A spike in injuries won’t block ‘Still Walking’

This European beach volleyball union is ‘Still Walking’ and while they can walk, they will play. Alwyn ‘Whitey’ White and Romano ‘Snowman’ Fracassini have come over from Western Australia to give our local guys a run for their medals.


Aussie records go begging as rowers smash old marks

The world of indoor rowing has come to the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games in 2014 for the fifth time since 2006 with the sport setting the world on fire with new national and international tournaments all over the world.


Mal is the ace of Adelaide baseball team

20 years on and the Adelaide Ace baseball team’s founder, Mal Sporne, is still capturing the competition’s heart with his good spirit and attitude. Sporne founded the Adelaide Ace’s in 1993 and since then the club has grown as they roam the globe, gaining praise and friends internationally.


Hard work behind the glitz and glamour of calisthenics

Behind the glitz and glamour of calisthenics lies Margaret Lewry, designing every costume, selecting every piece of music, choreographing every move and raising thousands of dollars. Lewry has been a lifetime calisthenics enthusiast, beginning at the age of three and coaching for the last 25 years.


Participants impress judges in leaps in bounds

Despite 60 years of experience and hundreds of adjudications, the judges at this year’s Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games calisthenics duos competition are still extremely overwhelmed and astonished by the standard of its competitors.


Surfing Upwind for Gold

Tuesday 4 November 2014 By Georgina Bayly In his first Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games, Windsurfer Richard Reynolds is surfing to win. Reynolds sailed past the opposition in the first race of today’s Windward-Leeward course at Paradise Point. “There were …


Injuries the least concern for Burmester Bros, FC Western

Tuesday 4 November 2014 By Jake Lollback It was a sporting reunion 30 years in the making when the three Burmester brothers took the field together yesterday in Nerang at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games Football (Soccer) event. As …


Survive to play another day

Tuesday 4 November 2014 By Georgina Bayly A dramatic plane crash in early August this year, has not stopped Lawn Bowlers Robyn and Scott Beaumont from having a roll this week at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games. The pair …


Myths and Legends bring Magic to the Court

Tuesday 4 November 2014 By Elly Pugh The basketball courts at Runaway Bay are a busy place this year, no doubt partly due to The Myths and Legends Basketball organisation. Established in 1987 by a group of former Olympians, the …


Sunshine Paddle and Rainbows for Pop Players

Tuesday 4 November 2014 By Elly Pugh Nerang soccer field holds a swarm of colour and a penchant for puns this year, with the Murtwilda’s women’s team kicking up a rainbow storm. 2014 marks the fifth year the Murwillumbah based …