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November 22, 2024
Oceania Athletics Masters Cup 2025 Entries Open!

We are pleased to announce the opening of entries for the Oceania Athletics Masters Cup 2025, which will be held from October 29th to November 1st in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. You can enter the competition here: https://athletics-oceania.com/oceania-athletics-masters-cup/ After being due to host the Oceania Polynesian Regional Championships before Covid hit, OAA are delighted to be bringing…

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March 1, 2022
Dame Valerie Adams – Retirement

Press Release 1st March 2022 Dame Valerie Adams has announced her retirement from Athletics. The four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion announced that she would be “hanging up her size 14 throwing shoes” at a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand this morning, Tuesday March 1st.Dame Valerie Adams,…

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September 8, 2021
Diamond League Final Preview

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week, the Diamond League Final heads to Zurich. The Diamond League, which is the premier series of Athletics Meetings, began in 2010, and Oceania has had significant success throughout the short history of the Diamond League. The concept of a final for One Day Meetings began in the format we know today in…

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August 7, 2021
Trevor Spittle: Tokyo Technical Official x 2

It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are almost at the end. After 5 years of waiting, Tokyo really did happen, and for one of our ever-green Technical Officials, it was an event like no other. Trevor Spittle is a member of the World Athletics, International Technical Officials’ Panels – one of five Oceania Officials:…

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September 22, 2020
Vale Don Chadderton

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Don Chadderton of Christchurch, who gave over 60 years of service to the sport, passed away on Friday 18 September 2020. Don was a highly dedication and committed man to the sport of athletics and deserving recipient of the Oceania Athletics Association Merit Award in 2014. His lasting legacy to his lifetime of service…

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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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