Kendrick legs it at open water swim

The loss of a leg to a shark 39 years ago has done nothing to quell Damon Kendrick’s love of swimming and the ocean. The Zimbabwe-born 53-year-old, who now lives at Ermington in NSW, took the gold medal in the …


From deathbed to gold medal

Almost a year ago Gold Coast local Dana Burfeind was fighting for her life as she lay bedridden for four months with a serious illness. But it was all a distance memory today when the 32-year-old swam to a gold …


Quotes of the Games

The following is a collection of the best quotes from the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast which wrapped up today (Sunday 11 November): “The four of us let our feet do the talking today.” There was …


Record breaking Pan Pacific Masters Games wraps up today

The 8th biennial Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast concluded today with five sports rounding out the record-breaking nine-day program. Since last Saturday, more than 12,200 participants have taken part across 38 sports to make this year’s Pan …


Trailblazing club president welcomes Pan Pacific Masters Games to her club

Queensland’s first female shooting club president Debbie Young has welcomed the Pan Pacific Masters Games to the Gold Coast Clay Target Club in Woongoolba, saying it provides a unique chance to compete against shooters from around the country. “We love …


Ray still in fine touch after all these years

Ray ‘Bullet’ Lawrence had to live up to his nickname at this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games (3 – 11 November) as he darted between athletics, golf and touch competitions as well as driving the team bus for Sydney Blue …


2012 Pan Pacific Masters by the numbers

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 …


Great Barrier Reef Masters Games is all the hype

Sporting locals from Cairns in Queensland were out in force at the Pan Pacific Masters Games (3 – 11 November) touch football competition finals at Owen Park today as they gear up for their own masters competition in August next …


Tireless Tom trumps time trial table

French-born and UK bred cyclist Tom Collier defied strong winds and a “sporting course” at the Merv Craig Sporting Complex at Currumbin Waters this morning taking out the men’s 30-34 individual time trial gold medal at the Pan Pacific Masters …


Hawkins just keeps pedalling through the odds

Not even three bouts of cancer, losing his spleen and breaking his femur four years ago during the Great Australian Bike Ride can dim 84-year-old cyclist Geoffrey Hawkins’ life-long passion for cycling. The retired engineer was on the Gold Coast …