The Lockyer Equestrian Group (LEGs), were hot to trot at Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters inaugural dressage competition today. Proving that age is merely a number, LEGs members Ellen Osmond (71) and Lyn Roberton (67) were proud to claim their medals and party hard at the Mudgeeraba showgrounds.
The Sri Lankan Masters basketball teams have returned to the Gold Coast vying for a coveted Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games gold medal. Team member Tuan Murah Amath said Sri Lanka had performed well in basketball at the previous Master Games and hoped to better their result in 2014.
The Gold Coast Bitzers flaunted their signature pink and black hats on the first day of hockey at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games. The Bitzers are a collaboration of women from various Gold Coast hockey clubs who wear the hats to signify the new team bond.
For the first time ever in any Australian competition the taekwondo participants have had the opportunity to compete in two-on-two sparring rounds. In layman’s terms this sees four competitors (two on each team) sparring in the same ring with fighting allowed between any competitor and the opposing fighters.
The endurance motorcycle and vintage endurance motorcycle races will turn the ignition off on competition today at Pimpama on the northern Gold Coast. Better known as enduro & vinduro this style of motocross is the fastest growing motorcycle movement in Australia, and has over 130 participants across the three days of Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters competition.
The ladies from the Golden Eagles may be from Papua New Guinea (PNG) but they are not strangers to the Gold Coast or the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games. The team compete together in a local hockey competition in PNG and have made several trips to Australia for various masters competitions since 2006.
Today saw the basketball competition commence at the Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium. The 2014 competition has seen the highest number of participants for basketball in the Games’ history with more than 1000 players.
Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games ambassador and marathon running legend Pat Carroll proved his ability to match it with younger athletes when he crossed the run, swim, run fitness challenge event in first place this morning at the Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre.
Over 1800 softball enthusiasts have traveled from throughout Australia and overseas to participate in the 2014 Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games softball competition at the Pizzey Park Sporting Complex.
Paralympian David Johnson returned to competitive tennis to participate in the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games wheelchair tennis titles today.
