Tony’s chats keep the basketballers in check

It’s often a thankless task being a referee or an umpire.

Depending on which way their calls go, you either love them or hate them, but one thing they have in common with the athletes is that they need to be pretty darn fit and have their heads in the right space.


A bit of this and a bit of that makes these hats

ONE of the marvellous aspects of this years’ Pan Pacific Masters Games is the effort teams and players are putting in to show their true colours.


World champion siblings hungry for gold in fitness challenge

They call themselves ‘Sibling Rivalry’, and they are the ultimate fitness challenge duo.

Cherise Walmsley, 54, and her brother Dion, 52, are not only family, but are team mates wanting to test out their strength during the Pan Pacific Masters Games three-day fitness challenge.


Veterans bowled over by Hall of Fame inductions

Two Queenslanders were today inducted into the Pan Pacific Masters Games Tenpin Hall of Fame at a special ceremony at the Go Bowling lanes at Ashmore.

They were recognised for their sportsmanship and high level and consistent performances in Pan Pac events over many years.


Super fit Jodie sets herself another quadruple Pan Pacs challenge

A 50-year-old superwoman from Palm Beach has set herself an exhausting schedule at the 2018 Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast.


English Channel conqueror Jane sets herself tough Pan Pacs program

For many the sea is a place to relax beside and maybe have a surf in, but for British-born Gold Coast resident Jane Solomon, it’s a very different playground.


Shanghai Swimstars Sports Club descend on the Gold Coast for games

25 members of the Shanghai Swimstars Sports Club are on the Gold Coast participating in the Pan Pacific Masters Games swimming competition at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre and the ocean swim at Mermaid Beach.


Kalgoorlie runner heads east in search of gold

A West Aussie who lives 600km from a coastline made his beach running debut today on the Gold Coast as part of the distance running series at the Pan Pacific Masters Games.


Home is where the heart is

There are some wonderful husband and wife stories at this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games but a pair of indoor rowers have taken it to another level.


Kiwi duo dig for gold on the sand

New Zealand women’s beach volleyball pair Fijoa have taken gold in their first ever outing in the women’s 50+ beach volleyball competition at the Pan Pacific Masters Games.