APIA: Acting OFC President and President of Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation, Tautulu Roebeck, today opened the inaugural FIFA GOAL Turf Maintenance Workshop at the Toleafoa JS Blatter Football Fields in Apia.

OFC National Association ground maintenance officers have assembled in Apia for the first workshop of its kind to be held by FIFA in the Oceania region.

The three day seminar, headed by FIFA Development Officer, Glenn Turner, and Course Instructor, Laurie Stubbing, will focus on the ongoing maintenance of the FIFA GOAL Projects across Oceania.

Samoa, as a pilot GOAL Project for Oceania, has excellent facilities and is being used as the role model for GOAL Projects across the region. It was inaugurated in July 2001 and was the second GOAL Project to be opened after the renovations done to the Solomon Islands' Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara.