pacific games, noumea 2011 - Oceania Athletics Association

December 2011 

TECHNICAL NEWS ATHLETE AND COACHING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. Table of Contents ……………………………………………...2 

2. IAAF Council ………..………………………………………. ..3 

3. Editorial …...………………………………………….. ……. …4 

4. OAA Council …………………………………………………...5 

5. Member Services Department Chart………………………...6 

6. Competition - Analysis of the Pacific Games ……………….7 

7. Physiotherapy - Injury Prevention ………………………….14 

8. Story - Commonwealth Youth Games ………………...... .16 

9. 2011 Coaches Education and Certification System ……. 18 

10. Oceania Kids Athletics……………………………………...26 

11. RDC Gold Coast ……………………………………………28 

12. 2012 RDC Courses ………………………………………. .33 

13. OAA 2012-2015 Calendar …………………………………35 

Oceania RDC Bulletin 2011 Page 2

President Lamine Diack (Senegal) 

Senior Vice President Robert Hersh (USA) 

Vice Presidents Dahlan Al-Hamad (Qatar) 

Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 

Sebastian Coe (Great Britain and N.I.) 

Honorary Treasure Valentin Balakhnichev (Russia) 

Area Representatives Geoff Gardner (Norfolk Island) 

Roberto Gesta De Melo (Brazil) 

Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (Cameroon) 

Suresh Kalmadi (India) 

Neville McCook (Jamaica) 

Hansjorg Wirz (Switzerland) 

Council Members Ahmed Al Kamali (United Arab Emirates) 

Bernard Amsalem (France) 

Sylvia Barlag (Netherlands) 

Pauline Davis -Thompson (Bahamas) 

Helmut Digel (Germany) 

Nawal El Mountawakel (Morocco) 

Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 

Abby Hoffman (Canada) 

Alberto Juantorena Danger (Cuba) 

Isaiah F. Kiplagat (Kenya) 

Jose Maria Odriozola (Spain) 

Jung-Ki Park (Korea) 

Anna Riccardi (Italy) 

Irena Szewinska (Poland) 

Katsuyuki Tanaka (Japan) 

General Secretary Essar Gabriel (France) 

IAAF COUNCIL 

IAAF COUNCIL 


Dear Friends and Colleagues, 

In 2009 the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) became 

the first Area Association of the IAAF to embrace the 

concept of ―decentralisation‖, being one of the goals 

established for the future development of the sport of 

athletics globally and embodied within the framework of the 

World Athletics Plan. 

As part of this process, the OAA has taken on the 

responsibility for both the High Performance Training Centre 

(HPTC) and the Regional Development Centre (RDC) and 

they now form an integral part of the Association‘s structure. 

The RDC ―Managers‖ role, as distinct from the previously 

recognised ―Directors‖ role reflects this new arrangement 

with the position being carefully integrated into the OAA 

staffing and management structure which will ensure closer 

coordination of activities and efficiencies in operations. 

The OAA Council effectively fills the role as the RDC Board 

of Management, in partnership with the IAAF Member 

Services Department, which allows Oceania Member 

Federations a greater degree of input, through their elected 

representatives, into the planning and operations of the 

RDC with courses identified and tailored specifically to the 

needs of the region. 

The Oceania Gold Coast, RDC continues to deliver the high 

standard of services and course opportunities expected of 

RDC‘s around the world, of which this bulletin is one small 

but important part. 

An attempt has been made to ensure as far as is possible 

that the articles in this Bulletin are relevant to Oceania and 

penned by ―home grown‖ identities from around the region 

including a selection of respected statisticians, sports 

scientists, team coaches and others. Included also is the 

outline of recently introduced IAAF Coaching Education and 

Certification framework which is designed, in part, to 

underpin the establishment of a workable coaching structure 

within our member federations. It has become clear that this 

―structure― element of coaching development is not well 

understood and a matter which we plan to address in future 

relevant RDC course content and during OAA workshops. 

The report on the Kids Athletics program in Oceania is 

timely particularly now that all of our Member Federations 

have actively embraced this initiative with qualified 

instructors in place throughout Oceania. It is important that 

EDITORIAL 

the rollout of this activity continues and that the instructors 

remain active to ensure our sport remains the leading 

participatory sport in schools across the region, providing 

a solid foundation for the future development of Athletics 

at all levels. 

I am sure you will find this edition interesting and 

informative, however if you would like to share news of 

activities in your Federation or to share your expertise in 

your chosen field with your colleagues across Oceania, 

then please consider submitting articles and stories for 

future Bulletins by contacting the OAA Office. 

Geoff Gardner 

OAA President 


OAA COUNCIL 

OAA COUNCIL 

President Mr Geoff Gardner (NFI) 

Vice President Mr Trevor Spittle (NZL) 

Treasurer Mrs Titaua Juventin (PYF) 

Council Members Mr Albert Miller (FIJ) 

Mr Robin Eugenio (NMI) 

Mr Dallas O'Brien (AUS) 

Mr Jim Tobin (FSM) 

Executive Director Mrs Yvonne Mullins (AUS) 


MSD CHART 


ANALYSIS OF THE ATHLETICS 

COMPETITION – PACIFIC 

GAMES, NOUMEA 2011 

Who were the stars of the 2011 Pacific Games in 

Noumea? Many have nominated their candidates for the 

Male and Female Athletes of the Meet, but many of the 

judgments are quite subjective and vary from country to 

country. 

To provide a more objective point-of-view, a ranking of the 

performances, using the IAAF Scoring Tables, is found 

below. 

COMPETITION 

EVENT NAME COUNTRY PEFRORMANCE POINTS 

LJ Frederic ERIN NCL 8.12m 1151 

400mH Mowen BOINO PNG 50.96 1079 

TJ Frederic ERIN NCL 16.10m 1058 

SP Tumatai DAUPHIN PYF 18.93m 1055 

200m Banuve TABAKAUCORO FIJ 21.18 1054 

JT Leslie COPELAND FIJ 78.41m 1053 

400mH Simon THIEURY PYF 51.87 1037 

100m Banuve TABAKAUCORO FIJ 10.52 1031 

LJ Raihau MAIAU PYF 7.54m 1029 

400m Nelson STONE PNG 47.48 1028 

TJ Eugene VOLLMER FIJ 15.67m W 1012 

SP Emanuele FUAMATU SAM 18.11m 1006 

200m Nelson STONE PNG 21.59 996 

4 x 400m PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG 3:12.34 994 

4 x 100m FIJI FIJ 41.25 993 

400mH Roy RAVANA FIJ 52.95 988 

4 x 400m FIJI FIJ 3:12.75 988 

400m Ratutira NARARA FIJ 48.19 986 

4 x 100m PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG 41.47 978 

400m John RIVAN PNG 48.35 977 

4 x 100m NEW CALEDONIA NCL 41.52 974 

4 x 400m VANUATU VAN 3:13.94 971 

LJ Eugene VOLLMER FIJ 7.25m 968 

PV Eric REUILLARD NCL 5.00m 966 

400m Simon THIEURY PYF 48.58 963 

400m Beniamino MARAVU FIJ 48.61 962 

400m Wala GIME PNG 48.76 953 

DT Bertrand VILI NCL 54.12m 939 

HJ Ogun ROBERT NCL 2.06m 923 

800m Adrien KELA NCL 1:54.12 916 

110mH Mowen BOINO PNG 14.95 905 

Marathon Georges RICHMOND PYF 2:31:09 905 

Decathlon Eric REUILLARD NCL 6232 pts 842 

1500m Adrien KELA NCL 4:01.54 836 

HT Tomasi TOTO NCL 57.81m 830 

3000mSt Theo HOUDRET NCL 9:49.30 803 

10000m Nordine BENFODDA NCL 32:08.28 782 

5000m Nordine BENFODDA NCL 15:22.46 744 


All performances above 950 points were included, and 

then all other gold-medal winning performances below that 

standard were added to the list. 

My candidate for Athlete of the Games was Frederic Erin 

of New Caledonia. He scored 1151 on the IAAF Tables for 

his 8.12m in the Long Jump, breaking the Games Record 

in the process. It was an Olympic B-Qualifying 

performance, National Record and the distance would 

have placed him 9 th in the World Championships in 

Daegu, South Korea. In addition he won the Triple Jump 

with a Games Record distance of 16.10m. He keeps on 

getting better and better – and is still a youthful 31 years 

of age. Also 31 years young is Mowen Boino (PNG) who 

had the second ranked performance in the 400m Hurdles 

– also in a new Games Record. 

Those performances in bold print indicate that the Games 

Record was either equaled, or broken. 

The obvious top candidate for Best Female Athlete of the 

Games is PNG‘s Toea Wisil. Not only did she win the 

sprint-treble (100m, 200m & 400m), but she was involved 

in four of the top five performance using the IAAF Tables 

method of ranking. Toea was a member of the winning 

PNG 4 x 100m & 4 x 400m Relays. 

In August 2010 it was approved by the Games council to 

merge the records for the South Pacific Games / Pacific 

Games and those for the Mini Games. At the conclusion 

of the Nouméa Games the records were updated and 

appear on the following pages. 

EVENT NAME COUNTRY PEFRORMANCE POINTS 

4 x 100m PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG 46.30 1050 

400m Toea WISIL PNG 54.94 1038 

4 x 100m FIJI FIJ 46.60 1038 



400m Miriama SENOKONOKO FIJ 55.41 1023 

JT Linda SELUI NCL 57.32m 1016 

4 x 400m PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG 3:45.32 1013 

400m Salome DELL PNG 55.97 1005 

400m Betty BURUA PNG 56.10 1001 

400mH Betty BURUA PNG 60.89* 996 

400mH Sharon KWARULA PNG 60.99* 993 

200m Paulini KOROWAQA FIJ 25.33 980 

200m Venessa WARO PNG 25.38 977 

100m Paulini KOROWAQA FIJ 12.31 976 

100m Sisilia SEAVULA FIJ 12.36 968 

200m Sisilia SEAVULA FIJ 25.57 963 

4 X 400m FIJI FIJ 3:51.69 963 

100m Venessa WARO PNG 12.40 962 

100mH Sharon KWARULA PNG 14.70 949 

3000mSt Heiata BRINKFIELD PYF 11:07.55 938 

800m Salome DELL PNG 2:13.21 931 

LJ Terani FAREMIRO PYF 5.66m 914 

SP Ana PO'UHILA TGA 15.72m 912 

DT Margaret SATUPAI SAM 52.05m 912 

TJ Betty BURUA PNG 11.83m W 872 

HJ Terani FAREMIRO PYF 1.69m** 859 

Heptathlon Terani FAREMIRO PYF 4667 pts 842 

Marathon Sophie GARDON PYF 3:01:11 831 

1500m Salome DELL PNG 4:52.76 819 

10000m Anne BEAUFILS NCL 39:22.08 782 

5000m Anne BEAUFILS NCL 18:39.98 778 

HT Elise TAKOSI NCL 50.13m 760 

PV Dolores DOGBA PYF 2.60m 449 

W - wind assisted * Estimated time 

**HJ in Heptathlon 


PACIFIC GAMES RECORDS 

Suva (1963), Nouméa (1966), Port Moresby (1969), Tahiti (1971), Guam (1975), Suva (1979), Honiara (1981), Apia 

(1983), Rarotonga (1985), Nouméa (1987), Nuku‘alofa (1989), Port Moresby (1991), Port Vila (1993), Tahiti (1995), Pago 

Pago (1997), Guam (1999), Norfolk Island (2001), Suva (2003), Palau (2005), Apia (2007), Rarotonga (2009), Nouméa 

MEN'S EVENTS 

(2011) 

100m 10.34 Jone DELAI FIJ 1995 

200m 21.18 Banuve TABAKAUCORO FIJ 2011 

400m 46.42 Soloveni Koroi NAUKAUNICINA FIJ 1997 

800m 1:49.54 Isireli NAIKELEKELEVESI FIJ 1999 

1500m 3:50.27 Alain LAZARE NC 1987 



3000m S/C 9:07.11 Alain LAZARE NC 1987 

Half Marathon 1:09:53 Georges RICHMOND PYF 2003 

Marathon 2:26:58 Alain LAZARE NC 1987 

20km W 1:49:23 Dip CHAND FIJ 1997 

110m H 14.32 Jovesa NAIVALU FIJ 1999 

400m H 50.96 Mowen BOINO PNG 2011 

4 X 100m 40.15 FIJI 1997 

4 X 400m 3:09.55 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1991 

HJ 2.21m Paul POANIEWA NC 1979 

PV 5.00m Thibault CATTIAU PYF 1989 

5.00m Eric REUILLARD NC 2011 

LJ 8.12m Frederic ERIN NC 2011 

TJ 16.10m Frederic ERIN NC 2011 

SP 18.93m Tumatai DAUPHIN PYF 2011 

DT 58.31 Bertrand VILI NC 2007 

HT 61.78 Laurent PAKIHIVATAU NC 1995 

JT 78.96m Jean-Paul LAKAFIA NC 1987 

Octathlon 5218pts Iosefo VULOALOA FIJ 2001 

Decathlon 7265pts Albert MILLER FIJI 1991 


WOMEN'S EVENTS 

100m 11.55 Makelesi BULIKIOBO FIJ 2007 



800m 2:11.12 Salome TABUATALEI FIJ 1995 

1500m 4:29.3 Nadia PRASAD NC 1995 


5000m 18:22.9h Sophie GARDON PYF 2003 


3000m S/C 11:07.55 Heiata BRINKFIELD PYF 2011 

Half Marathon 1:24:20 Sophie GARDON PYF 2007 

Marathon 2:54:02 Pauline VEA TGA 1995 

20kW 1:58:32 Angela KEOGH NFI 1999 

100m H 13.96 Rachel ROGERS FIJ 1995 

13.6h Rachel ROGERS FIJ 1997 

400mH 58.90 Mary-Estelle KAPALU VAN 1999 

4 x 100m 44.86 FIJI 2003 

4 X 400m 3:40.55 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2007 

HJ 1.80m Daniele GUYONNET PYF 1979 

1.80m Veronique BOYER PYF 2001 

PV 2.95m Dolores DOGBA PYF 2007 

LJ 6.09m Brigitte HARDEL NC 1985 

TJ 12.95m Laurence UPIGIT NC 1999 

SP 16.92m ‗Ana PO‘UHILA TGA 2005 

DT 53.17m Tereapii TAPOKI COK 2007 

HT 50.70m ‗Ana PO‘UHILA TGA 2009 

JT (old) 58.14 Bina RAMESH NC 1995 

(New specifications introduced April 1999. Winner in '99 set a new record) 

JT (1999) 57.32m Linda SELUI NC 2011 

Heptathlon 5037pts Iammo Gapi LAUNA PNG 1989 


Analysis of the Standard of Events 

The ranking of the events below has been produced by 

finding the average IAAF Scoring Points for the first five 

positions in each event. 

In events with fewer than five competitors, then the average 

for all participants in the event was taken. Disqualifications, 

those who did not finish, and field event participants who 

had three fouls will be ignored - not given zero points. 

Men‘s and Women‘s Lists will be done separately. 

Men’s Events 

400m 980.4 points 

Long Jump 978.8 

400m Hurdles 974.6 

200m 954.2 

4 x 100m Relay 931.2 

Shot Put 928.6 

100m 919.8 

Triple Jump 905.8 

800m 872.4 

Javelin 863.2 

High Jump 815.8 

Discus 812.0 

1500m 803.6 


3000m Steeplechase 754.2 

10000m 739.4 

Decathlon 714.6 

5000m 674.0 

4 x 400m Relay 952.5 4 teams only 

Pole Vault 796.0 3 competitors 

Marathon 776.5 4 competitors 

Hammer Throw 754.0 4 competitors 

Women’s Events 

400m 1001.2 points 

200m 977.8 

100m 976.6 


3000m Steeplechase 846.6 

Long Jump 835.8 

800m 829.8 

Triple Jump 826.0 

Discus 816.8 

Shot Put 814.0 

1500m 804.8 

Heptathlon 748.0 

10000m 732.2 

High Jump 723.8 

5000m 718.8 

Hammer Throw 713.8 


400m Hurdles 928.0 estimated times 

& points 

Javelin 924.6 3 competitors 


Marathon 717.3 3 competitors 

Pole Vault 420.7 4 competitors 

Participation Rates 

To provide an insight into the changing participation rates 

over the years, the following table shows the number of 

countries entering athletes, per event, for the 2011 

Nouméa Games, and the total number of athletes 

participating in each event. To enable a comparison with 

the Nouméa 2011 Games the numbers of athletes for 

each event in the Games from Apia (2007), Suva (2003), 

Guam (1999), Tahiti (1995), Port Moresby (1991) and 

Nouméa (1987) are shown. It is interesting to note that 

Port Moresby and Guam have had the best participation 

results in the past quarter century. 

For each of the events the number of entries per Games is 

listed below. The Games with the largest number of 

entries per event (or equal largest per event) is highlighted 

in bold print. 


Event Countries 

Athletes / 

Nouméa Apia Suva Guam Tahiti Port Moresby Noumea 

W 100m 10 19 19 15 22 14 22 13 

M 100m 14 25 33 25 35 24 31 16 

W 200m 8 16 11 14 14 12 22 13 

M 200m 11 19 22 17 29 21 27 15 

W 400m 5 10 9 8 12 9 18 7 

M 400m 10 21 16 17 19 15 26 13 

W 800m 6 9 8 6 8 8 10 10 

M 800m 8 13 14 12 18 14 17 12 

W 1500m 7 12 8 11 10 7 8 11 

M 1500m 8 14 14 9 19 12 11 13 

W 5000m 5 11 12 9 10 Not held Not held Not held 

M 5000m 6 13 10 8 15 12 12 13 

W 10000m 4 10 7 Not held 12 3 7 Not held 

M 10000m 5 10 8 12 13 14 12 13 

W Marathon 2 3 4 Half 4 Half 5 8 6 Not held 

M Marathon 2 6 14 Half 13 Half 12 11 14 12 

W 100mH 5 7 5 5 4 5 10 8 

M 110mH 5 7 12 8 7 7 13 11 

W 400mH 5 8 4 7 6 3 10 6 

M 400mH 5 7 9 11 7 8 8 13 

W 3000m St 5 10 5 Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held 

M 3000m St 5 9 6 8 12 9 9 10 

W HJ 2 5 7 7 8 5 7 10 

M HJ 5 9 6 6 11 6 6 12 

W PV 2 5 4 4 5 Not held Not held Not held 

M PV 2 4 4 7 6 11 8 6 

W LJ 4 6 12 10 12 8 11 7 

M LJ 8 12 13 13 16 15 18 10 

W TJ 5 7 5 7 9 8 Not held Not held 

M TJ 4 7 10 10 11 11 13 6 

W SP 6 9 10 9 10 9 9 9 

M SP 5 8 8 13 13 6 12 8 

W DT 6 8 10 8 8 9 10 8 

M DT 7 11 12 16 15 6 13 10 

W HT 5 7 9 6 6 Not held Not held Not held 

M HT 2 4 6 9 5 7 10 4 

W JT 2 3 9 8 8 8 9 11 

M JT 5 9 11 8 10 11 13 6 

W Heptath- 5 9 6 5 7 4 6 9 

M Decathlon 5 7 5-Oct 6 10 6 7 13 

W 4 x 100m 4 6 4 7 5 5 4 

M 4 x 100m 6 10 7 8 5 6 4 

W 4 x 400m 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 

M 4 x 400m 5 8 6 6 5 6 5 


For the recently completed Nouméa Games there was an 

average of 9.27 athletes who actually competed in each 

event. 

The table below gives the figures for the seven Games 

studied 

Games Year Entries per Event 

Port Moresby 1991 11.97 athletes 

Guam 1999 11.27 athletes 

Apia 2007 9.65 athletes 

Nouméa 1987 9.59 athletes 

Suva 2003 9.35 athletes 

Nouméa 2011 9.27 athletes 

Tahiti 1995 9.15 athletes 

For comparison, in the Inaugural South Pacific Games in 

1963, the participation rate for the Men‘s Events was 13.0, 

and for the Women‘s Events it was 8.4. The combined rate 

for the 29 events on offer was 11.41 athletes per event. In 

the second SPG in Nouméa (1966) the rate for the Men‘s 

Events was 12.5 and for the Women‘s Events it was 11.09. 

The combined participation rate for the 31 events was 12.0 

athletes per event. 

Medal Tally and Ranking by Country 

At the conclusion of the Games the Medal Tally was 

prepared - see table below. I include only those events that 

are traditional for the Athletics Competition at the Games, 

and do not include those for AWD / Handisport / Parasport 

COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 

New Caledonia 16 11 17 46 

Papua New Guinea 14 7 9 30 

French Polynesia 8 7 5 20 

Fiji 4 10 6 20 

Samoa 1 3 1 5 

Tonga 1 1 2 4 

Wallis & Futuna 0 3 1 4 

Vanuatu 0 1 1 2 

Guam 0 1 0 1 

TOTAL 44 44 42* 132 

* Using the rule of ―N-1‖ for the awarding of medals, four 

athletes or more need to have participated in an event for 

all three medals to be awarded. In the Women‘s Javelin 

there were only three competitors, so ―officially‖ only two 

medals could be awarded. Only three athletes competed 

in the Women‘s Marathon, but all three medals were 

presented! Neither appear in the official medal tally on the 

Games website. 

To give a more accurate assessment of the success of the 

participating teams, a score, allocating points for the first 

eight in each event has been made. The winner of each 

event scores 8 points, down to the eighth-placed athlete 

scoring 1 point. 

The scores for 17 countries who had athletes finishing in 

the top 8 in any event are - 

New Caledonia 439 points 

Papua New Guinea 322 points 

French Polynesia 224 points 

Fiji 201 points 

Samoa 47 points 

Tonga 43 points 

Vanuatu 38 points 

Guam 34 points 

Wallis & Futuna 32 points 

Solomon Islands 24 points 

Nauru 13 points 

Cook Islands 11 points 

Palau 8 points 

Tuvalu 4 points 

Kiribati 2 points 

Norfolk Island 1 point 

Northern Marianas 1 point 

Bob Snow, A.T.F.S. 

Former OAA Statistician 


Injury Prevention 

By Richard Newsham-West PhD 

Griffith University , Gold Coast 

Participating in sport, while it has the associated health 

and psychological benefits, it does carry the risk of a 

musculoskeletal injury. Fortunately in track and field 

athletes, most injuries are not serious and the injury will 

rapidly repair and the athlete will rehabilitate quickly. 

Of all the track and field athletes the literature would 

suggest that the risk for injury is higher in athletes 

competing in the running events when compared to 

those competing in field events, but this is in no way 

conclusive. Epidemiological studies of injury prevalence, 

incidence and patterns in track and field athletics are 

scarce. What literature that does exist, suggests that in 

the running events where the foot hits the ground 

between 1000 and 1500 times per mile with forces of up 

to 3 times body weight, the overuse type injuries are 

common and occur mainly in the lower limb (leg and 

foot). In the events where a force is generated such as in 

the sprinting and jumping events acute muscular 

injuries are the most commonly reported injuries. 

Pole-vaulters and high jumpers tend to report acute 

lower back injuries as the predominant injury. In the 

throwing events, both acute and overuse upper limb and 

lower back injuries are reported. Knowing the 

predominant injury (type and body location) and 

knowledge in the cause of these injuries allows the team 

physiotherapist, coach and exercise physiologist to 

design event specific programs that are aimed at 

minimising the chance of these injuries occurring by 

addressing the risk factors associated or causes of the 

predominant injuries. 

Sports injuries are not often the result a single risk 

factor. Often they are a result of a number of intrinsic 

and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic or internal risk factors that 

may predispose the athlete to injury are factors that are 

individual and specific to that athlete, such as a muscle 

imbalance, prior injury, inadequate or poor diet, poor 

sleep or recovery and faulty mechanics. Risk factors that 

are external to the athlete include inappropriate or old 

footwear, their training practices and the physical 

environment in which they are training and compete in 

(e.g. the local climatic conditions). 

The healthcare provider associated with the team or 

squad should along with the coach and the athlete 

develop a plan for relevant prevention measures 

PHYSIOLOGY 

strategies that will not only minimise or remove these 

risk factors but better prepare the athlete for participation 

in their chosen event. 

A simple guide to injury prevention is as follows; 

Pre-season or pre-participation screening 

A healthcare provider, usually the physiotherapist will 

use a screening tool to identify the ‗at risk’ athlete and 

those factors that may increase the athlete to injury. 

This usually involves a full history of sporting activity 

and injury history, a physical examination, a measure 

muscle performance such as length and strength of 

the muscles (e.g. hamstring length, side bridging), 

proprioceptive or kinesthetic sense (balance) through 

a series of balance related assessments, a series of 

event specific skill based assessments and a series of 

fitness and conditioning assessments. During these 

assessments, deficits in the athlete‘s biomechanical 

and physiological systems that place the athlete at risk 

of injury can be identified and intervention(s) designed 

to address these can be introduced into the athletes 

training schedule. 

Warm-up, cool-down and stretch 

Warming-up correctly in important in preparing the 

body and mind for the activity is important in injury 

prevention. The cool-down is equally as important to 

help the body recover from exercise and again prevent 

injury. The warm-up should include a period of 

endurance and cardiovascular loading type exercises 

but also include skill or task specific exercises along 

with dynamic stretching to prepare the body for the 

demands of the sporting event. Cool down exercises is 

often forgotten by the athlete but it is equally 

important. It is important to perform some low impact 

low cardiovascular activity such as a light jog or walk, 

static stretches and re-fuelling with appropriate food 

and fluids. Some athletes use other recovery 

strategies such as massage, pool sessions and or 

contrast baths. These need to be explored by each 

individual athlete in consultation with their coaches. 


Physical conditioning 

Being prepared physically not only improves sporting 

performance but helps prevent injuries. Being physically 

prepared means the athlete can perform the given task 

without injury because there are no un-wanted 

movements of the limb because there is enough stability 

and /or strength to overcome any movement alteration 

without injury occurring and physical. 

A close analysis of the requirements of the individual 

event by the coach and sports science coordinator is 

essential to minimise the chance of injury. This analysis 

will identify the physiological requirements on the body, 

muscle strength, length and co-ordination required to 

participate and the designing of a specific training 

program to best prepare the athlete for the demands of 

the event. 

Technique 

Malalignment or biomechanical problems in the athletes 

movements such as pronated feet, internal rotation of 

the knee have been associated with injury. It is 

important to identify the risky elements in the sport and 

learn the correct technique at all times, to prevent injury. 

If it is difficult for the athlete to perform the activity 

optimally, then consultation with a Physiotherapist or 

Exercise Physiologist or specialised coach in the event 

will help identify the reason for this and a program of 

stretching or strengthening or skill based drills can be 

designed to eliminate any unwanted and potential injury 

risk factors. 

Sporting equipment 

It is important to buy the correct sporting equipment 

(e.g. shoes) and take care of the equipment to prevent 

injury. A simple sign that there is a problem with 

equipment is that the athlete will start to develop strange 

or out-of-the ordinary aches and pains after using or 

wearing the equipment. 

Hydration and nutrition 

An understanding of how hydration and nutrition 

affects the body‘s ability to recover and respond to 

training enables the athlete to make better food and fluid 

choices before, during and after exercise. The right 

hydration and nutrition program will prevent fatigue and 

reduce the subsequent risk of injury that is associated 

with fatigue both at a physiological level (tired muscles) 

and psychological level (poor concentration). 

Environment 

Ensure that sporting facilities and equipment being used 

is safe. The correct clothing should be worn that is 

suited to the climatic conditions training and competing 

occurs in. 

Injury management 

This is probably one of the key elements of injury 

prevention. All the literature surrounding injury 

prevention identify a history of a previous injury is the 

most significant predictor of future injury. Therefore the 

correct identification, treatment and rehabilitation of 

injuries will help players return to training and 

competition sooner without any deficit (both 

physiological and muscular) that may place the athlete 

at risk of future injury. 

Rest and recovery 

Sleep is becoming an essential aspect of injury 

prevention. Sleep is not only important for general 

health and wellbeing, both mentally and physically but it 

is critical for recovery after in intensive workouts as well 

as to perform well during competition. Chronic 

overexertion and chronic fatigue can increase the 

athlete‘s susceptibility to injury. Alongside good sleeping 

habits, eating a nutritionally balanced diet each day is 

essential to aid in muscle and physiological recovery. 

Summary 

In summary injury prevention is not achieved in isolation 

but includes the athlete, coach and medical personnel 

such as the Physiotherapist, Dietitian, Exercise 

Physiologist or Sports Doctor. Ensuring proper, efficient 

muscle mechanics requires practice and effective 

coaching and should include a systematic program of 

event specific exercises such as strengthening, flexibility 

and skill related drills. Faulty or inefficient muscle 

mechanics must be corrected and fundamental skills 

engrained if the athlete is to maximise the chance of 

performance improvements and to minimise the risk of 

injury. During the competitive period of the season and or 

event wearing the right equipment and ensuring it is in 

good condition, especially if there is specialist equipment, 

dressing for the climatic conditions so as to avoid the 

physiological stresses associated with extreme 

temperatures and or humidity, hydrating and refueling 

appropriately, warming-up and warming down and 

recovery and sleep are key aspects of the injury 

prevention process. This is a simple guide that may help 

the athlete reduce the risk or chance of injury and be able 

to compete and train injury free. 


New Zealand Team 

Commonwealth Youth Games 

Isle of Man 

9 th – 11 th September 2011 

The New Zealand Team comprising of 14 from Athletics 

with their management flew out of Auckland on the 3rd 

September. Many of the team on their first long haul 

flight, some their first opportunity to represent New 

Zealand. 

The first 2 days in the Isle of Man the team spent resting 

with light recovery sessions in preparation for their 

competition. Watching the other teams come in, many by 

ferry, arriving with some very green faces with big seas 

running from the tail of the cyclone that had recently hit 

America. 

Wednesday Pete Wardell our Chef de Mission and NZOC 

team had organised a New Zealand team function. 

Travelling by tram the team was taken to a restaurant at 

the top of the Highest Mountain on the Isle of Man where it 

is said all five kingdoms can be seen. England, Scotland, 

Wales, Ireland and the kingdom of God. There each team 

member and management was presented with a team 

book and Koru as a memento of their representation of 

New Zealand. 

Thursday night the opening ceremony was held. The 

opening ceremony saw all 65 competing countries with 

their athlete‘s parade in for the opening addresses and 

Athlete oath. The opening performances by hundreds of 

local performers illustrated the history and traditions of 

Manx culture, including fire breathing dragons, gods and 

of course the Manx cat. 

Friday saw the beginning of competition on the track with 

cool and windy conditions. Kodi Harman and Blair Grant 

both made the semi-finals in the 100m then both finished 

7th in their semi-finals in 11.12 seconds and 11.13 

seconds respectively. Tom Symes ran his heat of the 

400m in 49.89 seconds and went on to the semi finishing 

4th in 49.88 seconds and progressing to the final. 

Day 2 saw another cool windy day with Kodi Harman and 

Dalton Coppins both starting in the 200m. Kodi running 

22.45 seconds and Dalton 21.42 seconds which saw the 

men reach the semi -final. Tom Symes ran his final in the 

400m finishing 6th in 50.40 seconds. Kieron McDonald ran 

STORY 

his first of three 800m races finishing 1st in his heat in 

2m6.27 seconds. Richard Callister was the 1st of the field 

Athletes to appear in the men‘s Discus. With some very 

tough South African and Australian competition Richard 

finished 10th with his best performance 46.17m. Chei 

Kenneally New Zealand‘s Queensland based thrower 

competed in the Women‘s Shot finishing 3rd with 12.96m 

with a closely contested battle with 4th place getter 

Duquemin of Jamaica. Greer Alsop competed in a strong 

Long Jump field finishing 4th with a best effort of 5.83m. 

Kerry White finished 2nd in her heat of the 800m going 

through to the final on Sunday. Australian based Madison 

Gipson finished 4th in her heat of the 200m progressing to 

the semi on Sunday. Again lining up, this time in the 100m 

hurdles Madison with fellow Kiwi Mackenzie Keenan both 

progressed to the final where Madison finished 6th in 

13.99 seconds and Mackenzie 7th in 14.15 seconds. 

Completing a long action packed day for New Zealand. 

Day 3 Madison Gipson finished 4th in the semi of the 

200m in 25.60 seconds and Dalton Coppins progressed 

into the final of the 200m with a 2nd place time of 21.64 

seconds. Leading the final for the first 150m Dalton 

finished 3rd in a photo finish and received New Zealand‘s 

2nd Bronze track and field medal. Kieron McDonald 

finished 4th in the semi-final of the 8oom and in a Kenyon 

dominated final 6th in 1m56.27 seconds. Kerry White 

finished 4th in her 800m final in 2m13.80 seconds. Matt 

Baxter started in a straight final of the 3000m finishing 7th 

in 8m46.39 seconds. Greer Alsop in the triple jump 

produced New Zealand‘s best result of the games winning 

the silver medal with a best jump of 12.39m. Kyle Van der 

Merwe competed in the Javelin during the worst period of 

weather of the Games. Horizontal rain and gale cross 

winds. Unable to adjust to the conditions and carrying an 

ankle injury Kyle finished 9th with 40.49m. With much 

improved weather in the afternoon Kyle went onto the 

Shot finishing 7th with a put close to personal best of 

16.04m. Fellow New Zealander Alex Fafeita in the Shot 

finished 8th with 15.67m. Earlier in the Hammer Alex had 

finished 4th with a personal best throw of 64.61m. Richard 

Callister also competed in the hammer finishing 6th with 

55.47m and also producing a new Auckland M16 record. 

Chei Kenneally competed with a very strong women‘s 

hammer field finishing 5th with a best of 46.88m 


In all New Zealand Athletics finished with 2 bronze, one to 

Dalton in the 200m and one to Chei in the shot. The best 

result and silver medal to Greer in the Triple Jump. Every 

New Zealand Track and Field Athlete made a final in at 

least one event. It all looks very promising for a young 

group of New Zealand Men and Women heading into their 

Athletic futures. 

Monday a cultural day was held where all the athletes had 

an opportunity to experience some of the Manx culture. 

Travelling to Castletown by steam train groups of athletes 

toured the Castle trying cultural dress, dance and song, 

archery and games. Returning again by stream train to 

explore local Douglas shops. The evening saw us all 

attending the closing ceremony with BBQ dinner, live 

performance and bands, and the passing of the 

Commonwealth Games flag over to Samoa the next hosts 

of the Commonwealth Youth Games. 

A great time was had by all and the desire for future 

international competition was enhanced. 

John Quinn 

New Zealand Team Coach 










Following on from the May 2011 RDC Kids Athletics 

Project there has been a huge number of Kids Athletics 

activities held in the Oceania Region. The aims of these 

activities is to introduce children to the sport of Athletics. 

We would like to highlight some of the activities that have 

been conducted in 2011. 

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) 

Larry Dakanno (FSM) has been conducting various Kids 

Athletics activities throughout the year involving a number 

of the schools in and around Pohnpei. With the new 

knowledge he gained at the May Kids Athletics Course, 

Larry has been running additional Kids Athletics activities 

with the local schools and community groups to promote 

Kids Athletics in FSM and the Micronesian Region. 

The latest Kids Athletics activity that Larry organised was 

held on the 28 September. The activity was designed to 

work with grade five children improving the sprint and 

hurdle skills they had learned at the last activity in August. 

The aim of the activity was firstly to improve the children‘s 

physical and mental fitness in a fun and exciting way and 

secondly to encourage the children to compete in a team 

environment. 

Larry has been very happy with the progress of Kids 

Athletics in Pohnpei and is hoping to continue to develop 

these activities throughout the Federation with the schools 

and local communities in and around Federated States of 

Micronesia and in the meantime encourage more coaches 

to be involved. 

Fiji (FIJ) 

Oceania Kids Athletics 

Lars Hansen. Athletics Fiji has been working closely with 

Special Children's Schools around Fiji to help increase 

the number of disabled children that compete in the Coke 

and Chow Games. These activities have resulted in an 

increase in Kids Athletics participation in Fiji. His goal by 

2012 is to have 16 Special Children‘s Schools 

participating in regular Kids Athletics activities. Lars will 

achieve this by: 

1) Conducting 5 clinics in early 2012 to train teachers to 

coach students. The training for Kids Athletics will allow 

students to improve skills for competitions 

KIDS ATHLETICS 

2) Developing an overview of the IAAF Youth Project and 

Kids Athletics Program for ministries 

3) Secure funding from possible sponsors, FPC budget 

and ASOP 

4) Advertise program via all media outlets, local, social, 

and international. Fiji Sun will run any story if provided and 

Fiji TV run stories on activities 

Marshall Islands (MHL) 

Jomina Lawin and Birney Ishoda from the Marshall 

Islands have been using the knowledge gained from the 

course to implement various Kids Athletics activities. They 

have done this successfully by introducing the Kid‘s 

Athletics activities into already established community and 

school events. 

By utilising the Japanese Student Exchange Program, 

Jomina and Birney were able to organise a one day 

mini -games sports event. A total of 42 Japanese and 

Marshall Island children worked together in teams of 7 to 

perform various athletic activities. Five stations were set 

up comprising of throwing, 2 x running, relay runs and 

jumping. 

―The children enjoyed the points system and it made them 

work as a team‖ Birney said. 

Another way the coaches have been increasing the 

participation numbers in Kids Athletics has been through 

the schools. Throughout the week, Jomina and Birney 

have been including Kids Athletics programs in the 

Physical Education (PE) classes at the Delap Elementary 

School. Around 90 students in different classes are taught 

the basics skills of running, jumping and throwing in a fun 

and exciting environment. 


From the great success of teaching Kids Athletics at Delap 

Elementary School, Jomina and Birney are now planning 

to visit and teach in more schools around the Marshall 

Islands. Their activities have excited other PE and health 

teachers who now want to become involved in the project. 

Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) 

Orrin Pharmin and Clayton Kenty have conducted three 

Kids Athletics Camps since they competed the IAAF Kids 

Athletics Course in May. By implementing the Kids 

Athletics activities within the Saipan 2011 Summer Youth 

Camp, over 230 children participated in the Kids Athletics 

activities over a two week period. Due to the vast number 

of children participating, Orrin and Clayton placed the 

children into different groups; 6-8 years old, 9-10 year 

olds, and 11-12 year olds. 

Kids Athletics is progressing well in Saipan, and NMI is 

planning to speed the pace up by continuing with our 

outlined plan by being interactive with the Public School 

System (PSS). They are also planning to have a debrief/ 

evaluation session with coaches, trainers and teachers in 

December to try and gain feedback on how to better 

develop Kids Athletics in Saipan. 

Norfolk Island (NFI) 

Brett Thompson from Norfolk Island Central School has 

used the knowledge he gained from the Kids Athletics 

Course to integrate the IAAF Kids Athletics into the 

schools Sports and Education curriculum along with the 

Australian Sports Commission School Community 

Programs. One of the goals of these activities was to get 

children prepared and motivated for the schools annual 

Athletics Carnival. This was a huge success, resulting in 

around 90 children between the ages of five to eight years 

to develop skills, increase movement to support good 

health, and motivate more children to participate in 

athletics. These activities have also promoted the IAAF 

Kids Athletics to other school teachers and community 

members who are now in talks to use them in already 

planned future activities. 

Tuvalu (TUV) 

Okilani Tinilau, Sport Development Officer from Tuvalu 

Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee 

will be running a Kids Athletics Awareness seminar later in 

November to promote Kids Athletics in Tuvalu. Okilani has 

invited Tuvalu Athletics Association volunteers, school 

teachers, children and family members to demonstrate 

and teach people about the IAAF Kids Athletics activities. 

Okilani‘s goal is to get school teachers and community to 

regularly conduct Kids Athletics activities at school and 

community events. As part of this seminar, Okilani will be 

teaching people to use and make modified Athletics Kids 

equipment that is easily accessible. 


2011 Course Reports 

Course 1 - IAAF Information Technology 

Seminar 

This course was held in conjunction with the OAA 

Congress. It was attended by all Member Federations with 

at least two delegates from each. Topics covered were: 

Understanding the Basics, Hardware & Networks, 

Software & Virus Protection, Advanced Features (OAA 

Webpage – Web design, Voice over IP), IAAF Historical 

Course 2 - IAAF CECS Level II 

Joel Severe (Mauritius) and Daniel Vicente were 

appointed to lecture this course in French Polynesia 

– Papeete - Tahiti. The in country organisation was 

co-ordinated by Titaua Juventin (President PYF – OAA 

Council Member). PYF was able to provide facilities, 

equipment and an atmosphere that gave the opportunity 

for extremely good outcomes. Twenty two participants 

attended this course with all passing. This reflected kindly 

upon the selection of the course participants and the 

lecturers. 

2011 RDC NEWS 

Database overview, Entry System for IAAF events 

overview and Future Developments. Barry Mullins was 

appointed the chief lecturer; Jee Isram (IAAF), Dayne 

O‘Hara and Peter Wilson also delivered aspects of the 

course. The specific IT course material was developed by 

Barry Mullins and the quality of this material was superb. 

The feedback from the course participants and the Course 

Director (Joel Severe) was very encouraging. This 

feedback indicated that this course was delivered at a very 

high level. Another positive outcome from this particular 

course was the recommendation from Joel Severe to the 

IAAF and the RDC Gold Coast that Daniel Vicente be 

considered an IAAF Level II lecturer. 


Course 3 - IAAF Kids Athletics Workshop 

This workshop targeted personnel within the Member 

Federations who have a keen interest in Kids Athletics 

and are prepared to coordinate and or introduce the IAAF 

Kids Athletics programme throughout their country of 

origin. The specific outcome from this course was that 

each course member be equipped with the skills and 

knowledge to train Kids Athletics facilitators in their MF so 

that Kids Athletics can be promoted and sustained within 

their Federation. The Federations who attended were 

ASA, FSM, GUM, KIR, TUV, MHL, NFI, NMI, PLW, SAM. 

All course attendees were well selected by their Member 

Federations. 

On the last day all course participants presented an 

outline of a Kids‘ Athletics programme to the other course 

members. These outlines showed how each Federation 

envisaged the implementation of KA programme in their 

Federation: how it was to be developed, who was to be 

involved and ways to sustain and expand the KA 

programme. It was so encouraging to see enthusiasm 

emanating from this group, and the Oceania Athletics 

Association looks forward to the regular reports from each 

participating country and to see the progress being made 

and the potential outcomes. 

Josaia Tuinamata (FIJ) a recently appointed IAAF Level I 

lecturer (2010) assisted Peter Wilson with this course. 

Josaia has the skills and abilities to conduct these 

workshops himself. 


Course 4 - IAAF Road Race Measurement 

Seminar 

The Oceania Regional Development Centre, Gold Coast 

hosted an IAAF Seminar on Road Race Measurement 

Seminar on the Gold Coast, the 1st - 7th July, 2011. 

There were 15 participants from 12 Oceania Area Member 

Federations who participated in the seminar. The seminar 

was a combination of robust theory and equally vigorous 

practical sessions. Using the knowledge gained in theory 

classes, participants took to the streets of the Gold Coast 

on bicycles to practice measuring courses using the 

Bicycle Calibration Method and learning the intricacies of 

the Jones Counter. 

The Seminar Leader and Lecturer was Dave Cundy (AUS) 

who is highly qualified and experienced in Road Race 

Measuring. Dave has been appointed by the IAAF to the 

ICRO Panel. 

The Seminar was a live-in seminar and the participants 

were accommodated at the Sports Super Centre at 

Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast. The Road Measurers 

Seminar was conducted alongside the Oceania Half 

Marathon and Marathon Championships which were held 

on the 1st July at Southport. Seminar participants were 

able to attend the Championships and witness real 

examples of the results of course measurement. One of 

the seminar participants, Peter Higgins was Race Referee 

for the Half Marathon, whilst another, Jay Antonio took the 

opportunity to compete in the Oceania Half Marathon 

Championships. 

The aims and objectives of the seminar were that by the 

end of the seminar participants would have learnt how to 

precisely measure a course for any road competition and 

be able to set up the corresponding refreshment and 

sponge stations. 

All participants completed the seminar and received an 

IAAF Certificate of Attendance. On completion of the 

seminar the participants are eligible to become 

IAAF-AIMS Grade ‗C‘ measurers. Participants were 

encouraged to return to their Member Federations and 

practice their measuring, prepare measurement reports to 

a reasonable standard and submit reports to Dave Cundy. 

Once these expectations have been met they may 

become IAAF-AIMS Grade ‗C‘ Measurers and be eligible 

to measure local races. Once the Measurer becomes a 

Grade ‗C‘, he/she can work towards being upgraded to a 

Grade ‗B‘. To do so he/she needs to continue measuring, 

preparing reports to a high standard, and be observed by 

a Grade ‗A‘ measurer on at least one measurement. 


Course 5 - IAAF CECS III Throws Course 

Oceania Athletics conducted a 14 day CECS III Throws 

Course for coaches from eight OAA Member Federations in 

September at the Super Sports Centre, Runaway Bay on 

the Gold Coast. 

The two course lecturers were Fletcher McEwen and Brett 

Green, a Gold Coast local, who was lecturing on an IAAF 

Course for the first time. 

The Sports Super Centre is an ideal venue for a course that 

requires four hours a day of practical sessions that not only 

included the four events but also strength and conditioning 

sessions in the gymnasium. 

The course content is well balanced with a variety of 

practical participation by the coaches and instruction in the 

class room. 

The structure of the course is each event commencing with 

Advanced Teaching Progressions for that event, followed by 

the event Technical Model, then Drills and Exercises and 

finally the coaches Teaching and Coaching the event. 

The coaches‘ task was made easier with a group of 

students from Helensvale State High School, students who 

were at the Sports Centre on excursion and some local 

experienced athletes. These athletes enjoyed their 

involvement in the course and were appreciative of the 

opportunity to work with the coaches. 

In addition to the sessions on the events the course content 

included Dynamic Warm-up, Session Planning including 

Microcycle Design, Strength and Conditioning (weights, 

medicine balls, plyometrics), Physiology and Anatomy and 

Performance Coaching. 

At the completion of the course each coach was required to 

complete a written exam, plan two training sessions and sit 

an oral exam where the coach was given a set of situations 

and to analyse what had occurred with the athlete‘s throw 

and how to make the corrections. 

From the first practical session the coaches were involved in 

―coaching‖ whether it was conducting the warm up, working 

with fellow coaches or the visiting athletes. This enabled the 

coaches to display their own unique method of coaching. 

Granted some were not as experienced as others at the 

beginning, however the group worked extremely well as a 

team to achieve the common goal of developing more 

throws coaches in the Federations, In particular the smaller 

federations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Nauru. 

With only one rest day during the course the coaches put in 

extra time after hours for study and group planning 

sessions. 

The course was divided into three syndicates and each of 

these had to prepare, for presentation to the course, a 

Technique Training Session and a Speed Training 

Session. Following the presentation the course then 

conducted an open critique of the plans. These proved to 

be a very good way of expanding the coach knowledge. 

Not only with the group working together but also the 

critique, which was a fun time, showing that the sessions 

could be varied to meet the same goal. 

The course concluded with a social night at the home of 

OAA Executive Director, Yvonne Mullins. The atmosphere 

here was the traditional Pacific Islands chat and laughter. 

Yvonne put on the usual OAA spread with plenty of good 

food to satisfy all. 

Dayne O‘Hara, who is finalising his Bachelor of 

Business—Sport and Event Management , provided 

excellent administration and logistics support to the 

course. 

Some of the course highlights included: 

John Quinn attended the course on his way home from 

coaching the New Zealand team at the Commonwealth 

Youth Games on the Isle of Man. 

The continual miss hitting if the arrow key by the Senior 

Lecturer to the point where he required a purpose 

prepared template over the key board. 

Shaka‘s singing of ‗60‘s hits. 

The variety of hats Golden (aka Anthony) wore. Couple 

were magpies beanies. 


Richard leaving before his 60th birthday. 

The extra time that Sandra put in each day to translate her 

notes. Sandra who, after a very good career as a discus 

thrower at several Pacific Games, continues to compete in 

masters competition s. 

The athletics skills of Solomoni. He never tired of stepping 

up to demonstrate a skill or activity. 

The enthusiasm of the students and athletes who worked 

with the coaches. They made the coaching so much 

easier. Perhaps this reflects on the way Brett Green goes 

about his coaching. 

The skill of Brentt Jones. Not the regular large hammer 

thrower yet to throw the distances he did is a credit to his 

technique. Always willing to pass on his wealth of 

knowledge in the event. 

Gordon from Nauru – who knows how many Gb of video 

and still pictures he took with that new camera he 

purchased on the way. No doubt he will be watching all of 

it to develop his new coach skills. 

The versatility of Margaret and her willingness to 

demonstrate the events and strength work. 

There was not one milk collection missed by Des yet he 

never missed a session. 

How did Shaka and John squeeze into the bunks? 

Certainly the best dressed coach award goes to Avito. 

Finally David Little would be proud of the enthusiasm and 

development over the course of Tekabara. 

Course Participants 

Tahiti - Sandra Bordes 

Samoa - Avito Fonoti, Margaret Satupi and Shaka Sola, 

Norfolk Island - Brentt Jones 

New Zealand - Richard Drabcyznski, and John Quinn, 

Nauru - Gordon Daeago 

Kiribati - Tekabara Raurenti 

Fiji - Solomoni Qisavola, and Golden Varea 

Australia - Peter Barrett and Des Davis 

Course Lecturers 

Fletcher McEwen, Brett Green 

Course Administration 

Yvonne Mullins, Dayne O‘Hara 

Report by Peter Barrett - Australia 


2012 RDC Courses 

Course 1 - Chief Youth Academy Coach 

12 –18 February 2012 – University of Queensland, 

Brisbane, Australia 

The IAAF, in co-operation with an Accredited University 

(AU) organises Academy Courses for Coaches. The Entry 

requirements will be an ―IAAF Diploma in Coaching‖ or 

equivalent. 

The Pathway chosen in 2012 will be Youth Chief Coach and 

will be a 5 day residential course. A final project will be 

required within 2 months after the course. 

Course 2 - CECS III – Jumps 

12 –27 May 2012 – Gold Coast, Australia 

The objective of the CECS Level III Course is to develop 

intermediate coaching skills and knowledge. The Entry 

Requirement will be the successful completion of Level II 

and one year of active coaching certified by the Member 

Federation. The duration of the course will be 14 days. 

Course 3 - International Training Camp - World Junior 

Championships –Barcelona 

June-July 2012- Barcelona, Spain 

This camp will precede the World Junior Championships 

and will be for athletes who have been selected to compete 

at the World Junior Championships. The athletes will live, 

train and compete under the guidance of a coaching and 

management team appointed by the Oceania Athletics 

Association. Personal Coaches will be invited to attend at 

the cost own cost or the cost of their Member Federation. 

Arrive Cairns: 23-24 June 

OAA Championships: 27-29 June 

Depart Cairns for Barcelona: 30 June 

RDC Camp: 30 June – 7 July 

Depart Barcelona: 15-16 July 

Course 4 - Women’s Activity 

Lecturers Margaret Mahoney, Annette Purvis, Yvonne 

Mullins 

23-24 June 2012 – Cairns, Australia 

Course 5 - Development Strategy Seminar – Team 

Management 

24-26 June 2012 – Cairns, Australia 

Funded by Oceania Area Association 

The aim of the Development Strategy Seminar is designed 

to assist Member Federations to identify persons who are 

able to manage teams/individuals attending IAAF, 

Oceania and Regional Competitions as well as local and 

national competitions. 

The seminar will be open to men and women, working within 

Member Federations in planning and/or team administration 

capacity. It will be of particular benefit to those who have 

been identified to accompany teams over the next 5 years. 

FUTURE RDC COURSES 

The Seminar will be held over three consecutive days and 

will be conducted alongside the Oceania Area 

Championships in Cairns. 

Topics to be covered in the seminar include, but not 

limited to: 

� Team Management Responsibilities 

� Preparation of Team Manual 

� On-line entries 

� Visa requirements 

� Travel arrangements 

� Technical Information Centre / Call Room Procedures 

� Uniform / advertising regulations 

� Athlete behaviour 

� Team Manager behaviour 

Course 6 - TOECS Level 1 Lecturers Course 

16 –23 July 2012 – Gold Coast, Australia 

This course is open to eligible Technical Officials from 

Federations who do not have a qualified TOECS Level 1 

Lecturer at present. Successful candidates will qualify as 

either TOECS Lecturers in their Federation. 

Course 7 - CECS IV Refresher Workshop 

Date and format to be advised by IAAF, Member Services 

Department. 

2013 Proposed RDC Courses 

Course 1 - Development Strategy Seminar 

May – Nadi, Fiji Islands 

Course 2 - Competition Organisation Seminar 

May – venue to be confirmed 

Course 3 - Youth Activity 

Course 4 - CECS IV – Sprints / Hurdles 

September – Gold Coast, Australia 

Course 5 - CECS IV Refresher Course 


NOTES 


2012 CALENDAR 

2012 Events 

Date Event Location 

3 Jan ANZ 10,000m Championships Tauranga, New Zealand 

6 Jan – 8 Jan North Island Colgate Games Tauranga, New Zealand 

12 Feb—18 Feb OAA RDC Chief Youth Academy Coach Course Brisbane , Australia 

13 Jan – 15 Jan South Island Colgate Games Nelson, New Zealand 

21 Jan ANZ M19 & W199 3000m Championships Hastings, New Zealand 

4 Feb New Zealand International Track Meeting Christchurch, New Zealand 

4 Feb – 5 Feb ANZ Combined Event Championships Palmerston North 

5 Feb – 12 Feb Oceania Masters Athletics Championships Tauranga, New Zealand 

25 Feb Australian 20km Race Walking Championships and Olympic 

Selection Trail 

Hobart, Australia 

25 Feb Oceania Race Walking Championships Hobart, Australia 

2 Mar – 4 Mar Melbourne IAAF World Challenge and Selection Trails Melbourne, Australia 

9 Mar - 11 Mar 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 

14 Mar – 18 Mar Australian Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 

6 Apr – 9 Apr Stawell Gift Melbourne, Australia 

13 Apr – 15 Apr Australian Athletics Championships Melbourne, Australia 

5 May - 6 May Oceania Combined Championships Townsville, Australia 

12 May - 13 May IAAF World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 

12 May - 27 May OAA RDC CECS III Jumps Gold Coast, Australia 

23 Jun - 16 July International Junior Training Camp Barcelona, Spain 

23 Jun - 24 Jun OAA RCD Women's Activity Cairns, Australia 

24 Jun—26 Jun OAA RDC Development Strategy Seminar - Team Management Cairns, Australia 

27 Jun - 29 Jun Oceania Area Championships Cairns, Australia 

30 Jun - 1 Jul Oceania Half and Marathon Championships Gold Coast, Australia 

10 Jul - 15 Jul IAAF World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 

16 Jul—23 Jul OAA RDC TOECS Level 1 Lecturers Course Gold Coast , Australia 

27 Jul 30 th Summer Olympic Games – Opening Ceremony London, England 

3 Aug - 12 Aug 30th Summer Olympic Games London, England 

4 Aug Oceania Cross Country Championships Hamilton, New Zealand 

12 Aug 30 th Summer Olympics Games – Closing Ceremony London, England 

29 Aug - 9 Sep 30th Summer Paralympic Games London, England 

6 Oct 20 th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Kavarna, Bulgaria 

18 Nov—30 Nov Papua New Guinea Games Kokopo, Rabaul 

22 Nov – 25 Nov IAAF Centenary Barcelona, Spain 

2013 Events 


16 Jan – 20 Jan Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sydney, Australia 

24 Mar IAAF World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 

3 May (TBC) OAA Congress Fiji (TBC) 

4 May—5 May (TBC) Development Strategy Seminar Fiji (TBC) 

10 Jul – 14 Jul IAAF World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 

6 Aug Oceania Member Federation Meeting Moscow, Russia 

7 Aug - 8 Aug IAAF Congress Moscow, Russia 

10 Aug – 18 Aug 14 th IAAF World Championships Moscow, Russia 

2 Sep – 12 Sep Pacific Mini Games Wallis and Futuna 

3 Sep – 7 Sep Pacific Mini Games – Athletics Wallis and Futuna 

2014 Events 


7 Mar – 9 Mar IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopit, Poland 

7 Jul – 11 Jul IAAF World Junior Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA 

23 Jul – 3 Aug 20 th Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Great Britain 

16 Aug - 28 Aug 2 nd Summer Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 

13 Sep—14 Sep 

2015 Events 

Continental Cup Rabat, Morocco 


22 Aug – 30 Aug IAAF World Championships in Athletics Beijing, China 

14 Sep – 20 Sep Commonwealth Youth Games Apia, Samoa 


139 –141 Varsity Parade 

Varsity Lakes, 4227 Queensland 

Australia 

Phone: +61 7 5609 4441 

Email: oceania@attglobal.net 

Website: www.athletics-oceania.com

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