OWF - Oceania Weightlifting Federation

The History of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation
The OWF was established on November 6th, 1980, in Melbourne, Australia. At the time the Inaugural Meeting
was attended by the then General Secretary of the IWF, Dr. Tamas Ajan.
The first President elected was Mr. Les Martyn from Australia and the first General Secretary was Mr. Bruce
Cameron from New Zealand. Since 1980 with the exception of 1983, 91 and 95, annual championships have
been held.
In 1993 in Nauru the first South Pacific Championships were held together with the Oceania Championships.
Ever since the two Championships have been held simultaneously.
The biggest Oceania and South Pacific Championships so far was held in Nauru in 1998 where the President
and General Secretary of the IWF, the President and General Secretary of the Commonwealth Weightlifting
Federation and the President and General Secretary of the OWF were all in attendance.
For the first time in its history, the Championships were telecast live throughout the Pacific by SPN.
In 1997 the first Oceania and South Pacific Junior Championships was organised in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2010 the first Oceania and South Pacific Youth Championships was organised in Suva – Fiji.
The office bearers of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation have been:
Term of office
1980 to 1983
1983 to 1984
1984 to 1988
1988 to 1992
1992 to 1996
1996 to 2000
2000 to 2004
2004 to 2008
2008 to 2012
2012 to 2016
2016 to 2020
President
Mr. Les Martyn MBE (Australia)
Mr. Lyn Jones (Australia)
Mr. Lyn Jones (Australia)
Mr. Lyn Jones (Australia)
Seiuli Paul Wallwork (Samoa)
Seiuli Paul Wallwork (Samoa
Seiuli Paul Wallwork (Samoa
Seiuli Paul Wallwork (Samoa
Hon.Marcus Stephen (Nauru)
Hon.Marcus Stephen (Nauru)
Hon.Marcus Stephen (Nauru)
Term of
office
1992 to
1996
President
1996 to
2000
Seiuli Paul
Wallwork
(Samoa)
2000 to
2004
Seiuli Paul
Wallwork
(Samoa)
Seiuli Paul
Wallwork
(Samoa)
First Vice
President
Mr. Milan
Cukovic
(Guam)
3 years
9 Years
16 years
12 years
General Secretary
Mr. Bruce Cameron (New Zealand) 12 years
Mr. Bruce Cameron (New Zealand)
Mr. Bruce Cameron (New Zealand)
Mr. Bruce Cameron (New Zealand)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
28 years
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Mr Paul Coffa (Australia)
Vice
President
Mr. Barry
Hughes
(Papua New
Guinea)
Mr. Garry
Marshall
(New
Zealand)
General
Secretary
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Assistant
Secretary
Mr. Martin
Leach
(Australia)
Mr.
Lawrence
Stephen
(Nauru)
Vice
President
Mr.
Lawrence
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr. Albert
Mailo
(American
Samoa)
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mr.
Lawrence
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr. Garry
Marshall
(New
Zealand)
Mr. Quake
Raddock
(Fiji)
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mr. Martin
Leach
(Australia) to
1998 &
Mr. Matthew
Curtain 1998
to 2000
Mr. Matthew
Curtain
(Australia)
2004 to
2008
Seiuli Paul
Wallwork
(Samoa)
Mr. Tony
Hole (Cook
Islands)
Mr. Robert
Grimaldi
(New
Caledonia)
Hon. Marcus
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mr. Matthew
Curtain
(Australia)
2008 to
2012
Hon. Marcus
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr. Tony
Hole (Cook
Islands)
Mr.Ronald
Frere (New
Caledonia)
Mr Frank
Robby
(PNG)
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mr. Matthew
Curtain
(Australia)
2012 to
2016
Hon. Marcus
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr.Jerry
Wallwork
(Samoa)
Mr.Samuel
Pera (Cook
Islands)
Mr Manuel
Minginfel
(Micronesia)
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mr. Trent
Dabwido
(Nauru)
Mr Frank
Robby
(Papua New
Guinea)
Mr Kokoria
Iabeta
(Kiribati0
Mr. Paul
Coffa MBE
(Australia)
Mrs Lilly
Coffa
(Australia)
Mr Phil
Maunder
(Australia)
2016 to
2020
Hon. Marcus
Stephen
(Nauru)
Mr.Jerry
Wallwork
(Samoa)
Mr Garry
Marshall
New
Zealand
Ms Luisa
Peters (Cook
Islands)
Mr Manuel
Minginfel
(Micronesia)
Mr Frank
Robby
(Papua New
Guinea)
Mr Kokoria
Iabeta
(Kiribati0
Mr Phil
Maunder
(Australia)
Oceania Championships
YEAR
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
CITY
Melbourne
Brisbane
Apia
Nil
Papeete
Auckland
Noumea
Canberra
Papeete
Auckland
Melbourne
Nil
Auckland
Nauru
Guam
Nil
Apia
Wellington
Nauru
Melbourne
Nauru
Auckland
Suva
Nuka’alofa
Suva
Melbourne
Apia
Apia
Auckland
Darwin
Suva
Darwin
Apia
Brisbane
Mont Dore
Port Moresby
Suva
Australia New Zealand
9 times
6
Samoa Fiji
5
4
COUNTRY
Australia
Australia
Samoa
Nil
Tahiti
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Australia
Tahiti
New Zealand
Australia
Nil
New Zealand
Nauru
Guam
Nil
Samoa
New Zealand
Nauru
Australia
Nauru
New Zealand
Fiji
Tonga
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
Samoa
New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
Australia
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Nauru Tahiti N. Caledonia Guam
3
2
2
1
Oceania Junior Championships
YEAR
1997
1998
1999
2000
CITY
Melbourne
Suva
Auckland
Brisbane
COUNTRY
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Australia
Tonga
1
PNG
1
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Tarawa
Melbourne
Niue
Suva
Darwin
Apia
Darwin
Auckland
Darwin
Suva
Darwin
Apia
Brisbane
Mont Dore
Port Moresby
Suva
Australia
8 times
Fiji
4
Kiribati
Australia
Niue
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
Australia
New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
Australia
New Caledonia
Papua new Guinea
Fiji
New Zealand
2
Samoa
2
Kiribati
1
Niue New Caledonia
1
1
Oceania Youth Championships
YEAR
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Australia
2
CITY
Suva
Darwin
Apia
Brisbane
Mont Dore
Port Moresby
Suva
Fiji
2
Samoa
1
COUNTRY
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
Australia
New Caledonia
Papua new Guinea
Fiji
New Caledonia
1
PNG
1
PNG
1