2019
82 players from 12 Nations in Pacific Oceania took part in the 2019 events in Lautoka, Fiji at the end of July. The first week comprised a teams’ event for 12u national teams’ and individual events for 14u and 16u featuring players who had qualified earlier in the year through their regional tournaments. The regional teams’ events across the three age groups took place over the last three days.
The 12u teams’ events were battled out by 6 girls and 7 boys teams playing full round robin format so all teams played each other. The girls came down to the final tie between Samoa and Kiribati. After splitting the singles, the Kiribati team of Ruth Baantarawa and Lumay Apinelu took the deciding doubles to give Kiribati the title. The boys was also a very close-run event with Guam, Tahiti and Vanuatu all in with a chance of winning going into the final day. In the end Guam beat FSM and Tahiti held out Vanuatu so Guam and Tahiti finished equal on ties won. However, Guam were declared boys’ winners as they beat Tahiti the day before.
The 14u and 16u individual competitions produced some outstanding matches and winners across a wide number of nations. Singles title winners came from Fiji, Vanuatu, French Polynesia (Tahiti) and Tuvalu. All players received at least five singles matches with playoffs for all positions from 1 to 16 held. A knockout doubles was also played but due to losing an entire day due to rain and late starts on several days no consolation doubles could be fitted in.
At the end of the above competition a points system was used to determine the most successful nations. The 2019 title was won by Tahiti (845) with Vanuatu second (509) and Samoa third (499).
PACIFIC OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
BOYS 12&U TEAMS NAME / NATION
1st – Guam Boys Jonny Jackson, Ryunosuke Roesch
2nd – Tahiti Boys Hiva Kelley, Keanau Lei Foc
3rd – Vanuatu Boys Fintan Molaleh, Leo Jung Dupoux
4th – Solomon Island Boys Justus Pyongil, Junior Kennedy
5th -FSM Boys Charles Ned, Tayshawn Erwin
6th – Tuvalu / NMI Boys Juncheol Hwang, Peter Ulia
7th – Samoa Boys Darius Carruthers, Anthony Chan Tung
GIRLS 12&U TEAMS NAME / NATION
1st – Kiribati Ruth Baantarawa, Lumay Apinelu
2nd – Samoa Mahina Warren (Tahiti) Shera Jayjay
3rd – Tahiti Mehta Bookie, Tavern Chung
4th – Fiji Joesphene Grace, Zeta Kumar
5th – Guam Sydney Packbier, Freemont Gibson
6th – FSM Desirae Wolphagen, Louisa Williams
Singles Results for Boys and Girls 14&U
GIRLS 14&U SINGLES
1st Vaiani Dusserre – Valleaux (Tahiti)
2nd Roselyn Tupuola (Sam)
3rd Alicia Addison (Guam)
4th Moana Une (CI)
5th Te Akaiti Toa (Cook Islands)
6th Leilah Etscheit
7th Hyejin Elliot
8th Dreena Willie Teapa
9th Helen Kim
10th Serin Chung
11th Charlotte Nicolaus (Fiji)
12th Ereti Tabekatarawa (Kir)
13th Emmanuella Masaai (Vanuatu)
14th Kerry Waita (Sol)
15th Fazneen Fareen (Fiji)
BOYS 14&U SINGLES
1st Maka Ofati (Tuvalu)
2nd Zachary Sands (Vanuatu)
3rd Storm Cornish (Fiji)
4th Noah Molbaleh (Vanuatu)
5th Maka Maui (CI)
6th Ariitea Cotti – Helme (Tahiti)
7th Jones George (FSM)
8th Noah Ah Kim Chin (TAH)
9th Jacob Jackson (Guam)
10th Arikitoa Allsworth (CI)
11th Anthony Gregoire (NMI)
12th Arman Schadev (Guam)
13th David Kwon (NMI)
14th Daniel Kang (NMI)
GIRLS 16&U SINGLES
1st Saoirse Breen (Fiji)
2nd Eleanor Schuster (Samoa)
3rd Zorika Morgan (Solomon Islands)
4th Prudence Bird (Solomon Islands)
5th Penina Kamu (Samoa)
6th Chrissy Vonge (Tahiti)
7th Hannah Wright (Norfolk Islands)
8th Celine Snogan (Tahiti)
9th Ridianne Wolphagen (FSM)
10th Anne Skilling (FSM)
11th Maria Gregoire (NMI)
12th Joanita Takatavety (Vanuatu)
BOYS 16&U SINGLES
1st Clement Mainguy (VAN)
2nd Jimin Woo (NMI)
3rd Vaitea Molinier (TAH)
4th Brendon Fong (TAH)
5th Manovai Elei (TAH)
6th Mohearii Polin (TAH)
7th Sean Lee (NMI)
8th Junior Micky (SI)
9th Phillip Warren (SAM)
10th Sam Cribb (NI)
11th Nolen Narruhn (FSM)
12th Aidan Schembari (GUM)
13th Deavyn Etcheit (FSM)
14th Torua Boari (KIR)
15th Sam Ryu (NMI)
16th Daniel Kumar (FIJ)
2018
The Pacific Oceania Junior Championships (POJC) and the U12 Team Competitions were held at the Regional Training Centre in Lautoka, Fiji in August
In the U12 Team Competition the following 10 Nations were represented:
- Cook Islands, Fiji, FSM, Guam, Kiribati, New Caledonia, NMI, Samoa, Tahiti, Vanuatu
- 18 Boys made up 9 Teams
- 13 girls made up 6 Teams
In the 14/16 U Tournament, there were 55 Players from the following 13 Nations represented
- Cook Islands, Fiji, FSM, Guam, New Caledonia, NMI, Norfolk Island, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
The first 4 placings in the respective events were
- 14&U Boys:
Manovai Elie (Tahiti)
Jimin Woo (NMI)
Meheannu Larsen (TAH)
Storm Cornish (FIJI)
- 14&U Girls:
Zorika Morgan (SI)
Chrissy Vonge (TAH)
Valani Dusserre-Valleaux (TAH)
Prudence Bird (SI)
- 16&U Boys:
Robbie Schorr (NMI)
Jeremy Guines (TAH)
Clement Mainguy (VAN)
Mohearii Polin (TAH)
- 16 &U Girls:
Eleanor Schuster (SAM)
Rosalie Molbaleh (VN)
Saoirse Breen (FIJI)
Lea Lamorelle (TAH)
BOYS 14&U SINGLES | NAME / NATION | GIRLS 14&U SINGLES | NAME / NATION |
1st | Manovai Elei (Tahiti) | 1st | Zorika Morgan (Solomon Islands) |
2nd | Jimin Woo (NMI) | 2nd | Chrissy Vonge (Tahiti) |
3rd | Meheannu Larson (Tahiti) | 3rd | Vaiani Dusserre – Valleaux (Tahiti) |
4th | Storm Cornish (Fiji) | 4th | Prudence Bird (Solomon Islands) |
5th | Seung Jin Paik (NMI) | 5th | Coume Kaga (NMI) |
6th | Maka Ofati (Tuvalu) | 6th | Penina Kamu (Samoa) |
7th | Terence Winter (New Cal) | 7th | Te Akaiti Toa (Cook Islands) |
8th | Ariitea Cotti – Helme (Tahiti) | 8th | Naomi Sipiti (Vanuatu) |
9th | Tiago Lopes (New Cal) | 9th | Ridianne Wolphagen (FSM) |
10th | Haunui Montas (Tahiti) | 10th | Charlotte Nicolaus (Fiji) |
11th | Zachary Sands (Vanuatu) | 11th | Kaia Malakooti (Guam) |
12th | Jones George (FSM) | 12th | Heyjin Elliot (NMI) |
13th | Noah Molbaleh (Vanuatu) | 13th | Hannah Wright (Norfolk Islands) |
14th | Lachlan Guba (Solomon Islands) | 14th | Ngelittle Silmai (Palau) |
15th | Deavyn Etcheit (FSM) | ||
16th | Nolen Narruhn (FSM) | ||
17th | Dakota Gibson (Guam) |
BOYS 16&U SINGLES | NAME / NATION | GIRLS 16&U SINGLES | NAME / NATION |
1st | Robbie Schorr (NMI) | 1st | Eleanor Schuster (Samoa) |
2nd | Jeremy Guinnes (Tahiti) | 2nd | Rosalie Molbaleh (Vanuatu) |
3rd | Clement Mainguy (Vanuatu) | 3rd | Saoirse Breen (Fiji) |
4th | Mohearii Polin (Tahiti) | 4th | Lea Lamorelle (Tahiti) |
5th | Sean Lee (NMI) | 5th | Conatsu Kaga (NMI) |
6th | Junior Micky (Solomon Islands) | 6th | Malika Miyawki (NMI) |
7th | Ken Song (NMI) | 7th | Chrystal Christman (Samoa) |
7th | Marshall Zang (Guam) | 8th | Desiree Signo (Vanuatu) |
9th | Warea Tigona (Vanuatu) | 9th | Kajol Chand (Fiji) |
10th | Phillip Warren (Samoa) | 10th | Anne Skilling (FSM) |
11th | Sam Cribb (Norfolk Island) | 11th | Maria Gregoire (NMI) |
12th | Joel Riju (Solomon Islands) | 12th | Luisa Tuasi’I (Samoa) |
2017
The 2017 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships were held in Fiji in August, following Regional Qualifying Championships in New Zealand (East), Fiji (West) and Guam (North) earlier in the year. This competition is one of the pinnacle events in our Junior Calendar and leads on to some great opportunities overseas for numerous players with the help of OTF and GSDF funding.
The East Regional Event saw, the Cook Islands, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga compete for places at the POJC. Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu played in the West Regional Event and Guam, FSM, NMI and Palau represented at the North Regional Event.
In total, 14 Nations were represented at the POJC in August. Nine players from eight different Nations in the 12&U and 14&U age group, then travelled to Melbourne later in the year to represent Pacific Oceania in teams and individual events at the December Showdown – Australia’s National Junior Championships, based on their results at the POJC. Our Pacific Oceania teams, who spent two weeks in Melbourne with three coaches, Gary Purcell (IRL), Jeff Race (NMI) and Thomas Perrin (FRA) were made up as follows:
- 14&U Boys:
Chris Maasi (Tonga)
Manovai Elie (Tahiti)
Jimin Woo (NMI)
- 14&U Girls:
Eleanor Schuster (SAM)
Saoirse Breen (FIJ)
- 12&U Boys:
Heremana Courte (New Cal)
Maka Maui (Cook Is)
Zachary Sands (VAN)
- 12&U Girls:
Clara Cwajgenbaum (New Cal)
2016
The Pacific Oceania Junior Championships was a culmination of a circuit of Regional Events held across the Pacific in 2016. The results in the various age groups as follows:
Boy’s 12 Singles | Name | Country | Girl’s 12 Singles | Name | Country | ||||||
1st | Maui Leflon | CAL | 1st | Saoirse Breen | FIJI | ||||||
2nd | Manovai Eli | TAH | 2nd | Jireh Warren | ASA | ||||||
3rd | Haunui Montas | TAH | 3rd | Zorika Morgan | SI | ||||||
4th | Terence Winter | CAL | 4th | Coume Kaga | NMI | ||||||
5th | Armand Davias | FIJI | 5th | Celine Snogan | TAH | ||||||
6th | Robin Seelan | CAL | 6th | Kira Fong Loi | TAH | ||||||
7th | Jimim Woo | NMI | 7th | Penina Kamu | SAM | ||||||
8th | Seun Jin Paik | NMI | 8th | Naomi Sipiti | VAN | ||||||
9th | Maheanuu Larson | TAH | 9th | Kaia Malkooti | GUM | ||||||
10th | Jerson Freddy | FSM | 10th | Ridianne Wolphagen | FSM | ||||||
11th | Zachary Sands | VAN | 11th | Maria Kerslake | SAM | ||||||
12th | Noah Molbaleh | VAN | 12th | Hgellitte Simlai | PAL | ||||||
13th | Tiago Lopes | CAL | |||||||||
14th | Storm Cornish | FIJI | |||||||||
15th | Rafael Tapusoa | SAM | |||||||||
16th | Corey Duseihneur | SAM | |||||||||
Boy’s 14 Singles | Name | Country | Girl’s 14 Singles | Name | Country | ||||||
1st | Robbie Schorr | NMI | 1st | Eleanor Schuster | SAM | ||||||
2nd | Vaitea Molinier | TAH | 2nd | Lea Lamorelle | TAH | ||||||
3rd | Kelese Kofe | TUV | 3rd | Rosalie Molballeh | VAN | ||||||
4th | Ken Song | NMI | 4th | Asia Raullerson | NMI | ||||||
5th | Warea Tigona | VAN | 5th | Contasu Kaga | NMI | ||||||
6th | Samuel Strid | VAN | 6th | Malika Miyanaki | NM | ||||||
7th | Brendon Fong | TAH | 7th | Kava Taufa | TGA | ||||||
8th | Sean Lee | NMI | 8th | Maria Gregore | NMI | ||||||
9th | Avikash Kumar | FIJI | 9th | Caroline Mwang | KIR | ||||||
10th | Shantanu Shail | FIJI | 10th | Desiree Signo | VAN | ||||||
11th | Sigi Palelei | TGA | 11th | Rotuita Karatai | KIr | ||||||
12th | John Paul Lim | ASA | 12th | Crystal Christman | ASA | ||||||
Boy’s 16 Singles | Name | Country | Girl’s 16 Singles | Name | Country | ||||||
1st | Clement Mainguy | AN | 1st | Carol Lee | NMI | ||||||
2nd | Larry Magalasan | ASA | 2nd | Vienna Kumar | FIJI | ||||||
3rd | Reynold Taaroa | TAH | 3rd | Isabel Heras | NMI | ||||||
4th | Graham Mani | SOL | 4th | Naia Guitton | TAH | ||||||
5th | Heimanarii Laisan | TAH | 5th | Ruby Coffin | FIJI | ||||||
6th | Jeremy Guines | TAH | 6th | Tania Tan | NMI | ||||||
7th | Mason Caldwell | GUM | 7th | Daisy Sipiti | VAN | ||||||
8th | Marlin Hannam | VAN | 8th | Sunshine Palik | FSM | ||||||
9th | Michael Ren | NMI | 9th | Skylawn Palelei | TGA | ||||||
10th | Hirinaki Lo | TAH | 10th | Maanaima Tausi | SAM | ||||||
11th | Kristen Pavitt | SAM | |||||||||
12th | Vincent Tudela | NMI | |||||||||
13th | Camden Camacho | GUM | |||||||||
14th | Ravneel Chand | FIJI | |||||||||
2015:-ITF/OTF PACIFIC OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP-REGIONAL TRAINING CENTRE-AUGUST 2015
The Pacific Oceania Junior Championships was a culmination of a circuit of Regional Events held across the Pacific in 2015. The East again was the best performed Region with the results in the various age groups as follows:
Boy’s 12 Singles | Name | Country | Points | Girl’s 12 Singles | Name | Country | Points | |
1st | Molinier | TAH | 150 | 1st | Schuster | SAM | 150 | |
2nd | Tigona | VAN | 100 | 2nd | Breen | FIJI | 100 | |
3rd | P.Warren | SAM | 75 | 3rd | C. Kaga | NMI | 75 | |
4th | Leflon | FIJI | 60 | 4th | Tauto | TAH | 60 | |
5th | Manovai | TAH | 45 | 5th | Morgan | SOL | 45 | |
6th | Cribb | NI | 40 | 6th | Tutle | NMI | 40 | |
7th | Kofe | TUV | 35 | 7th | J. Warren | ASA | 35 | |
8th | Leng | GUAM | 30 | 8th | C. Kaga | NMI | 30 | |
9th | Freddy | FSM | 25 | 9th | L. Cronin | SAM | 25 | |
10th | Woo | NMI | 22 | 10th | Signo | VAN | 22 | |
11th | Paik | NMI | 20 | 11th | Bird | SOL | 20 | |
12th | Duseigneur | SAM | 0 | 12th | Skilling | FSM | 0 |
Boy’s 14 Singles | Name | Country | Points | Girl’s 14 Singles | Name | Country | Points | |
1st | Mainguy | VAN | 150 | 1st | Guitton | TAH | 150 | |
2nd | Osmont | TAH | 100 | 2nd | Tan | NMI | 100 | |
3rd | Schorr | NMI | 75 | 3rd | Lamorelle | TAH | 75 | |
4th | Song | NMI | 60 | 4th | Miyawaki | NMI | 60 | |
5th | Guines | TAH | 45 | 5th | Sakano | NMI | 45 | |
6th | Pavitt | SAM | 40 | 6th | Molballeh | VAN | 40 | |
7th | Hannam | VAN | 35 | 7th | Spiti | VAN | 35 | |
8th | Ioera | KIR | 30 | 8th | Mwang | KIR | 30 | |
9th | William | FSM | 25 | 9th | Christman | ASA | 25 | |
10th | Moliti | TUV | 22 | 10th | M.Miller | ASA | 22 | |
11th | Tudela | NMI | 20 | 11th | Au | SOL | 20 | |
12th | JQ Lim | ASA | 0 | 12th | Ledua | ASA | 0 |
Boy’s 16 Singles | Name | Country | Points | Girl’s 16 Singles | Name | Country | Points | |
1st | Magalasin | ASA | 150 | 1st | Lee | NMI | 150 | |
2nd | Benjamin | SOL | 100 | 2nd | Rengiil | PAL | 100 | |
3rd | Taaroa | TAH | 75 | 3rd | Rowe | SOL | 75 | |
4th | Laisan | TAH | 60 | 4th | Teally | SOL | 60 | |
5th | H. Cronin | SAM | 45 | 5th | Coffin | FIJ | 45 | |
6th | Vigas | ASA | 40 | 6th | Kumar | FIJ | 40 | |
7th | Mani | SOL | 35 | 7th | Heras | NMI | 35 | |
8th | Gadsden | GUM | 30 | 8th | Saipele | SAM | 30 | |
9th | Caldwell | GUM | 25 | 9th | M.Miller | ASA | 25 | |
10th | Zheng | VAN | 22 | 10th | Usita-Lee | GUM | 22 | |
11th | Nillasca | PAL | 20 | 11th | Tsukagoshi | NMI | 20 | |
12th | Chand | FIJ | 0 | 12th | Palik | FSM | 0 |
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2014: ITF/OTF Pacific Oceania Junior Championships – 2014 by Darran Wrighton
The POJC was the culmination of a circuit of Regional Events held in the Pacific in 2014.
The first of the circuits was hosted in the West Pacific (Fiji) during May; the circuit then moved up to the North Pacific (Guam) in July and finished in the East Pacific (American Samoa) in August. The ITF Development Officer for Pacific Oceania had the responsibility of being Referee for each of the Regional Championships assisted by the host nation officials. During the Regional Events over 180 players participated representing over 12 nations in the Pacific.
This year’s POJC was run at the Regional Tennis Centre in Lautoka, Fiji, the tournament was overseen for the first time in its history by an ITF White Badge Referee (Patrick O’Rourke from New Zealand) and this gave the event a whole new level of professionalism. Patrick was assisted by a team of local Tennis Fiji officials who are using the experience gained at the POJC in court supervision and chair umpiring to make a start on the Oceania Officiating Pathway that is being developed by the Oceania Tennis Federation.
The Championships was held over 10 days with over 70 competitors challenging each other in two separate events, the player’s results in both events would determine not only who were the Pacific Junior Champions in Singles and Doubles but the title of Regional Champions was up for contention again.
This year the event had an added element of competition with the Nations Leader board being introduced so that every country could find how they ranked in the Pacific.
The first event was played in round robin pools (three pools of four) followed by knockout draws for 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12 with placement ties. From the positions gained in the first event players were seeded and the second event was based on a more traditional knockout draw with placement matches.
This year the East Pacific were looking to retain their title from 2013, their team featured many winners of the East Pacific Regional Championships in each age group and their Regional Coaches from Tahiti managed to encourage an early rapport with the players challenging the other regions with a Hakka at the opening ceremony, this liveliness and vocal support for every team was to be a hallmark of the championships with every region barracking for their players throughout the whole event.
The standard of play was very high with some hotly contested matches. The event consisted of 3 age categories. 12 and under, 14 and under and 16 and under, this was a change from previous years and brought the age categories more in line with other international events held by the ITF.
Pacific Oceania Junior Champions for 2014
12 and Under Boys – Gillian Osmont (Tahiti) 12 and Under Girls – Naia Guitton (Tahiti) 14 and Under Boys – Larry Maglasan (American Samoa) 14 and Under Girls – Carol Lee (Northern Marianas Islands) 16 and Under Boys – Manoa Desvignes (Tahiti) 16 and Under Girls – Mulan Kamoe (Fiji)
The Nations leader board top 3 places were:
- Tahiti (East Pacific)
- American Samoa (East Pacific)
- Northern Marianas Islands (North Pacific)
- Fiji (West Pacific)
- Vanuatu (West Pacific)
The East was convincing in retaining the Regional Championships in 2014 this was bolstered by having Finalists in 4 Events.
The West and the North were quite close to each other after the final points tally but they have assured the East that they will have to fight harder to retain the title next year.
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The ITF Pacific Oceania Junior Championships have begun at the Regional Tennis Centre in Lautoka, Fiji.
The draws can be accessed by clicking on the following Tournament Software Link: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=EE5E172B-4183-45E5-9D24-43C5A20B4775
Monday 12 August- Day 1 Results are as follows: POJC Results Day # 1 Monday 12 Aug 2013
Tuesday 13 August– Day 2 Results are as follows: POJC Results Day # 2 Tuesday 13 Aug 2013
Wednesday 14 August-Day 3 Results are as follows: POJC Results Day # 3 Wednesday 14 Aug 2013
Thursday 15 August: Day 4 Results are as follows: POJC Results Day # 4 Thursday 15 Aug 2013
Friday 16 August: Day 5 Results are as follows: Results Day 5 -POCJC
Final Placings: Final Placings-POCJC
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The ITF Pacific Oceania Junior Championships (POJC) will be played in Lautoka, Fiji from 12th-16th August 2013. These events are open only to national teams selected from Pacific Oceania players. The PO Junior Championships is made up of regional teams from the 3 qualifying competitions plus a team from associate member nations (New Caledonia and Tahiti).
There are 3 qualifying competitions, one in each of the sub-regions.
- West Pacific Qualifying Fiji 6th-10th May
- North Pacific Qualifying Guam 12th-16th June
- East Pacific Qualifying Samoa 5th-9th August
POCJC History and Guidelines
The Pacific Oceania Junior Championships (POJC)
In 1990 the first POCJC was held. To learn more about the history of this event and how this event is managed and organized click on the attached link entitled POJC Guidelines
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