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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

8^th Dreena Willie Teapa

9th Helen Kim

10^th 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)

9^th Jacob Jackson (Guam)

10^th 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)

3^rd Zorika Morgan (Solomon Islands)

4^th 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

1^st Clement Mainguy (VAN)

2^nd Jimin Woo (NMI)

3^rd Vaitea Molinier (TAH)

4^th Brendon Fong (TAH)

5^th Manovai Elei (TAH)

6^th Mohearii Polin (TAH)

7^th Sean Lee (NMI)

8^th Junior Micky (SI)

9^th Phillip Warren (SAM)

10^th Sam Cribb (NI)

11^th Nolen Narruhn (FSM)

12^th Aidan Schembari (GUM)

13^th Deavyn Etcheit (FSM)

14^th Torua Boari (KIR)

15^th Sam Ryu (NMI)

16^th 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
1^st	Maui Leflon		CAL		1^st	Saoirse Breen		FIJI
2^nd	Manovai Eli		TAH		2^nd	Jireh Warren		ASA
3^rd	Haunui Montas		TAH		3^rd	Zorika Morgan		SI
4^th	Terence Winter		CAL		4^th	Coume Kaga		NMI
5^th	Armand Davias		FIJI		5^th	Celine Snogan		TAH
6^th	Robin Seelan		CAL		6^th	Kira Fong Loi		TAH
7^th	Jimim Woo		NMI		7^th	Penina Kamu		SAM
8^th	Seun Jin Paik		NMI		8^th	Naomi Sipiti		VAN
9^th	Maheanuu Larson		TAH		9^th	Kaia Malkooti		GUM
10^th	Jerson Freddy		FSM		10^th	Ridianne Wolphagen		FSM
11^th	Zachary Sands		VAN		11^th	Maria Kerslake		SAM
12^th	Noah Molbaleh		VAN		12^th	Hgellitte Simlai		PAL
13^th	Tiago Lopes		CAL
14^th	Storm Cornish		FIJI
15^th	Rafael Tapusoa		SAM
16^th	Corey Duseihneur		SAM
Boy’s 14 Singles		Name		Country	Girl’s 14 Singles		Name		Country
1^st		Robbie Schorr		NMI	1^st		Eleanor Schuster		SAM
2^nd		Vaitea Molinier		TAH	2^nd		Lea Lamorelle		TAH
3^rd		Kelese Kofe		TUV	3^rd		Rosalie Molballeh		VAN
4^th		Ken Song		NMI	4^th		Asia Raullerson		NMI
5^th		Warea Tigona		VAN	5^th		Contasu Kaga		NMI
6^th		Samuel Strid		VAN	6^th		Malika Miyanaki		NM
7^th		Brendon Fong		TAH	7^th		Kava Taufa		TGA
8^th		Sean Lee		NMI	8^th		Maria Gregore		NMI
9^th		Avikash Kumar		FIJI	9^th		Caroline Mwang		KIR
10^th		Shantanu Shail		FIJI	10^th		Desiree Signo		VAN
11^th		Sigi Palelei		TGA	11^th		Rotuita Karatai		KIr
12^th		John Paul Lim		ASA	12^th		Crystal Christman		ASA
Boy’s 16 Singles		Name		Country	Girl’s 16 Singles		Name		Country
1^st		Clement Mainguy		AN	1^st		Carol Lee		NMI
2^nd		Larry Magalasan		ASA	2^nd		Vienna Kumar		FIJI
3^rd		Reynold Taaroa		TAH	3^rd		Isabel Heras		NMI
4^th		Graham Mani		SOL	4^th		Naia Guitton		TAH
5^th		Heimanarii Laisan		TAH	5^th		Ruby Coffin		FIJI
6^th		Jeremy Guines		TAH	6^th		Tania Tan		NMI
7^th		Mason Caldwell		GUM	7^th		Daisy Sipiti		VAN
8^th		Marlin Hannam		VAN	8^th		Sunshine Palik		FSM
9^th		Michael Ren		NMI	9^th		Skylawn Palelei		TGA
10^th		Hirinaki Lo		TAH	10^th		Maanaima Tausi		SAM
11^th		Kristen Pavitt		SAM
12^th		Vincent Tudela		NMI
13^th		Camden Camacho		GUM
14^th		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
1^st	Molinier	TAH	150	1^st	Schuster	SAM	150
2^nd	Tigona	VAN	100	2^nd	Breen	FIJI	100
3^rd	P.Warren	SAM	75	3^rd	C. Kaga	NMI	75
4^th	Leflon	FIJI	60	4^th	Tauto	TAH	60
5^th	Manovai	TAH	45	5^th	Morgan	SOL	45
6^th	Cribb	NI	40	6^th	Tutle	NMI	40
7^th	Kofe	TUV	35	7^th	J. Warren	ASA	35
8^th	Leng	GUAM	30	8^th	C. Kaga	NMI	30
9^th	Freddy	FSM	25	9^th	L. Cronin	SAM	25
10^th	Woo	NMI	22	10^th	Signo	VAN	22
11^th	Paik	NMI	20	11^th	Bird	SOL	20
12^th	Duseigneur	SAM	0	12^th	Skilling	FSM	0

Boy’s 14 Singles	Name	Country	Points	Girl’s 14 Singles	Name	Country	Points
1^st	Mainguy	VAN	150	1^st	Guitton	TAH	150
2^nd	Osmont	TAH	100	2^nd	Tan	NMI	100
3^rd	Schorr	NMI	75	3^rd	Lamorelle	TAH	75
4^th	Song	NMI	60	4^th	Miyawaki	NMI	60
5^th	Guines	TAH	45	5^th	Sakano	NMI	45
6^th	Pavitt	SAM	40	6^th	Molballeh	VAN	40
7^th	Hannam	VAN	35	7^th	Spiti	VAN	35
8^th	Ioera	KIR	30	8^th	Mwang	KIR	30
9^th	William	FSM	25	9^th	Christman	ASA	25
10^th	Moliti	TUV	22	10^th	M.Miller	ASA	22
11^th	Tudela	NMI	20	11^th	Au	SOL	20
12^th	JQ Lim	ASA	0	12^th	Ledua	ASA	0

Boy’s 16 Singles	Name	Country	Points	Girl’s 16 Singles	Name	Country	Points
1^st	Magalasin	ASA	150	1^st	Lee	NMI	150
2^nd	Benjamin	SOL	100	2^nd	Rengiil	PAL	100
3^rd	Taaroa	TAH	75	3^rd	Rowe	SOL	75
4^th	Laisan	TAH	60	4^th	Teally	SOL	60
5^th	H. Cronin	SAM	45	5^th	Coffin	FIJ	45
6^th	Vigas	ASA	40	6^th	Kumar	FIJ	40
7^th	Mani	SOL	35	7^th	Heras	NMI	35
8^th	Gadsden	GUM	30	8^th	Saipele	SAM	30
9^th	Caldwell	GUM	25	9^th	M.Miller	ASA	25
10^th	Zheng	VAN	22	10^th	Usita-Lee	GUM	22
11^th	Nillasca	PAL	20	11^th	Tsukagoshi	NMI	20
12^th	Chand	FIJ	0	12^th	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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