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…
Football Development
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Football Federation Samoa (FFS) have rolled out a Development Centre programme in Savai’i that will run for 12 weeks. The programme will see over 100 players from grades U-10 to U-15 take part in technical development and…