Italian/Senegalese Olympic shooter Chiara Costa (49) may have one of the most captivating backstories among the 16,000 participants expected at the Pan Pacific Masters Games, on the Gold Coast from November 1-10.
The 2024 Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG) has registered more athletes than the Paris Olympics with more than 11,000 athletes from all over the world already entered in the 1-10 November largest multisport event in the southern hemisphere.
In just 100 days more than 16,000 athletes will be on their marks and set to GO when the biggest multisport competition in the southern hemisphere kicks off on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Health and Wellbeing Queensland has thrown their support behind the 2024 Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG) coming on board as the first event partner for the 1-10 November sporting spectacular.
Entries open today for the 13th edition of the Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG) with more than 20,000 participants and their supporters expected to descend on the Gold Coast from 1-10 November 2024. Best known for an atmosphere of friendliness and fun, the event will see long time master’s mates and a whole swag of new participants to the games gather in the city to contest one or more of the 42 sports on offer.
On your marks Gold Coast, it’s just 12 months until more than 16,000 athletes descend on the city to participate in the 13th biennial Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG). And back by popular demand the exclusive PPMG Entertainment Hub will be located at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in the heart of Broadbeach. Delivering a jam-packed line up of evening entertainment the hub is the ‘go to’ place where thousands of participants celebrate, socialise with teammates, and enjoy the camaraderie for which the event is renowned.
Applications are open until Sunday 10 September, 2023 and sports are expected to be confirmed by early November 2023
Leading Queensland sports administrator, Ben Mannion will hit the ground running when he takes up the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Events Management Queensland (EMQ), managers of iconic Australian events, the Gold Coast Marathon and Pan Pacific Masters Games.
Following extensive consideration of feedback from loyal Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG) sports, participants and stakeholders the decision has been made not to proceed with an annual event and resume a biennial delivery of the largest and most successful masters multisport event in the world. Planning has commenced to deliver a bigger, reinvigorated and even more exciting Pan Pacific Masters Games experience from 01 – 10 November 2024.
The men’s 35+ basketball gold medal match at the Pan Pacific Masters Games was a boomer for young local referee Heath Lingley.
Townsville side MBC went down 46-31 against a scratch team of former Australian representatives who dub themselves the Has Beens.
And while the court was full of former professional players such as Sam McKinnon, David Andersen, Kelvin Robertson and Mark Worthington, Heath held his own.
