Jennah is in charge.
If you age up in early 2017, you’re in luck. The World Masters Games will be held that year in Auckland, New Zealand. If you’re counting coins, you may have to make a choice. The WMA world outdoor meet is in Perth,
Australia, in 2016. So take your down-under pick. According to a
press release, “The Games will be held across Auckland for the first time in early 2017. During this time 25,000 athletes will compete in approximately 30 sports across some 45 venues during a 10-day period…. It is regarded as the largest event New Zealand will host in the next decade.” The cost of staging the Auckland meet will be $33.6 million, organizers say. “Auckland council and the government have each approved an $11 million investment with the remaining $11.6 million to come from revenues including registrations and sponsorship.”
Jennah Wootten will be chief executive of
World Masters Games 2017.
Only months after the 2013 WMG in Turin, Italy, the Kiwis are ramping up.
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And if you aren’t able to nail a track/field medal while at the WMG in New Zealand, you can always try your hand at the other WMG “games:
Archery
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volley
Bowling
Canoe/Kayak
Cycling
Duathlon
Field Hockey
Football/Soccer
Golf
Judo
Karate
Orienteering
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting – Clay Target
Shooting – Pistol & Rifle
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Western Australia and New Zealand in the same [southern hemispheric] summer would be fantastic.
excellent – New Zealand has long been on my bucket list of places to visit – I hope to be able to go both to Perth, 2016 and New Zealand 2017.
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