Galloping to a Games reunion

New Zealand’s Dempster family experienced a family reunion with a twist when they all met on the polocrosse field for the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games this weekend. Neil, 72, and Bronwyn, 65, Dempster made the trek from New Zealand …


Bill and Colin’s motocross spirit can’t be broken

Veteran motocross racers Colin Metcher, 74, from Tallai, and Bill Holm, 74, from Mansfield, blitzed the field in today’s Pan Pacific Masters Games motocross endurance event at Pimpama. There was a catch – Colin and Bill were the only two …


MS no knockdown for taekwondo black belt

Imagine competing in martial arts against the best in the world. Now imagine competing against them with vision impairment and numbness in both arms and legs. Well that is the scenario that Pan Pacific Masters Games taekwondo competitor Janine Watson …


PNG add international dynamics to netball

Two nations came together under the Gold Coast sun on the opening weekend of the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games netball tournament at the Southport Carrara Netball Association. The Shoalies from NSW faced off against the Papua New Guinea Kiaras …


Kings of the pool fly across the Tasman

It only took one email from former New Zealand international water polo player Gerard Wilkinson to convince his champion side to take on the competition once again at this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast. Making their …


Golden goalkeeper in the Games

Australian Olympic gold medallist Liz Scott (nee Weekes) was one of a number of high profile competitors to lead off the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast today, exciting the water polo crowd at the Southport Olympic Swimming …


Gail forces win in water polo

Three big cheers signalled a win for the Oceans9 team which took out the first victory in the water polo competition at the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games (3 – 11 November) at the Southport Olympic Swimming Pool on the …


Sensational results expected from Schembri’s taekwondo club

Master taekwondo instructor, Victorian Robert Schembri, has brought a group of over a dozen enthusiastic students with him to the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast. Mr Schembri with wife Nerise runs the famous Schembri’s Taekwondo and Self …


No age limit for fun

From swimming to kayaking, the Olympics to outriggers at the 2012 Pan Pacific Masters Games, Lynda Lehmann has done it all. She is a dual Olympian in sprint kayak and a former Olympic coach. Lynda (54) was also a world …


Patricia puts in a typically tireless effort at tenpin

Eighteen years after being awarded the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia, Patricia Sommerville is still serving the sport she loves. Patricia received the medal in 1994 for her voluntary services to the community and junior tenpin bowling. This …