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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May 17, 2022
Gender Leadership Program

The Gender Leadership Program undertaken by World Athletics through the Oceania Athletics Association empowers women, men and minorities in the region to prepare for leadership roles. These roles could be within the national, area, and global federations; these programs are creating an equal playing field at the decision-making levels of the sport. At the Oceania…

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May 7, 2022
2004 OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – Townsville

OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2004 Townsville (December 16-18)  By Bob Snow Townsville is the first town to hold the OAA Championship for a second time. The infrastructure and the circle of local officials have made it an easy decision to hold the event there more than once. All the action took place at the Townsville…

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May 1, 2022
2002 Oceania Championships – Christchurch

OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2002 Christchurch (December 12-14)  After successful Oceania Grand Prix competitions in Ballarat and Melbourne, the sporting caravan crossed the Tasman Sea to New Zealand to get ready for the sixth Oceania Athletics Championships in Christchurch.  After an impressive Maori welcoming ceremony, the IAAF Area Delegate, Bill Bailey, was required to reply…

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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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April 19, 2022
2000 Adelaide Oceania Championships

OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2000 Adelaide (August 24-26)  Coming just a month before the start of the Sydney Olympic Games, it was a meet fraught with tension, drama and importance. The Senior and the Youth Championships were held in conjunction with each other. In this outing of the OAA Championships the Junior Division was replaced…

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