The latest results of Oceania Athletes competing in the United States are now available on the OAA Website.

Also available are the lastest Pacific Island Rankings.

Go to Development on the left hand side of the homepage and click on:

Oceania Results USA May 2008
Pacific Island Rankings May 2008

Thanks go to OAA Honorary Statistician, Dr Fletcher McEwen for continuing to keep us up to date with the latest results and rankings from around the Area.

Applications are invited for several professional Athletics coaching positions.

Results from Day 2 of the Tonga National Championships are now available at this website. Go to Competitions on the left hand side of the home page and click on Tonga National Championships 2008 - Results Day 2.

During the set-up for the afternoon's events, the Samoan Savai'i team were doing a training run on the mid-field. They left the field as we held opening announcements and prayers. Then the events were underway.

Papua New Guinea's athletes made a fine start to their USA campaign at the weekend with Sharon Henry running a personal best time in the 400m hurdles and Toea Wisil posting seasons best performances in both the 100m and 200m.

Suva awoke to steady rain, but by the time the first event had started the weather was fine and remained that way for the rest of the day.

Favourite for the first event, the Open Girls' 3000m, was Akesa Drotini.

A full set of results of the 2008 Coca Cola Light Games 2008 are now available by going to Competitions on the left hand side of the OAA Home Page and clicking on: Coca Cola Light Games 2008 - Results.

The League of New Caledonia d' Athlétisme (LNCA) benefitted from the school holidays when they organized a training course of athletics on Monday 7 Tuesday 8 Wednesday April 9. The objective of the training course consisted of a grouping of the young athletes (youngest children, tiny, juniors, juniors) resulting from various school establishments of Large Noumea (ONES) in order to familiarize them with the federal sporting framework (LNCA.

Australian Coach and Oceania Athletics Coaches Association, Secretary/Treasurer, Terry West, recently spent time in Palau and the Northern Mariana Islands help prepare the athletes from both Federations for the 2008 Oceania Championships.

The latest Oceania Men and Women Rankings are now available on the website.

The Results of the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Sydney are now available.

The Organizing Committee of the 2009 Mini Pacific Games in the Cook Islands has amended the schedule of the quadrennial meet a week earlier than the original date.

The 2009 Mini Games in Rarotonga will now be held from 21 September to 2 October, instead of the initial schedule from 18 September to 9 October.

Northern Marianas Athletics yesterday released its logo for the 2008 Oceania Athletics Association Area Championships and Grand Prix Series.

The logo, showing a running man and the CNMI's latte stones, was conceptualized by NMA officials with help from local artists. The logo also has some palm trees that is a trademark of the Pacific islands

Federations wishing to host the 2010 Championships and Grand Prix Series are now invited to make application to the to the Oceania Athletics Association.

The Oceania Area Championships and Grand Prix Series will be conducted in the Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan, during the week 21 - 28 June.

For information relating to the Championships and nominations for Technical Officials, go to the left hand side of the OAA Homepage and click on Administration, then go to OAA Competition Circulars 01/08 and 02/08.

For further information please contact the Oceania Athletics Association office: oceania@attglobal.net