Tonga to host Oceania Judo Championships for first time – Matangi Tonga

Fugalaau Mafi, Ineti Felemi and Sailosi Fua will compete next Friday, 28 April at the Oceania Judo Championships.

Tonga will host the Oceania Judo Championships for the first time over two days on 28-29 April at the Atele IndoorStadium.

Around 131 athletes from 12 countries have registered to take part in the competition and will look to improve their world rankingpoints.

At a press conference held today, Tonga's Judo Committee confirmed four young Tongans, Sailosi Fua, Finetuui Moala, Fugalaau Mafi and Ineti Felemi will participate in the Mens +100kg and Womens +78kg competitionsrespectively.

The Championship starts at 9:00am on Friday, 28 April with the Senior Men and Women fighting it out to medal matches in the afternoon at 2:00pmonwards.

On Saturday, 29 April, the Cadets and Juniors will compete from 9:00am with medal matches starting at 2:00pmonwards.

The event is free to the public over the two days and is expected to attract around 180-200 overseasvisitors.

The Tonga Judo Association is looking to host an international judo event annually from 2018onwards.

They hope this event will be the catalyst Tonga needs to host more similar high level international sporting events especially in the lead up to the 2019 PacificGames.

Countries taking part include Australia, Fiji, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga andVanuatu.

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