TASANOC News
Tonga awarded 4 places for Youth Olympic Games 2014
The Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) had received the official advice of the number of Tripartite Universality Places for Tonga for the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, People’s Republic of China next year.
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Tonga CGA marked 500 Days to Glasgow2014
The Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) which also serve as the Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) joined the rest of the Commonwealth countries throughout the world in celebrating the Commonwealth Day last week and also marking 500 days to go before the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next year..
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New President and new leadership initiative
Secretary General, Takitoa Taumoepeau was quoting, “It’s a new chapter and a new beginning” was his reference to the initiative lead by President, Lady Tu’ivakano and members of her new Executive Committee to kick start the new quadrennium by working on the NOC Strategic Plan for 2013-2020.
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New President for Tonga NOC for 2013-2016
The second part of the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) 2012 Annual General Meeting and Electoral General Assembly was completed on Thursday 31st January with the election of its new and first female President, Lady Tu’ivakano, the wife of the Lord Tu’ivakano, the Honourable Prime Minister of Tonga.
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OWF Secretary General first to visit Tonga for 2019 Pacific Games
The Secretary General of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF), Mr Paul Coffa visited Tonga from 21st to 23rd November. He is the first representative of any regional and international federation to visit Tonga after they successfully won in Wallis & Futuna last month, the rights to host the 2019 Pacific Games.
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TONGA WIN 2019 PACIFIC GAME HOST
Tonga has been awarded the right to host the 2019 Pacific Games by the General Assembly in Wallis & Futuna a few minutes ago.
Tahiti and Tonga made their final presentations to the delegates of the General Assembly during the afternoon session today.
After the votes, the Assembly retired for a short break and came back for the announcement of the result.
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Tahiti and Tonga made their final presentations to the delegates of the General Assembly during the afternoon session today.
After the votes, the Assembly retired for a short break and came back for the announcement of the result.
Tonga 2019 Pacific Games Bid Team arrived safely to Wallis
The members of the Tonga Bidding Team for 2019 Pacific Games arrived safely to Wallis on Monday afternoon.
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2019 Tonga PGA Bid Team optimistic about chance
The Tonga PGA Bid Team for Pacific Games 2019 has been busy during the past two months in touching up and completing relevant reports to the Pacific Games Council (PGC) leading up to the final presentation to be held during the General Assembly in Wallis & Futuna on 18th and 19th October.
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Ana Pouhila, womens shot put
By Elijah Rowlands, TRA Melbourne
London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Ana Pouhila, womens shot putter.
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London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Ana Pouhila, womens shot putter.
Joseph Andy Lui, 100m mens sprinter
By Elijah Rowlands, TRA Melbourne
London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Joseph Andy Lui, mens 100m sprint runner.
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London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Joseph Andy Lui, mens 100m sprint runner.
Amini Fonua, 100m mens breaststroke swimmer
By Elijah Rowlands, TRA Melbourne
London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Amini Fonua, 100m mens breaststroker.
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London 2012 results for Tongan athlete, Amini Fonua, 100m mens breaststroker.
Oceania’s latest Olympians take to the track.
By Lewis Woods of The Reporters’ Academy
The eyes of the Pacific Islands were drawn to the Olympic Stadium as 9 Oceania athletes took to the track for the men’s 100m preliminary rounds. Athletes from Tonga, Palau, Tuvalu, The Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, The Solomon Islands, Kiribati and The Cook Islands all took part in the 4 heats...
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The eyes of the Pacific Islands were drawn to the Olympic Stadium as 9 Oceania athletes took to the track for the men’s 100m preliminary rounds. Athletes from Tonga, Palau, Tuvalu, The Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, The Solomon Islands, Kiribati and The Cook Islands all took part in the 4 heats...
TASANOC Secretary General gets a place for MEMOS Program 2012/13
The Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) has been confirmed the acceptance of Mr Takitoa Taumoepeau, Secretary General as one of the participation for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) XVI MEMOS program for 2012-2013.
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OLYMPIC DAY A HIT IN HA’APAI
The 2012 Olympic Day was celebrated all over the globe by the 205 NOC’s members but Tonga NOC opted to celebrate it in Pangai, capital of the island of Lifuka in the central group of Ha’apai in the Kingdom of Tonga. The Tonga National Olympic Committee (NOC) headed by Secretary General, Takitoa Taumoepeau with four other members of his staff organized the celebration in Ha’apai. If fact, it was th
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2019 Pacific Games Bid – Tonga
The President, Mr Vidhya Lakhan and Executive Director, Mr Andrew Minogue of the Pacific Games Council (PGC) were in Tonga from 19th-22nd June.
The purpose of their visit was to evaluate and assess the bid by the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) which also the Pacific Games Association (PGA) and had lodged its bid 6 months before the date of the General Assembly
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The purpose of their visit was to evaluate and assess the bid by the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) which also the Pacific Games Association (PGA) and had lodged its bid 6 months before the date of the General Assembly
Tongan swim hope making big splash
Tongan swim hope making big splash (KAPITI OBSERVER)
Tonga might be surrounded by water but with the Pacific nation's biggest pool being just 12.5 metres long with only two lanes it's not surprising its citizens haven't been setting the international swimming world on fire.
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Tonga might be surrounded by water but with the Pacific nation's biggest pool being just 12.5 metres long with only two lanes it's not surprising its citizens haven't been setting the international swimming world on fire.
Letter of Condolences from IOC President Jaques Rogge
Letters of Condolences on the passing of King George Tupou V have poured in from across the globe including from IOC President Jacques Rogges. Below is an excerpt from this letter.
Boxing punches his way towards the Olympics.
After frantic efforts to get his visa issued in time and landing in Mumbai just six hours before his fight, the Tongan giant Uaine Fa ensured all the work done by the people who got him there was not in vain as he won his debut WSB match against Arslanbek Makhmudov of Dynamo Moscow last weekend.
Olympic Day 2012 to be held in Ha’apai.
TASANOC has confirmed that the Olympic Day 2012 will be held in the outer island groups of Ha'apai. This event will be held in conjunction with the Ha'apai Zone Games, designed to develop sport for the island. The games will consist of both traditional sports such as coconut husking (hokaniu) and Olympic sports such as rugby 7's. Olympic Day will take place on June 23rd and the Ha'apai Game will be on June June 20th - 22nd.
200 Days, 29 Fridays before Summer Olympics
There lesss than 200 days, or, as the Secretary General explains '29 Fridays' from the end of this week before the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympic Games which will be held in London from 27th July to 12th August. As from last Monday, LOCOG was celebrating the 200 days to go before the starting of the Games.
