OFC – NEW ZEALAND SOUND WARNING TO RIVALS

U-20 Women’s International New Zealand vs. Tonga North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand 15 March 2006 NEW ZEALAND WOMEN SOUND WARNING TO U-20 RIVALS New Zealand sent an ominous signal to their U-20 women’s counterparts with a resounding 16-0 victory over their Group A rivals Tonga at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. Helen Collins led…

New Zealand and Tonga will get an early look at each other when they begin their final countdown to the 2006 OFC U-20 Women’s Championship on Wednesday (15 March 2006). Full story, Tonga in Albany as NZ eye ‘Road to Russia’ via Samoa New Zealand in Australia as part of the “Road to Russia” campaign…

Tonga opened their tour of New Zealand in preparation for the upcoming 2006 OFC U-20 Women’s Championship in Samoa with a 0-6 loss at the hands of Auckland’s Three Kings United. The visitors barely had time to unpack their kitbags before they were whisked onto the OFC Academy field for the friendly match. After a…

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that our dear friend and OFC Senior Vice President Johnny Tinsley Lulu passed away last night after battling with illness. Though not unexpected, the final word was still a massive blow. Lulu’s contributions during his years of dedicated service were many and varied. The Vanuatu…

Turiti Boso may be unknown to many Solomon Islanders but this person has a special relationship with SIFF through his late son Allan Boso. He recently paid a visit to the academy which was named after his late son who was a former president of SIFF. Accompanying him were former MP for North New Georgia…

Samani sends Marist FC to club champs Marist FC booked its ticket to Auckland for the 2006 OFC Club Championships, New Zealand following their 1-0 win against Koloale FC in an entertaining match last night. National midfielder turned striker Jack Samani was the hero scoring the only goal that separated the two teams in the…

Extra-ordinary meeting examines accounts Representatives from provincial football associations are attending a one day extra-ordinary meeting at the SIFF Academy Alan Boso Complex conference room since this morning. The conference was purposely held to look into the federation’s audited accounts report for 2005. It was supposed to have been held last year but had to…

The Cook Islands have been invited to compete in the FIFA qualifying round of the beach soccer cup, in Dubai. The tournament in the third week of May will see players from the Solomons, Vanuatu and New Zealand who are all first timers. The Cooks as minnows will be preparing to take on the might…

VFF to call extra-ordinary congress to review Article 20 of constitution The Vanuatu Football Federation has announced it will be calling an extra-ordinary congress to consider a proposal to ammend article 20 of its five month old constitution. The announcement was made by VFF Acting Secretary General Jimmy Nipo at a media conference held at…

Free Futsal Clinic draws future soccer stars More than 50 youngsters showed up at the Kanana Fou field Saturday morning to take part in the Free ‘Futsal’ Junior Development Program held by the local American Samoa Football Association. Despite the heat in the early morning hours, these kids were running around laughing and having fun…