Oceania Football Confederation > Articles by: Savannah Tafau-Levy

Grassroots football continues to develop in Papua New Guinea

1 November 2021

After being run sporadically since its introduction in 2012, the Papua New Guinea Football Association’s Grassroots Programme is making good progress this year under the watchful eye of the federation’s Coach Educator Margaret Aka. Catered for kids between 6-12 years old, the programme takes participants through a…

29 October 2021

Upolu Development Centre programme kicks off

Football Federation Samoa (FFS) launched their Upolu Development Centre programme last week, with 104 players taking part in the first session at Tuana’imato. Boys and girls from the U-12, U-14…

Development Centre

28 October 2021

OFC host second online course to raise the standards of club football

Sixteen administrators across five Member Associations completed an OFC Introduction to Club Management Certificate course via Zoom last Thursday. Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Tonga took part in…

Fiji

26 October 2021

Cook Islands host first Future Stars festival

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) held their inaugural Future Stars grassroots festival earlier this month, which catered for over 100 kids between the ages of five and 13 at…

Cook Islands

22 October 2021

ALL IN: Jackie Pahoa – New Caledonia

In 2016, when she was 15 years old, Jackie Pahoa made her entrance on the regional stage at the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship. Not only did she net six…

Jackie Pahoa

21 October 2021

Samoa promotes futsal with first festival

Over 200 young footballers were introduced to futsal last week at the Football Federation Samoa’s (FFS) inaugural Futsal Festival in Tuana’imato. The one-day event was initiated by the FFS Upolu…

futsal

19 October 2021

Big turnout at Iumi Play U-14 Football Championship

Young footballers in the Solomon Islands spent a week in Honiara playing in the Iumi Play U-14 Football Championship at DC Park earlier this month. The competition featured 18 boys’ and…

Football Development

13 October 2021

Tonga’s local heroes encourage girls to give football a go

OFC Women’s Football Ambassador Lositika Feke and former Tonga national women’s player Tangimausia Ma’afu served as volunteers at the Tonga Football Association’s (TFA) girls’ festival a fortnight ago, which saw…

Football Development

13 October 2021

Cook Islands shine spotlight on breast cancer awareness

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) themed their third She Shines festival as ‘Pinktober’ to raise awareness of breast cancer and pay tribute to those impacted by it. Held at the CIFA complex in Matavera, 80 kids participated in basic football activities and…

Cook Islands

11 October 2021

PNG grassroots and youth coaching courses locked in

A host of MA Grassroots Coaching Certificate and MA Youth Coaching Certificate courses will be rolled out through the remainder of the year across seven locations in Papua New Guinea. Six editions of each course…

Coach Education