Competitors are getting into the swim of things at Mermaid Beach

More than 100 swimmers, aged from their teens through to their 80s, this morning (Monday) took part in the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games ocean swim event at Mermaid Beach.


Planets align for Jupiters staff

Naming rights sponsor Jupiters Gold Coast is promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for their employees by encouraging staff members to take part in the upcoming Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games (JPPMG).


Sensational Sunday swimming under sunny skies

Sunday 9 November Close to 200 swimmers converged on the banks of the Currumbin estuary this morning in picture-postcard conditions for the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games open water swimming competition. The competition, which moved from Lake Hugh Muntz to …


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 …


Open water swimmer channelling her energy into the Pan Pacs

Nine years ago Gold Coast swimmer Jane Solomon completed one of the most famous open water swims when she crossed the English Channel and now her eyes are set on the 5km Open Water Swim at the Pan Pacific Masters …


Grandmother, triathlon champion and now a swimming master

After years of competing in triathlons Anne Besser from Sydney, New South Wales will make her Pan Pacific Masters Games (November 3 – 11) debut on the Gold Coast when she competes in the 2.5km open water swim. The 65-year-old …