Debbie Strange was presented with an Oceania Athletics Association Merit Award at the Porritt Classic meeting last week by the Executive Director of Oceania Athletics Yvonne Mullins.
Debbie Strange
Debbie is a leading New Zealand throws coach for over 20 years. Among the athletes that she has coached are Beatrice Faumuina and Stuart Farquhar. Her coaching extends from local level with her Hamilton club to the Waikato Bay of Plenty region and nationally.
She has attended a number of Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Olympic Games as a team coach or official. Debbie has also been a team coach for Oceania Grand Prix teams, Oceania World Cup in 2002 and the Asia Pacific Team in Croatia last year.
Debbie has been instrumental in educating coaches in the Oceania area where she has been involved in the development of athletics programmes for coaches. She has lectured at Oceania Regional Development Centre courses and was the throws editor in charge of coach education syllabus and materials. She lectured at the throws conference in New Caledonia last year. She has also lectured in Norfolk Island, Fiji, Cook Islands, Palau, Guam, Vanuatu and throughout New Zealand.
Oceania area representative on the IAAF council since 1998 Bill Bailey was recently made a Life Member of the Oceania Athletics Association.
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