V A S A N O C (Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee) VASANOC Haus - P.O. Box 284 - Port Vila - Vanuatu Tel: (678) 23230 Fax: (678) 27314 E-mail:
[email protected]. Member of IOC, ANOC, ONOC, CGF, PGC & ORADO ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2008 VASANOC ANNUAL REPORT ADMINISTRATION • James Kalo Malau and Henry Tavoa continued in their posts as SDO and CEO of VASANOC. • The establishment of a Sports Development Unit with the presence of Development Officers for Archery, Basketball, Netball, Tennis, Table-Tennis and Beach Volleyball working from the VASANOC Haus. • AYAD Officer, Jonathan Coyne for VSFD Program worked until May. OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY • Talent ID Program held in February 2008 was the first in Oceania and Vanuatu was proud to be the first in the region to pilot the Program that was fully supported by Olympic Solidarity and Oceania Samsung Sports Development Initiative. • Samsung Scholarship awarded to Ms Priscila Tommy of Table-Tennis. • Olympic Day Fun Run organized in conjunction with ANZ Vanuatu Ltd and Telecom Vanuatu Ltd with theme of “Run Crime Out”. Proceeds from registration of runners went the Committee for Businesses Against Crime. • Under the management of ONOC, the Technical Courses under Coaching Program of Olympic Solidarity continues to be used to subsidize the wages of the Development Officers of Archery, Tennis and Table-Tennis. • DNSS was given to Athletics towards end of 2008 and is currently being undertaken at the time of this report by James Goulding. 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES • Vanuatu participated in Athletics and for the first time, Table-Tennis. • The other Vanuatu sports that participated in qualification competitions for the Olympics but didn’t make it were the Girls Beach Volleyball, Men’s Football and Taekwondo.