PACMAS Blog Home / Blog / Pacific’s tallest man reaches out to Vanuatu rugby players 160 Pacific’s tallest man reaches out to Vanuatu rugby players by Administrator in on April 29th, 2014 Pacific’s tallest person, Kali Seleiwau standing far left in the back row. Island Breeze National Leader, Waqa Baravilala writes: The RugbyPlus Clinic in Vanuatu, funded by the PACMAS Innovation Fund, has been blessed with the presence of the tallest man in the Pacific, Kali Seleiwau from Ba, Fiji. Seleiwau and several prominent Pacific rugby coaches and educators are in the country emphasising the need for a healthy and disciplined lifestyle to improve performance on the rugby field. In the Clinic last week, IRB Rugby Educator from Fiji, Eddie Waqa ran the certificate course for level-1 coaching for rugby-sevens, now an Olympic sport. Other workshop facilitators include the former Wallaby Flanker, Ilivasi Tabua who is the Head of International Rugby for Island Breeze Rugby Plus, and Fiji Rugby Plus Leader and Sports Chaplain, Lasarusa Nasenaivalu. Each day was divided into 3-hours of classroom sessions, 2-hours of practical rugby drills and an hour’s visit to communities at the end of the day. The community visits include visiting rugby teams and running basic rugby clinics with them or going to villages in Port Vila’s periphery, to those who are quite involved in rugby. In the villages, the Rugby Plus Team highlighted issues that affect players outside the rugby field, and how the village community can create an environment to prevent players succumbing to bad habits. During the Community focused talks, over a hundred people gathered and listened to the presentations. Guest speakers were also invited to present during the classroom sessions. Participants learnt about dealing with injuries and keeping fit when the Sports Physio at the Department of Health presented. A police officer elaborated on the rule of law and issues affecting the youth, and stating that it’s an opportunity for collaborations between the police and the rugby community to combat these issues. It has been a successful start to the two weeks of clinics in Vanuatu. Clinics continue this week as our professional team of Coaches and Chaplains from Australia and Fiji, along with the Vanuatu Rugby Plus Leaders John and Annie Kalo reach out to more players and community groups. Gallery 2-hours of practical rugby drills Subject Baseline study Climate Change Communications and Media Initiative Community Radio Cook Islands Environment Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Gender Health Innovation Fund Kiribati Marshall Islands Media National Media Associations Nauru NCDs Newsletter Niue Pacific Broadcast Technicians Pacific emergency broadcast systems Pacific Leaders Communication Pacific Leaders Fellowship Pacmas Palau Papua New Guinea Program Management Group Radio Right-based reporting Samoa Social Media Solomon Islands Students Television The Pacific Media Summit Tonga Training Tuvalu TVET Vanuatu World Press Freedom Day Youth Archive April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 Authors Read more from our PACMAS specialists Domenic FrigugliettiFrancis HermanMoses TongareWilson Toa Subscribe Subscribe to the PACMAS blogs for updates on the latest posts in your RSS feed PACMAS Blog Feed - See more at: pacmas.org/blog-post/pacifics-tallest-man-reaches-out-to-vanuatu-rugby-players/#sthash.pimF6jxh.dpuf
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