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Long Distance Runner Finds Solace in Running

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 3:59 pm | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

At 59 years old, Barbara Dixon Grant from Dunedin will be the oldest female running in the half marathon at the Masters Games tomorrow. Barbara took up long distance running as a way to cope with family grief and the half marathon is just the beginning ... More >>

British Documentary Maker Inspired by Masters

Monday, 8 February 2010, 9:37 am | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Marie-Clare Eden, a free-lance journalist from Britain, has filmed and interviewed a number of veteran athletes at the ACC NZ Masters Games in Dunedin over the last ten days. Her footage will be used for a half hour documentary on what drives people ... More >>

Danyon Loader To Honour Masters Games Volunteers

Saturday, 6 February 2010, 10:48 am | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Double Olympian Danyon Loader will be heading home this weekend to Dunedin where he will be guest of honour at the ACC NZ Masters Games Closing Ceremony on Sunday. As an ambassador for SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand), Danyon Loader will ... More >>

XT Fallout at ACC NZ Masters Games

Friday, 29 January 2010, 1:34 pm | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

“Try running the country’s largest sporting event without cell phone coverage, it’s a joke!” Aaron Joy, Manager of the ACC NZ Masters Games in Dunedin is at his wits end having had no cell phone coverage for the last three days with Telecom’s ... More >>

On the Hunt for More Volunteers

Friday, 27 November 2009, 2:12 pm | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Dunedin (Friday, 27 November, 2009) – The Dunedin ACC New Zealand Masters Games is on the hunt for volunteers. More >>

Expect the Canadians

Friday, 30 October 2009, 1:38 pm | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Dunedin (Friday, 30 November, 2009) – Expect Canadians at future Masters Games in Dunedin, and the Russians, Japanese, Australians . . . ACC New Zealand Masters Games Manager Aaron Joy is back from the World Masters Games in Sydney where he manned ... More >>

Police Getting Ready For Masters Games

Friday, 18 September 2009, 5:11 pm | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Dunedin (Friday, 18 September, 2009) – Police staff in Dunedin are already getting ready for next year’s ACC New Zealand Masters Games – but not in the way you may think. In what is becoming part of a tradition for the city’s police stations, ... More >>

NZ Master Games at a Crossroad

Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 9:34 am | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

The NZ Masters Games are at a crossroad, according to Dunedin Masters Games Chairman John Bezett. Mr Bezett believes that the Masters Games has huge potential for growth that won’t be realised unless there’s an injection of increased government funding. ... More >>

Countdown to the ACC New Zealand Masters Games

Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:28 am | ACC New Zealand Masters Games

7000 competitors, 3000 supporters, 130 volunteers and an expected injection of 5 million dollars into the local economy; Dunedin is gearing up for the largest annual event on New Zealand’s sporting calendar, the ACC New Zealand Masters Games. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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