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New round of Developing Mentors emerge

4 May 2021
New round of Developing Mentors emerge

The second edition of the English FA/OFC Developing Mentors Webinar has seen a new set of participants from five Oceania nations upgrade their skills and knowledge as leaders in their field. The group, representing Vanuatu, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and Cook Islands, met every Thursday morning for six weeks with English Football Association…

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Capacity Building
4 May 2021
Cook Islands festivals a hit including first-ever women’s event ‘She Shines’

Boys and girls of all ages and abilities combined for the inaugural ‘She Shines’ festival at the Cook Islands Football Association Complex in Matavera. Initiated by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA), the event brought women from all walks of life together last Wednesday. Various information booths such as the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association,…

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Cook Islands Women's Football Development Officer
29 April 2021
Member Associations enjoying national academies

National academies are filling up around the region with Member Associations such as Vanuatu and New Caledonia making the most of OFC’s national academy programme.   The programme is designed to create football career pathways for individuals, while preparing them with tools to use around social responsibility.   Vanuatu’s men’s national academy started in 2009 and was…

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FIFA
29 April 2021
Departmental collaboration has female empowerment at its heart

The Tonga Football Association Social Responsibility and Women’s Football departments have collaborated for the first time to deliver a Women’s Capacity Building Workshop on Vava’u. Palu Uhatahi-Tu’amoheloa, TFA Head of Social Responsibility, who co-facilitated the three-day workshop alongside women’s football development manager Adelaide Tu’ivailala and development officers Sepi Vea and Lupe Likiliki, said the opportunity…

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Adelaide Tuivailala
28 April 2021
Wood’s treble marks EPL milestone

New Zealand became the 46th nation to have a player score a hat-trick in the English Premier League when Chris Wood netted a treble for Burnley. The striker, who made his international debut in 2009, grabbed all of his goals during the opening spell of the Clarets’ 4-0 win over Wolverhampton during the weekend. Wood…

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Chris Wood
27 April 2021
OFC Stars of Tomorrow Ep. 4: Shooting with the ball

Learn how to shoot with the ball and show us how in episode four of OFC Stars of Tomorrow. OFC Stars of Tomorrow is a social media campaign aimed to encourage children up to the age of 14 to participate in skills challenges to uncover the region’s most talented youngsters. Footballers can send in videos…

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Football Development
23 April 2021
Humbled to run world’s largest female sports event

Jane Patterson, COO for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in NZ, talks to Ashley Stanley in part three of LockerRoom’s video series, The Big Four, with the women leading the four global sporting events here over the next two years – three World Cups and the IWG Women and Sport conference. Jane Patterson wants this era of sporting…

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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
22 April 2021
Women’s football surge impresses Readings

Tony Readings has eagerly watched the development of women’s football in the Pacific and believes the current standard is the highest he has seen. Readings arrived in New Zealand from England in the early 2000s and worked with New Zealand’s U-20 and senior women’s teams from 2006-2017 in various coaching roles. His stint as head…

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Tony Readings
22 April 2021
‘Eua prepares to bring Sport to Life

Following the arrival of the 6-12-Year Just Play Programme in October 2020, the island of ‘Eua in Tonga is ready to implement the next stage of programme thanks to the recent delivery of a two-day training course. Fifteen volunteers attended the Sport to Life training for the 13-18-Year Just Play Programme, held at Mata’aho Community…

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'Eua
22 April 2021
Olympic football draw confirmed

The draws have been made for the Tokyo 2020 men’s and women’s football competitions, in a ceremony broadcast live at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.  The OlyWhites were drawn alongside South Korea, Honduras and Romania in Group B, with the first match scheduled for July 22 against London 2012 bronze medallists South Korea. Former…

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2020 Tokyo Olympics