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| Play it, live it, love it! | 2 December 2008 | |
Thank you to all the competitors, supporters, volunteers and sponsors of the 6th biennial Pan Pacific Masters Games which were held on the Gold Coast last month. It was a magnificent event with great times had by all playing sport, living the Games and loving the entertainment. 2010 is only two short years away so mark down November 2010 in your long-term planner for another fun-filled sporting holiday to the Gold Coast.
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 | | The Pan Pacs in a nutshell …
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It was nine action-packed days of sport and eight rocking nights of entertainment. That was the Pan Pacific Masters Games of 2008, with 9,300 competitors playing it, living it and loving it!
The Pan Pacs culminated with a huge night of celebration at a packed Games Village to close the event on the final Saturday with ‘Mental as Anything’ taking centre stage.
There were laughs, hugs, kisses, tears and beers. Stories were told, medals were shown, photos were taken and friends were made at the biggest Pan Pacs night ever!
The total number of participants this year was a slight increase from 2006 which has delighted organisers.
There were competitors from 16 countries and every Australian state and territory including remote locations like Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsular in the Northern Territory.
There were great acts of sportsmanship like in the 10,000m at the Athletics where Andrew Clowes sacrificed his own performance to guide blind runner Damien Williams to the finish after Damien’s guide had to pull out mid-race.
Sponsors had a great time with the Commonwealth Bank’s Matt Taffe entering a touch team, and James Frizelle’s Gold Coast Mazda displaying a signed-up Mazda 2 at the Lawn Bowls competition. Official radio station 102.9FM Hot Tomato broadcast live from Basketball, Indoor Rowing, Swimming and Beach Volleyball through the week.
The Games Village was pumping over the eight nights with thousands of participants enjoying the entertainment and hospitality. Daryl Braithwaite performed many of his hits on the Wednesday night, enthralling the huge crowd which was a sea of red for the Heart Foundation’s ‘Go Red’ Wednesday. Olympic Hockeyroo Nikki Hudson joined a panel of comedians for Thursday night’s CareFlight Comedy Debate that ‘The Pan Pacs are better than the Olympics’. Of course, the Pan Pacs won the debate!
A host of other personalities were seen among the competitors or guests at the sports including Queensland rugby league origin great Kevin Campion; former Wallabies Andrew Walker, Elton Flatley and Garrick Morgan; Australian squash legend Brett Martin; former and current basketball stars Andre Moore, Pero Cameron, Ben Melmeth and Dave Claxton; and former Australian Test cricketer Richie Robinson.
The volunteers had a blast and did everything with a smile on their face proudly adorned in their blue ‘Event Crew’ shirts.
Pan Pacific Masters Games General Manager Cameron Hart said it was the best Pan Pacs yet.
“Everyone had a great time from the competitors to the officials, volunteers, staff and sponsors. I look forward to seeing everyone back in 2010.”
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| | Were you photographed?
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Do you want to know if you were snapped by one of our photographers at the Pan Pacs? Well go to www.goldcoastphotography.com and click on the large Pan Pacs logo.
All of the images are sorted into folders for each Sport making it easy for you to browse through. From there you can select images to purchase, the size of the print you desire or perhaps you are after them on CD … all of these options are available.
This will be another great souvenir of your 2008 Pan Pacs experience.
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| | Check out the Results! | | |
There were some great performances at the Pan Pacs both on the sporting field or court or track or arena and the Games Village dance floor! Ok, if you would like to check out the results from the sports, click here. Just click on the sport and then results.
Sorry we don’t have any results from the Games Village dance floor, EXCEPT from the sport of Rock’n Roll Dancing. Maybe the official photos archived under Games Village at www.goldcoastphotography.com will show some evening dance moves!!!
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| Read these amazing stories …
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Three great editions of the Masters Voice newsletter were published during the Pan Pacific Masters Games. If you did not see any or one of the editions, you can download them from here.
There were some great stories and tales from the Pan Pacs which our News Team uncovered. Check them out at this page.
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| | Commonwealth Bank competition winners | | |
As a major sponsor of the Pan Pacific Masters Games, the Commonwealth Bank wishes to congratulate everyone on making this year’s event so successful. For those who missed the special mate’s rates at the Expo, the Commonwealth Bank will continue to offer these rates’ to participants, supporters and visitors alike on home loans and everyday banking products for a limited time. Don’t miss out again on these great offers, simply call Mobile Lender, Matt Taffe on 0404 047 408 or email matt.taffe@cba.com.au
The winners of the Commonwealth Bank expo competition were:
Canon Video Camera – Richard Rudolf
Tom Tom GPS - Ross Scannell
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 | | Bid for signed Pan Pacs memorabilia | | |
Here is an opportunity to purchase some great memorabilia from this year’s Pan Pacific Masters Games. The winning bids for the following items will go to the two official charities of the Games – RACQ CareFlight and The Heart Foundation.
Check our eBay and bid for:
Shirt 1: White T-shirt, Size Large, Pan Pacific Masters Games Name Shirt with surnames commencing from O to Z, Signed by Daryl Braithwaite. BID NOW!
Shirt 2: White T-shirt, Size X Large, Pan Pacific Masters Games Name Shirt with surnames commencing from H to N, Signed by Dave Gleeson, James Reyne, Paul Christie, Richard Waller, Scott Kingman. BID NOW!
Hurry! Bidding starts from 99c and auction will end just after 10am AEDST Monday 8 December 2008.
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 | | See you in November 2010 on the Gold Coast | | |
The Pan Pacific Masters Games is a major event managed and presented by Queensland Events Gold Coast - a subsidiary of Queensland Events Corporation Pty Ltd.
Please note that this email address is unattended. Please email us at info@mastersgames.com.au if you have any questions or would like further information about the 2008 Pan Pacific Masters Games.
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