Often the unsung heroes of sporting events are the support personnel that keep events running smoothly. With over 13,000 participants actively competing over nine days there are bound to be a few injuries. Luckily the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games has over 150 trained sports medicine support staff on hand to ensure all the athletes are looked after.
Dion Mumford from the Allsorts started his day like any other, excited to get into competition and ready to help take his team all the way to the gold medal round. That was until suddenly, after the second innings, he started to feel a little under the weather.
Former Australian NRL great Scott Prince has returned to participate in his second Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games this year with touch football team North West Stars. Scott said the 35+ division men’s team was formed in 2012 from a nostalgic memory of when the team played together as North-West Queensland high school students.
Ryde Club Swimmer Jenny Whiteley is aiming to break another Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games record this week in the mixed relay event. As Whiteley is the first swimmer in the relay, she has the chance to break the record which currently stands at 32 seconds.
Temperatures at the OZ Sports Centre were rising along with tensions as the clock wound down on the semi final game in the over 30s mixed indoor netball competition. After 48 minutes of game time the Chiefs and Aged & Dangerous were locked at 23 all.
With a hard and fast ball whizzing around the field, ferocious women running you down and only a wooden stick to defend yourself, women’s hockey at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games can only be described with one word; fierce.
Thursday night saw tenpin bowling crown their new King and Queen. In what has become a tradition of the opening ceremony at the tenpin bowling competition, a King and Queen is crowed through a lucky draw.
Proving that sport isn’t always about winning, the Southern Star baseball team from New South Wales are swinging their bats for more than medals, as they raise over $700 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Ageless over 50s women’s beach volleyball team are having a blast both on and off court, as they hit the beach hard during the day, and party hard during the night. With players from all over the country, the team has only been playing together since the beginning of the tournament, but they’ve already embraced one another whole heartedly.
Sydney’s Freshwater Frantics have returned to the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games for the third time in order to raise funds for much needed breast cancer research through their love for everything pink and softball.
