The countdown to the XIX – 19^th chapter of the Australian Masters Games is officially on after a significant milestone, one year to go, was celebrated on Friday October 7th at the Adelaide’s beautiful riverbank precinct. South Australian Minister for Sport, the Hon Katrine Hildyard MP spoke of her passion for Masters competition at a function loaded with enthusiasm 365 days from the opening ceremony on October 7, 2023. Athletics, netball, dragon boat racing, sailing, volleyball, basketball, royal life-saving, tennis, archery, and petanque were amongst the sports represented. Yoga sports, a new identity at the Masters, also shared in the excitement of the evening.

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“It is so exciting we have reached this year-to-go milestone,” AMG General Manager Jane Woodlands-Thompson said. “There was such a positive vibe at the function.
After the events in the sport worldwide over the past three years, it is wonderful to get the band back together and plan a multi-sport, mass participation event of this magnitude.”

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The same year John opted for a drastic change of sport, Adelaide hosted the seventh version of the Australian Masters Games. Competing in dragon boat racing on the Torrens only fueled his passion. He has since been involved in all five Games held in Adelaide and motivation for next year has risen given the event is just 12 months away. Torrens River won’t be the venue for dragon boat racing, however, as the growth of the sport prompted the move to West Lakes. It is now the biggest participation sport in the Games with more than 1000 entries.

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“Some years we have gone ‘we’ll just go out for fun’. But we can’t, we just get out there and want to win. It is also a chance to catch up with old friends from all over the country. It’s not just friends here, but from interstate as well.
The Australian Masters Games are special, they are really fun and they are a breed of their own. It’s a week of being young again.I probably party harder with the Masters than I ever did when younger.”

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