The Bulls Masters clenched a narrow five run victory over the All Stars cricket side in the cricket – super 8s exhibition match at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games yesterday afternoon. The tournament’s eight best bowlers and batsmen rose to the challenge of chasing 3/140 as the Games drew to a close after a week of competition.
The Gold Coast Archery Club has turned up to host the archery event at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games once again. The club has hosted this event numerous of times over the years with this year being the biggest by far.
The H & G Bartley Rams have turned up to compete in their first ever Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games and surprised everyone with their bronze medal win. The team is made up of majority players from Adelaide with a couple of players flying in from New Zealand.
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.
