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May 19, 2017
Weekly Recap

2017 Sports sp awards finalist The finalists for The SP Sports Awards for 2017 have been announced. For the female athlete of the year the finalists are Abigail Tere-Apisah (tennis), Thelma Toua (weightlifting) and Toea Wisil (athletics). A total of 155 nominations were received only three have been selected for the 25th anniversary of the…

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May 18, 2017
New Caledonian Throwing Programme

by Bob Snow In Nouméa for the first Oceania Trail Championships, I spent an afternoon with Sandra Lambrani (the New Caledonian Technical Director and Throws Coach) and her athletes at the Mont Dore facility on the outskirts of the capital. The Mont Dore area has a wealth of sporting facilities. Next door to the throwing…

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May 17, 2017
US based PNG Athletes in great form

PNG’s athletes in Texas and Kansas had a hugely successful time on the weekend of 5th – 7th May with two national records, several Regional championship titles, and many personal best performances. Rellie Kaputin, Adrine Monagi and Peniel Richard competed at the Lone Star Conference Championships in Commerce, Texas whilst Wesley Logorava and Robson Yinambe…

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May 17, 2017
First ever trail decathlon championships

Exciting things will be happening in the world of athletics in New Caledonia this Saturday, May 20th. They will be having the first ever trail decathlon championship in Noumea. Athletes are coming from all over to be a part of this run. James Kuegler and Dulia Halliday will be coming in from New Zealand to…

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May 11, 2017
Weekly Recap

Celebrating athletics day Last weekend Federations all around the Oceania Region setup and participated in “Celebrating Athletics Day”. An example is Nauru with a support package from OAA which contained wristbands balloons, Frisbees and a couple of other things, they provided a fun experience for all of the kids who attended.  A big thanks to…

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May 11, 2017
Cook Islands coming to Fiji

With a team of only seven the Cook Islands are getting ready to show their best at the Oceania championships this summer in Fiji. With only 48 days to go the team is training hard. Ms. Patricia Taea former Olympian is currently in Queensland training everyday working on getting a new personal best. She received…

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