Tag: Oceania

Oceania: Oceania Women’s Teams Have Great FIH World Cup H5s Experience

oceania oceania womens teams have great fih world cup h5s experience 65b8b0f3604e5 - Oceania: Oceania Women's Teams Have Great FIH World Cup H5s Experience - This was a 16 team tournmament and the following final placings were achieved :

This was a 16 team tournmament and the following final placings were achieved : New Zealand     8th Australia           11th  Fiji                     12th Congratulations to all the teams for representing Oceania in this first ever World Cup for Hockey5s and these teams have set […]

Oceania: Oceania Officials Off to a Busy Start for 2024

oceania oceania officials off to a busy start for 2024 65e18f8585f91 - Oceania: Oceania Officials Off to a Busy Start for 2024 - Congratulations to all the Oceania Officials that were all appointed to the 3 major competitions held throughout January in 3 nations: India, Oman and Spain. The front photo is of the FIH WC Hockey5s team of  Nick Sheahan, Joanne Greensill, Michelle Farhill, Lynn Coiwe-McAlisterr and Nick Saunders at the inagural  FIH World Cup H5s event in Oman.

Congratulations to all the Oceania Officials that were all appointed to the 3 major competitions held throughout January in 3 nations: India, Oman and Spain. The front photo is of the FIH WC Hockey5s team of  Nick Sheahan, Joanne Greensill, Michelle Farhill, Lynn Coiwe-McAlisterr and Nick Saunders at the inagural  FIH World Cup H5s event […]

Oceania: Hook in4 Health Team Visits Manus Province

oceania hook in4 health team visits manus province 65aa3081e0a05 - Oceania: Hook in4 Health Team Visits Manus Province - Staff members Ray Lapun and Hussein Lowah led the team arriving in Manus on the 18th December and then worked with 3 villages through to the 31st December. 

Staff members Ray Lapun and Hussein Lowah led the team arriving in Manus on the 18th December and then worked with 3 villages through to the 31st December.  Hussein’s focus was engaging children in hockey and small game activities involving 47 girls and 132 boys . The highlight was playing hockey games on the beach.    […]

Oceania: Hook in4 Health Vanuatu Employment Opportunities

There are two positions being advertised. In Country Coordinator – This position is a full time position for an individual to lead the Hook in4 Health Team, based at Wansmolbag, Port Vila. Development Officer – This is a new position which may be either full or part time to work with current members of staff […]

Oceania: Coach Developer Supports Pacific Islands through the year

oceania coach developer supports pacific islands through the year 65854675cce27 - Oceania: Coach Developer Supports Pacific Islands through the year - The coach developer support program started in March at the FIH Level 2 Camp in Tauranga NZ. After the camp national coaches identified areas that they wished to have support in.

The coach developer support program started in March at the FIH Level 2 Camp in Tauranga NZ. After the camp national coaches identified areas that they wished to have support in. OHF identified coach developers who would be available to attend the tournament and as the word spread individual coaches developers also approached OHF to […]

Oceania: Gold for the Fiji Women

oceania gold for the fiji women 657aba777580c - Oceania: Gold for the Fiji Women - The Solomon Island's Womens hockey team were the team to make significant advances in their technical hockey skills after coming home from the Gold Coast. Their fitness levels were not in question but their tactical awareness and base hockey skill needed improvement. They worked hard, with the support of their Australian mentor coach Leroy Phillips, and this paid off and showed with their performance at the Pacific Games where they played in the final and drew a large following of local supporters.

The Solomon Island’s Womens hockey team were the team to make significant advances in their technical hockey skills after coming home from the Gold Coast. Their fitness levels were not in question but their tactical awareness and base hockey skill needed improvement. They worked hard, with the support of their Australian mentor coach Leroy Phillips, and […]

Oceania: Fiji Men Take Gold

oceania fiji men take gold 657aba7e7afef - Oceania: Fiji Men Take Gold - It was superb to have Samoa back competing for the first time since 2017. Samoa Hockey Federation now has 2 Development Officers in place who will take their learnings back home, OHF expects to see them challenging other NAs over the next years as they regain their membership numbers.

It was superb to have Samoa back competing for the first time since 2017. Samoa Hockey Federation now has 2 Development Officers in place who will take their learnings back home, OHF expects to see them challenging other NAs over the next years as they regain their membership numbers. The men’s competition was very competitive. The […]

Oceania: Great Team of Officials at Pacific Games

oceania great team of officials at pacific games 657817746a9fa - Oceania: Great Team of Officials at Pacific Games - The group of officials came from 6 different nations (AUS, Fiji, NZL, PNG, SOL and VAN) and quickly gelled to form an amazing team. One of the key changes from the past was that this event allowed the majority to be accommodated together rather than staying with their teams. It worked so well that Oceania will look to take that as the model to use in the future. In the past the Pacific Island offcials have been accommodated with their teams but that has been a strategy to encourage NAs to recognise the importance of appointing national umpires and technical officials to fund and travel with their teams. It was great to see a change in acknowledging the importance of having NA officials gaining experience this year, firstly with the World Cup Qualifier in the Gold Coast in July and then with a flood of nominations in for the Pacific Games. The Pacific Games Council had identified that for these Games they wanted to build capacity and capability and encouraged the sports to appoint as many Pacific Island officials as possible. So out of the 23 officials appointed for hockey 15 were Pacific Islanders.

The group of officials came from 6 different nations (AUS, Fiji, NZL, PNG, SOL and VAN) and quickly gelled to form an amazing team. One of the key changes from the past was that this event allowed the majority to be accommodated together rather than staying with their teams. It worked so well that Oceania […]

Oceania: Pacific Games Great Crowds

oceania pacific games great crowds 657817828eee8 - Oceania: Pacific Games Great Crowds - Hockey5s is a very short version of the game with 2x 10 minutes halves, lots of action and shots on goal. The fact that the 2 Solomons Islands teams were performing well encouraged the crowd to fill the stands but as the competition in both women and men's pools were close there were plenty of Fijian, Samoan, Tongan, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu supporters to add to the banter. Music was played while the teams warmed up, at half time and to celebrate a goal! This kept the crowd rocking! The fact that the athletes main Food Hall was just past the hockey venue created extra promotion for hockey and as the matches reached the semi finals and finals many athletes collected their food and came outside to watch and cheer on their team mates.

Hockey5s is a very short version of the game with 2x 10 minutes halves, lots of action and shots on goal. The fact that the 2 Solomons Islands teams were performing well encouraged the crowd to fill the stands but as the competition in both women and men’s pools were close there were plenty of […]

Oceania: Pacific Games Volunteers were Amazing

oceania pacific games volunteers were amazing 6578176a0b1bd - Oceania: Pacific Games Volunteers were Amazing - The Pacific Games Organising Committee deserves a significant mention for months of preparation towards making the Games a successful evetn for all involved. A huge thank you from OHF to Jefferson Izoma, who was appointed as the Hockey Sports Manager, to liaise with Gill Gemming, the appointed  Hockey TD.  This role started nearly 3 years ago as the venue needed to be built, inspected, measured and signed off  and all the equipment ordered and purchased so it was a much wider role than is normal for a technical delegate. There were compromises to ensure a legacy for SIHF, as previously SIHF had no venue and this hindered their ability to run regular tournaments as they often had to wait for a free ground! So a purpose built venue and goals were always the number 1 priority.  An enormous shout out to Clint Flood, Rob Dorovolomo, Jefferson Izoma,  Genevieve Kelani, Serah Kuper, Helen Pihema and Brenda Perreaux who organised all the logistics including flights, accommodation and accreditation for all our technical officials. The venues teams Alison Birchall and Steve Clark were so supportive in ensuring that the venue was built to specifications and available for use a lot sooner than many venues. Finally to Martin Rara President of NOCSI, who has been supportive to hockey growing as a sport since its re engagement in 2014.  

The Pacific Games Organising Committee deserves a significant mention for months of preparation towards making the Games a successful evetn for all involved. A huge thank you from OHF to Jefferson Izoma, who was appointed as the Hockey Sports Manager, to liaise with Gill Gemming, the appointed  Hockey TD.  This role started nearly 3 years ago […]

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