Activities

Pacific Ability Sports Program - Tonga

The Australia South Pacific Sports (ASP) Development Program 2006 funded a 3 day Pacific Ability Sports Workshop, run by Ken Black at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in October 2004. The workshop was aimed at encouraging participants to initiate sporting activities in their local areas that cater for both people with disabilities and people without disabilities at the same time.

This workshop was a welcome pre runner to the proceeding Tonga v Samoa Athletics Carnival (see below) and was attended by several NATA members.

Netina Latu, TASANOC Disability Sports Development Officer, was chosen from the group of participants to attend the same workshop being held in both Samoa, Fiji and South Africa as an assistant presenter, which further developed her understanding of how inclusive sports can be used in Tonga .


	NATA Training Courses are still being developed for 2005
	There are no current training courses.
	Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) Coach Education Program - Australia Four of Tonga’s top coaches attended a 4 day workshop in Melbourne, Australia in Februray 2005 on how to include athletes with a disability into the mainstream sporting arena. This program was supported by the Victorian Government through the Victorian Institute of Sport. There were 2 participants involved in athletics, 1 in table tennis, and 1 in power lifting. All participants have returned greatly enthusiastic about implementing what they had learnt at the course and including athletes with a disability in their respective sports.
	Certificate in Community Initiatives for Inclusion - India NATA Treasurer Talafaiva Lotolua has returned from a 3 month training course held at the India National Resource Centre for Inclusion where she studied for a Certificate in Community Initiatives for Inclusion. For more information on the course refer to the 'News' page. To download a copy of Talafaiva's project on Inclusive Education for Tonga click here.
	Pacific Ability Sports Program - Tonga The Australia South Pacific Sports (ASP) Development Program 2006 funded a 3 day Pacific Ability Sports Workshop, run by Ken Black at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in October 2004. The workshop was aimed at encouraging participants to initiate sporting activities in their local areas that cater for both people with disabilities and people without disabilities at the same time. This workshop was a welcome pre runner to the proceeding Tonga v Samoa Athletics Carnival (see below) and was attended by several NATA members. Netina Latu, TASANOC Disability Sports Development Officer, was chosen from the group of participants to attend the same workshop being held in both Samoa, Fiji and South Africa as an assistant presenter, which further developed her understanding of how inclusive sports can be used in Tonga .