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.
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