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  1. Oceania One Day Meetings 2020-21
  2. Cook Islands Games
  3. World Athletics – Wrap Up
  4. Lauren Bruce Claims Area Hammer Throw Record
  5. McSweyn Area Record
  6. Project W.I.N: HPTC Athletes take on Nutrition
  7. Vale Keith Bade
  8. Area Record Holder Announces Retirement
  9. OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
  10. Alex Beddoes: Sportsmen of the Year
  11. AREA NEWS: FEBRUARY
  12. Ratcliffe Sets New Area Record at Porritt Classic
  13. Oceania 20km Race Walk Championships
  14. Fiji’s Sprinter, Heleina Young, Awarded Inaugural Scholarship
  15. Tokyo Qualifiers, Records, and GIO OzDay10k
  16. Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records
  17. Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run
  18. Maurie Plant: Tributes and Memories
  19. 2020 Melanesian Championships: New Location
  20. NMA 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay
  21. Congratulations to newly elected OAA President Robin Sapong Eugenio of the Northen Mariana Islands
  22. McSweyn claims Zatopek 10,000m Victory in Record Time
  23. Sir Peter Snell, a New Zealand Athletic Legend who Always be Remembered
  24. Day 9 & 10: Doha Report
  25. Doha Report: Day 8
  26. Doha Day 7: Report
  27. Doha Report: Day 6
  28. Doha Report: Day 3
  29. Doha – Day Two
  30. Day 1: Competition Begins
  31. Press Release: 2021 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS
  32. Sally Pearson, one of Australia’s greatest Olympians, has announced her retirement. 
  33. Oceania Athletics Council 2019-2023
  34. Oceania Championships 2021 Update
  35. Vale Elanga Buala (PNG)
  36. Tonga National Championships
  37. PNG’s AOD Project Launched
  38. OAA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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November 6, 2020
Oceania One Day Meetings 2020-21
Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the One Day Meeting Calendar to be conducted in the Oceania Region in 2021. The Continental Tour and Area Permit Meetings are the pathways to qualification for Major World events, and in 2021, that is the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Oceania Athletics recognises the importance of giving athletes the...
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October 13, 2020
Cook Islands Games

The 2020 Cook Islands Games are underway, taking place from the 3rd – 17th October 2020 on the island of Rarotonga. The Athletics is taking place from the 13th of October until the 15th October, the event also doubles as the Cook Islands National Championships for Athletics.  Best of luck to Athletics Cook Islands, and…

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Cook Islands
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September 29, 2020
World Athletics – Wrap Up

25 SEP 2020  REPORT DOHA, QATAR Obiri and McSweyn victorious in Doha as Wanda Diamond League draws to a close https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/doha-diamond-league-obiri-mcsweyn-kipyegon 26 SEP 2020 REPORT ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND Sparking glimmers of hope, mass racing returns with Rotorua Marathon https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/rotorua-marathon-2020 28 SEP 2020 GENERAL NEWS  New way to judge jumps take-off fouls among recent competition rule changes introduced for 2020 and…

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September 20, 2020
Lauren Bruce Claims Area Hammer Throw Record

Lauren Bruce (NZL) has thrown 5.30m Personal Best to break fellow Kiwi, Julia Ratcliffe Area Hammer Throw Record.  Her throw of 73.47, at a meet in Hawkes Bay takes her up to 57th on the World All time list.  The former gymnast, who at 14 years old had to give up Gymnastics due to a stress…

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September 18, 2020
McSweyn Area Record

Australian Stewart McSweyn has broken the Oceania Area 3000m Record in Rome overnight.  The race was set up to run fast, with Irishman Sean Tobin taking the pace for the first 4 laps right on the requested 60 seconds a lap. With McSweyn sitting in second, when Tobin dropped out after 1800m, it was Stewart…

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Area Record
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September 8, 2020
Project W.I.N: HPTC Athletes take on Nutrition
The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) identified Nutrition and Health as a priority area for the IAF funding. Nutrition is a major determinant of health, and promoting a healthy diet has the potential to substantially reduce the burden of disease and improve quality of life. OAA engaged the Griffith University Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics department...
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August 27, 2020
Vale Keith Bade

It is with a heavy heart that we advise that our dear friend, Keith Bade, passed away in Wellington, New Zealand on Tuesday night. Keith has been a regular at our Oceania events for more than two decades along with his wife Christine. His imposing figure could be seen from anywhere across the field at…

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July 10, 2020
Area Record Holder Announces Retirement
Melissa Breen, A two-time Olympian and Oceania Area record holder, has announced her retirement. Congratulations to Melissa on an incredible career, a true leader on and off the track, and an inspiration to many up and coming athletes. Melissa has a tremendous list of highlights, including;   In 2014, Breen broke the Area and Australian Record for the 100m with a Personal...
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Australia
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July 8, 2020
OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – OAA COMPETITION COMMISSION The Oceania Athletics Association is calling for Expressions of Interest to be considered for the newly constituted Oceania Athletics Association, Competition Commission. The Competition Commission will replace the previous editions of the OAA Technical Commission and Cross-Country Committee. The role of the Commission is to advise and to make recommendations…

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May 27, 2020
Alex Beddoes: Sportsmen of the Year

Congratulations, Alex Beddoes awarded Sportsman Of the Year at the recent Cook Islands Sports Awards held at the Edgewater Resort and Spa. Alex, was a Dual gold at Pacific Games in Samoa (800m/1500m), the flag bearer for the Cook Islands at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony, Commonwealth Games representative for Gold Coast 2018, and COK national…

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Cook Islands
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February 25, 2020
AREA NEWS: FEBRUARY
RESULTS RANKINGS CALENDAR FEDERATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION RECORDS New Records: Mustafa Fall (Fiji): New National Indoor Record: Shot Put - 17.65m. Tori Peeters (NZL): New National Record: Javelin - 62.04m Julia Ratcliffe (NZL): New Area Record: Hammer - 72.35m Regine Tugade (GUAM): New National Record: 200m - 24.31 IN THE...
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February 17, 2020
Ratcliffe Sets New Area Record at Porritt Classic

Julia Ratcliffe Sets New Record at Porritt Classic

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Area Record
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February 10, 2020
Oceania 20km Race Walk Championships
The 2020 edition of the Oceania 20km Race Walks Championships took place on Sunday (9th Feb), along Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia. Dane Bird-Smith (QLD) and Jemima Montag won the men’s and women’s the Oceania and Australian 20km Race Walking Championships (respectively) in Adelaide. As both already had raced the automatic qualifying time (men -1:21.00, women...
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Australia
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January 31, 2020
Fiji’s Sprinter, Heleina Young, Awarded Inaugural Scholarship
Congratulations to Heleina Young on being awarded the inaugural Griffith University Oceania Australia Foundation Athletics Business Scholarship. Heleina has been creating waves in the athletics arena around the region and caught the eye of OAA when she became the fastest high school athlete in Fiji to go under 12 seconds at the 2018 Coca-Cola Games....
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Fiji
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January 28, 2020
Tokyo Qualifiers, Records, and GIO OzDay10k
The 2020 Athletics Season is well and truly underway, with Oceania Athletes producing outstanding results across the weekend. Whilst early in the season, results are showing positive signs as we head toward the Olympics, Paralympics and World U20 Championships. Recap: Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records: Article Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run: Article...
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January 26, 2020
Hull and Baxter Set New Area Records
Jessica Hull (Aus) sets a New Area Record at the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour (New Balance Indoor Grand Prix) in Boston, USA. In the women’s 1500m, Jessica Hull of Australia burst to the front in the final straight to win in 4:04.14, taking more than two seconds off the Oceanian indoor record. Matthew Baxter (NZL)...
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Area Record
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January 26, 2020
Palau: 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run

The 4th Annual Koror Kolor Run was a massive success in 2020.

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Palau
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January 20, 2020
Maurie Plant: Tributes and Memories
Maurie Plant, Mr Athletics, the much loved Australia agent, team manager, coach and broadcaster, passed away peacefully and painlessly in hospital over the weekend. Maurie was a great friend to Oceania Athletics and many of our athletes and coaches throughout the Region – he will be missed by all. Maurie left behind a legacy which...
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January 10, 2020
2020 Melanesian Championships: New Location

The 2020 Melanesian Championships will be in Lautoka, Fiji on 24-25 June.

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Fiji
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January 9, 2020
NMA 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay
The Northern Marianas Athletics (NMA) hosted their 38th Annual Christmas Island Relay, on Saturday, December 28, 2019. The annual Island Relay has always attracted hundreds of running enthusiasts willing to cruise the 13.7 mile-long race across the western coast of Saipan starting from Pacific Islands Club (PIC) - San Antonio to the Last Command Post...
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Northern Mariana Islands
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December 16, 2019
Congratulations to newly elected OAA President Robin Sapong Eugenio of the Northen Mariana Islands

OAA Member Federations assembled today for a Special Congress to fulfil the role of Area President, a position previously held by Norfolk Island’s Geoff Gardner. The OAA Special Congress elected Robin to the position of Area President, effective immediately, until the next election in 2023. Robin has been an OAA Council Member since 2007, and…

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Northern Mariana Islands
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December 15, 2019
McSweyn claims Zatopek 10,000m Victory in Record Time

Stewart McSweyn capped a hugely successful 2019 with a win at the annual Zatopek 10,000m in Melbourne on Saturday night

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Area Record
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December 15, 2019
Sir Peter Snell, a New Zealand Athletic Legend who Always be Remembered

Three-time Olympic champion and world record-breaking middle-distance man from New Zealand passes away on the eve of 81st birthday.

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New Zealand
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October 7, 2019
Day 9 & 10: Doha Report

Doha Report by Bob Snow

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October 6, 2019
Doha Report: Day 8

Doha Day 8 Report by Bob Snow

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October 6, 2019
Doha Day 7: Report

Doha Day 7 Report by Bob Snow

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October 4, 2019
Doha Report: Day 6

Day 6 Report from Doha World Championships.

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October 1, 2019
Doha Report: Day 3

Day 3 Doha Report

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September 30, 2019
Doha – Day Two

Doha Day 2 Report

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September 28, 2019
Day 1: Competition Begins

2019 World Athletics Championships, Doha Qatar

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August 22, 2019
Press Release: 2021 OCEANIA AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Oceania Athletics Association is pleased to announce Vanuatu as host of the 2021 Oceania Area Championships.

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August 6, 2019
Sally Pearson, one of Australia’s greatest Olympians, has announced her retirement. 

Congratulations to Sally Pearson on An incredible career, spanning across 16 years.

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March 16, 2019
Oceania Athletics Council 2019-2023

The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) conducted the OAA Congress today on the Gold Coast.  The 20 Member Federations of the Association elected its new Council for the 2019 to 2023 period. The election was overseen by three Oceania Athletics Life Members, who acted as scrutineers, Bob Snow (AUS), Fletcher McEwen (AUS), and Vuli Waqa (FIJ)….

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January 14, 2021
Oceania Championships 2021 Update

Following the Oceania Athletics Council Meeting held on 9th December 2020. Oceania Athletics has taken the difficult decision to withdraw the hosting rights of the 2021 Oceania Athletics Championships from Port Vila, Vanuatu. With the current climate surrounding Covid-19, OAA and Athletics Vanuatu have been unable to successfully implement the necessary work needed for Port…

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January 8, 2021
Vale Elanga Buala (PNG)

The Sport of Athletics is mourning the loss of Elanga Buala who passed away suddenly at her home in Lae today. Along with Iammo Launa and Barbara Ingiro – Sapea, Buala was , in 1984 one of the first women to represent PNG at the Olympic Games From a beginning in Volleyball, Elanga made the…

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Papua New Guinea
January 4, 2021
Tonga National Championships

The year ended in Tonga, with their National Championships being conducted on December 8th and 9th at Teufaiva Sport Stadium. Highlights from the day, included an impressive 15.19m winning throw from Atamaama Tuutafaiva. Whilst double Pacific Games Gold Medalist, Mosese Foliaki, won the 110m Hurdles.

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National Championships
December 17, 2020
PNG’s AOD Project Launched

The hosting of the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst NSW in February 2022 is seen as a great opportunity for PNG Athletics and preparations began earlier this year with the establishment of a small training group of national squad athletes at Utmei Secondary School, ENB under the guidance of National Coach Bernard Manau.Thanks to  Athletics…

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Papua New Guinea
December 15, 2020
OAA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

The Oceania Athletics Association is calling for Expressions of Interest to be considered for the Oceania Athletics Association, Development Commission. The role of the Commission is to provide expertise, advice, and recommendations for the information and approval of the Oceania Athletics Association Council on matters that support the growth, development, and administration of Athletics at…

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December 15, 2020
Vanuatu National Championships

2020 was a challenging year for Athletics Vanuatu especially with the pandemic affecting the whole world. As a result, there was no regional and international competition happening and therefore no athletes are training and no coaches are seen on track. With this issue, The National championship looks as if no athletes will attend the competition….

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National Championships