December 7, 2020
PNG National Championships Review – Day 1 & 2

Written by Bob Snow, OAA and Athletics PNG Life Memeber Early competition was to conduct the heats, where necessary, for the 400m and 800m metres events. In the U18 Women’s 400m Serah Neuendorf, Western Province, (the daughter of Baobo Duaba-Neuendorf and Rosemary Nami) won easily in the time of 63.48 seconds. A good win on…

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December 7, 2020
Tiernan takes 10,000m Record

Pat Tiernan has broken the Oceania 10,000m in Los Angeles, USA. Running at the Sound Running event, put on for athletes to try and qualify for the rescheduled Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games. Pat ran 27:22.55, to take over a second off the record, held by Stewart McSweyn from the Zatopek Classic in 2019, a race…

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Area News
December 2, 2020
Papua New Guinea National Championships Preview

Written by Bob Snow, Athletics PNG and Oceania Athletics Life Member The year has been quite unlike any experienced in my lifetime. The Corona pandemic has played havoc with our lives, and made it extremely difficult for sporting competitions to follow their normal seasons. As such it is to their credit that Athletics PNG has…

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National Championships
November 26, 2020
PNG Hero Programme

Three members of the National Track and Field Team joined 28 other participants from 16 sports in attending the Team PNG Hero Programme last week in Port Moresby. Poro Gahekave , Sharon Toako and Jacklyne Travertz were  all nominated by Athletics PNG to undertake the training at the invitation of the PNG Olympic Committee.The Team PNG HERO Programme is…

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Papua New Guinea
November 20, 2020
Sharon Toako Breaks PNG National Record

Sharon Toako set a new PNG national record for the women’s discus in Port Moresby last weekend with a distance of 38.96metres, eclipsing the mark of 38.46 set by heptathlete Iammo Launa in 1993, also in Port Moresby. Toako is better known as the National Record Holder and 2019 Pacific Games gold medallist in the…

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National Record
November 17, 2020
Area News: November 2020

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