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.
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…
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….
Written by Bob Snow – OAA and Athletics PNG Life Member In Townsville last year, Lakona Gerega broke the PNG NR in the Javelin, which had stood since 1991, when he threw 64.89m in the Oceania Championships. Since then he has been struggling to find that form. Today, he came roaring back to his best….
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…
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…