1 – China, Barbados, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and Tonga all fielded single member athlete contingents at the 2012 Pan Pacific Games on the Gold Coast.
4 – Awards handed out in the sport of polocrosse. Chris Franklin took out ‘best horse and rider’, Daisy Train polished up as ‘best presented team’, Brenda Taylor trotted away with ‘most mature female’ and Jim Ramage won ‘most mature male’ in a canter.
5 – Types of model feral animals used as targets in field archery. Archers shoot for realistically painted deer, rabbit, pig, goat and fox – all animals considered pests in Australia.
10 – Cartons of XXXX Gold drunk by competitors over three days at the cricket venue. Squash competitors knocked over their cricketing colleagues by drinking 14 cartons of their own over the same period of time.
16 – Tries scored by 2nd Phase in their men’s over 30’s touch football win over Howick Club. 16 was the most tries scored in a single match at the Games.
17.8 – Points averaged per game by men’s basketball competition top-scorer Chaminda De Alwis of Sri Lanka – White. De Alwis’ highest single game point total was 22 in a 41-40 victory over Myths and Legends.
25 years, 2 months and 8 days – Age of youngest Games competitor, Amanda Nelson, on the day of the opening ceremony. She was 22 days younger than fellow swimmer Elise Kho who is the second youngest athlete to compete.
38 – Sports contested at the 2012 Games. 34 sports were contested in 2008 and 2010.
39 – Most goals scored in a single water polo match. The tournament’s eventual silver medallist team the Guppies beat the NC Ladies 39-0 in the match on day one.
52 – Competing athletes who were 80 years or older.
85 – Age of John Rigby, the final competitor to cross the finish line in the beach mile event. Rigby’s fellow competitors celebrated his achievement by forming a human tunnel for him as he crossed the line.
101 – Total stableford points scored by men’s 4BBB ‘A’ division golf gold medallists Murray Henzell and Neil Hedge at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
135 – Combined ages of touch football referee team Paul Eggers (71) and Terry McMahon (64). Eggers, a Gold Coast touch football institution, and McMahon refereed a match together on Friday 9 November.
334 – Total points scored in the two preliminary matches played by AFL grand finalistsSunshine Coast (162) and Gold Coast Sunsets (172).
400 – Metres swum in butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke events which are non-FINA sanctioned and unique to Masters swimming.
483 – Kiwi athletes who competed at the Games. New Zealand provided the largest foreign contingent of athletes at Gold Coast 2012. Papua New Guinea provided the second most foreign athletes with 295 and more than 11,000 Australians took part.
776 – Matches played in the softball tournament, held at Pizzey Park in Miami.
1609 – Metres run by entrants in the beach mile held on Wednesday, 7 November.
1921 – The year of birth of swimmer Joyce Faunce, the oldest competitor in the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games.
1972 – The year closing ceremony headlining band Dragon was formed in Auckland, New Zealand. Todd Hunter is the only founding member of the band still performing.
1987 – The year Wiradjury Gaagangs rugby league player Paul Shaw played in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles’ 18-8 premiership victory over the Canberra Raiders
12269 – Number of participants in the Games.
15000 – Number of kilometres 84-year-old Bathurst cyclist Geoffrey Hawkins estimates he rides each year.
16796 – Approximate distance in kilometres that indoor rower Mike Forder travelled to compete in the Games. Forder is the athlete who travelled furthest to attend the Games.
17000+ – Pins have fallen in tenpin bowling competition held at Go Bowling in Ashmore.
24000 – Clay pigeons shot down by clay target shooters.
