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Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the Nuku’alofa, Tonga will be the host of the Major Oceania Athletics event in 2025. The competition will begin on October 29th and run until 1st November.
After being due to host the Oceania Polynesian Regional Championships before Covid hit, OAA are delighted to be bringing International Athletics back to the Kingdom of Tonga for the first time since 1998. Tonga has previously hosted the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games, and the 1998 Oceania U18 Athletics Championships at the newly resurfaced and renovated Teaufavia Stadium will once again host International Athletics.
Tonga has a history of Athletics and hosts exciting and vibrant annual Schools’ competitions for both primary and secondary school students. Teams from all over the Kingdom, including the outer Islands, make their way to Nuku’alofa every year to compete in these events.
The Oceania Cup is not only an opportunity for the athletes, but the coaches and the technical officials to step up to the next level of competition. Oceania Athletics looks forward to building on this rich tradition which is fast approaching the Centenary edition of Secondary School Athletics in Tonga.
OAA president Robin Sapong, commented “that the re-introduction of the Oceania Cup in 2023, has provided a wonderful opportunity for Oceania Athletics to align a competition to the World Plan and OAA Strategic Plan. With only the best athletes being selected in each region, the exciting format will thrill fans in Tonga over the two days of Competition. With The Oceania Athletics Masters Cup held alongside the Oceania Cup, this will be an opportunity for athletes of all ages, to get a taste of the wonderful hospitality that Tonga will provide. With Tonga was due to host the Polynesian Championships before Covid struck, so OAA is extremely excited to head to the Kingdom in 2025.
The Kingdom of Tonga is a constitutional monarchy and the last constitutional monarchy of Pacific Island countries. Tonga is an archipelago with 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Tongatapu is the largest, and where the capital Nuku’alofa is situated. Just over 106,000 people live in Tonga, and six out of ten people live on Tongatapu island. Nuku’alofa which means residence of love (nuku meaning home and alofa meaning love). The city is home to around 23,000 people.
Reverend Semis Fonua, Tonga Athletics Association President, commented that “the wider Tonga community is proud that Oceania Athletics has faith in Tonga to host this prestigious event. We look forward to ‘Talitali fiefia’ (welcoming) everyone to Nukualofa. The Oceania Cup will provide a fantastic opportunity for our athletes to compete at home in front of friends and family, something that athletes usually only get a chance to do at the Inter Schools Championships.”
The Oceania Cup is a Teams based competition, with athletes representing the regions of our Area, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia as well as Australia, New Zealand and Tonga. Oceania Athletics will form a selection working group to select the three regional teams for the Oceania Cup. There will be an opportunity for athletes and coaches to nominate either via their Member Federation, as well as individually direct to OAA.
As with all Oceania Athletics events, the Oceania Athletics Masters Cup, will be held in Tonga. With medals to be given in 5-year age groups. For the top age graded performance in each event group, a Cup will be presented to the male and female top performances.
Any athlete over the age of 30 is invited to compete in the Oceania Athletics Masters Cup, with 5-year age categories from 30 plus. Entries and entry costs will be made available early in 2025. Final Entries will close for international entries 1 month prior to the competition, with local entries taken to 1 week prior to the competition. Masters’ athletes will be required to enter individually online via the OAA website and Entry Platform.
Oceania Athletics will release further details over the coming weeks in relation to Para Events and a Schools Teams competition which will be conducted alongside the Oceania Cup. A draft timetable will be available in late 2024.
Further information:
Tom O’Shaughnessy
Oceania Athletics Competition Manager
competitions@oceaniaathletics.com
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