across the 4 levels to be held in 3 different Federations. Oceania Athletics want to ensure that athletes have the best opportunity to qualify for Major Championships. The…

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August 9, 2023

2024 Oceania Athletics Area Championships Update

Oceania Athletics will be hosting the Oceania Area Athletics Championships in 2024. OAA intends to hold the Championships in the Pacific in the May/June timeframe. The dates will be confirmed when the Venue is confirmed. There has been a shortage of International Standard Athletics Facilities in the Pacific over the past few years…

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June 22, 2023

Oceania Cup Competition – Officials & Planning

Article by Bob Snow The athletes from the Micronesian Region to the north of the Equator, have always had difficulties travelling to host cities south of the Equator for Oceania Athletics competitions and the Pacific Games. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to stay within their own region and enjoy all the fruits that…

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June 20, 2023

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Revisited

Article by Bob Snow On Thursday 22nd June, we will see the beginning of four days of Athletics’ competition at the Oleai Stadium on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. This is the scene of the highly successful Pacific Mini Games which were held here in August 2022 and an equally successful Oceania…

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May 8, 2023

Kids’ Athletics Day celebrations

7 May 2023 is World Kids’ Athletics Day! A day dedicated to celebrating children and young people across the globe participating in athletics and being active. World Athletics’ theme for the 2023 Kids’ Athletics Day is MOVE, PLAY, EXPLORE. Whether moving from A to B, playing athletics activities with friends, or exploring new skills, the aim is…

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March 7, 2023

Adrine Monagi Awarded Scholarship

Oceania Athletics Association has partnered with Griffith University and the Oceania Australia Foundation to provide a three-year Business/Athletics Scholarship. Nominations were called from interested Oceania Pacific Island athletes for this fantastic opportunity. Adrine Monagi PNG has been awarded the Scholarship and is starting her studies for a Bachelor of Business this week. Adrine is very…

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February 6, 2023

Oceania at the World Cross Country Championships

The Bathurst World Cross Country Championships will see the largest number of Oceania Athletes (90) attend the championships. In total, 12 Oceania Member Federations will toe the start at Mount Panorama. (Beating the previous 5 in 1988). With 90 Athletes across the teams, it would almost double the previous best of 48 athletes in 1991…

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January 4, 2023

Oceania’s first World Athletics Gold Level Meet

Melbourne to host the world’s best athletes at the Maurie Plant Meet, Oceania’s first World Athletics Gold Level meet Superstars of Australian athletics will take on the world’s best in a high-profile track and field meet on home soil, with World Athletics and the Victorian Government today announcing their support of a World Continental Tour Gold…

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November 21, 2022

Success in Fiji: Coaches Education

The Oceania Athletics Association Area Development Centre is excited to announce the completion of our first face-to-face Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS) LII Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps since the borders opened for the Pacific Region. Thirteen (13) participants from eight (8) different Member Federations participated in the course held in Nadi, Fiji, at the beginning of November….

January 26, 2026

Electric Weekend of Athletics: National Titles & Records

Electric Weekend of Athletics: National Titles & Records An electric weekend of Athletics, National titles decided, Oceania Record, World Leads, and National Records broken in non-stop athletics action New Zealand gathered at the historic Cooks Gardens for the Pak’n’Save Cooks International Classic, the event doubling as the New Zealand Mile Championships. In the field Oceania…

January 23, 2026

Pak’n’Save Cooks International Classic and NZ Mile Championships

Pak’n’Save Cooks International Classic and NZ Mile Championships Cooks Gardens will take centre stage this weekend as the Pak’nSave Cooks International Classic arrives as the first Continental Tour Bronze label meeting in Oceania for 2026. The meeting brings together local and international athletes chasing ranking points and qualification standards as the road to the 2026…

January 19, 2026

Oceania Athletics Community mourns the loss of Hazel McDonnell

Oceania Athletics Community mourns the loss of Hazel McDonnell Vale Hazel McDonnell 1947 – 2026 It is with the heaviest of hearts that we advise the sudden passing of our dear friend, Hazel McDonnell, who suffered a heart attack last night, 18th January. Hazel was a foundation member of the OAA Masters’ Athletes Commission and…

January 18, 2026

Record-Breaking Performances at Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic & New Zealand Short Track Championships

Record-Breaking Performances at Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic & New Zealand Short Track Championships The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opened the Continental Tour in the Oceania Area in Hastings, setting the tone for the season with record breaking performances. Alongside the meeting, New Zealand hosted its inaugural Short Track Championships, with Inaugural National titles…

January 16, 2026

The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opens the Continental Tour

The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opens the Continental Tour The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opens the Continental Tour in the Oceania Area with a lot on offer at Mitre10 Sports Park in Hastings. Ranking points and qualification standards are up for grabs as athletes begin their push towards the Commonwealth Games, World Indoor…

January 15, 2026

Athletics Community Mourns the Passing of Joseph Rodan Junior

Athletics Community Mourns the Passing of Joseph Rodan Junior The Oceania athletics family is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Joseph Rodan Junior, (JJ) a Fijian national and international representative athlete, leader, and advocate for sport, who lost his courageous battle with illness on 13 January 2026. JJ’s impact on athletics was profound…