Downer NZ Masters Games organisers already looking towards next event
15 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Crowds gathered at Wembley Park for Masters football over the weekend. photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Organisers of the 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday evening, after the week-long event wrapped up an hour after new Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions were announced. Whanganui Masters Games Trust chairman Leighton Toy said he was really pleased with how the event ran. The whole village environment was really good, but also the support that you get from local businesses and sport co-ordinators was just brilliant, Toy said.
NZ Masters Games: Buzz in Whanganui as Games come to life
6 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Sylvia s Tappers wow the crowd during the dancesport event at the Masters Games on Sunday. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Sylvia s Tappers wow the crowd during the dancesport event at the Masters Games on Sunday. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Whanganui Chronicle
Whanganui has come alive with the Downer New Zealand Masters Games well and truly under way.
The opening ceremony was held on Friday evening at the Games Hub at the Whanganui War Memorial Centre before the first two days of competition and entertainment through the weekend.
Games manager Rachel O Connor said everyone seemed to be happy and excited.
New Zealand Masters Games sets up camp in central Whanganui
2 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Organisers of the 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games are counting down the hours until kick off. More than 100 people are working at the Whanganui War Memorial Centre over the next two days, setting up to welcome the thousands of competitors.
Games organiser Rachel O Connor said it has been a busy few months but everything is running smoothly. It s just everything falling together from now on, O Connor said. It s organised chaos. This is the cool part where all the different contractors and partners come together to pull it off.
Downer New Zealand Masters Games adds more zing with Lads Brewing Company
31 Jan, 2021 09:24 PM
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Timoti Taco Rangi (left), Hamiora Rangi, Rachel O Connor, Adam Murphy and Andrew Solesbury, all directors of the Lads Brewing Company with the exception of Rachel O Connor, doing some R&D at the Lads Brewing Company headquarters. Photo / Louise Follett
Wanganui Midweek
Whanganui is home to people with a passion for taking an idea and creating great. And the New Zealand Masters Games and Lads Brewing Company were both born from a germ of an idea.
It s no surprise then that the Downer New Zealand Masters Games and Lad Beers have collaborated to add a little more greatness. Lads Beers has created a bespoke beer exclusively in honour of the Games: Lads Citrus Lager.
Whanganui District Health Board announces Masters Games partnership
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Positive ageing, health and wellbeing, and injury prevention will be a focus at the 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games in Whanganui.
The Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is partnering with the Masters Games for the first time and WDHB chief executive Russell Simpson says it is an important move. We adopted our He Hāpori Ora - Thriving Communities strategy in late 2020 to give the WDHB and community more of a focus on health and wellbeing, rather than being the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, Simpson said.