Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games heralded one of the world’s biggest multi-sport events

Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games Jann Stuckey officially launched the world’s largest biennial masters games this morning at Jupiters Hotel & Casino in Broadbeach.


20th anniversary of the 1994 Brisbane World Masters Games

On this day twenty years ago, the masters games concept as we knew it changed forever. More than 23,000 masters-aged athletes from 71 countries converged on the sunshine state’s capital, Brisbane, to compete in 30 sports as part of the 3rd World Masters Games.


9 reasons to enter before the early bird fee deadline

Here are nine reasons why you should enter before the early bird fees close tonight at 11:59pm (AEST) Wednesday 10 September


Rolling and rowing to masters glory on the Gold Coast

“Never give up” may seem like a simple motto for some but for cancer survivor and lower leg amputee Malcolm Codrington it’s a way of life which has propelled him to competing at his second Pan Pacific Masters Games


Master of trivia to be crowned on the Gold Coast

Trivia’s exciting addition to the 2014 sports program will see men and women aged 30 and above go head-to-head in a battle of the minds over three days of competition within the halls of the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.


Pan Pacific Masters Games set for another record-breaking event

Entries for the 9th biennial Pan Pacific Masters Games to be held from 1 – 9 November 2014 on the Gold Coast opened this morning with a record-breaking number of participants expected to register in over 40 sports.


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 …


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 …