The 2018 Pan Pacific Masters Games
The 10th Pan Pacific Masters Games will be held from 2 to 11 November 2018 on the beautiful Gold Coast. An anticipated 14,000 participants from all over the world will compete in the multi-sport event which has stamped itself on the calendar at the beginning of November every two years.
Play it, Live it, Love it!
The slogan of the Pan Pacific Masters Games is ‘Play it, Live it, Love it!’ which encapsulates its competitive, participatory and social environment
The very first Masters Games event was the 1985 World Masters Games in Canada, which attracted 8,305 competitors from 61 countries. With a rise in popularity of masters sport, national events began to surface in Australia and New Zealand. The first Australian Masters Games were held in Tasmania in 1987 and New Zealand Masters Games in Wanganui in 1989. Brisbane hosted the 1994 World Masters Games which attracted 24,000 competitors from 71 countries.
Following the success of the World Masters Games in Brisbane, the inaugural Queensland Masters Games were held in 1995 in Townsville, before moving to the Gold Coast the following year. These Games evolved into the Asia Pacific Masters Games and then the Pan Pacific Masters Games from 2002, with increased interest from Asia, Japan, America, Oceania and New Zealand. The World Masters Games returned to Australia in 2009 with Sydney hosting over 27,000 competitors from 106 countries.
The Pan Pacific Masters Games continue to be held biennially in early November on the Gold Coast. In the previous edition in 2012, there were more than 12,200 participants from over 20 countries and every Australian state and territory. In alternate years to the Pan Pacific Masters Games, the Australian Masters Games are held. The New Zealand Masters Games continue to be held annually alternating between Dunedin and Wanganui each year.
