Pan Pacific Masters Games to be trialled as annual event on Gold Coast
ABCThe Pan Pacific Masters Games will be trialled as an annual event on the Gold Coast after being a biennial event since 1998, the city's mayor has announced. Key points: The Gold Coast mayor has announced the Pan Pacific Masters Games will be held annually The event has an estimated economic impact on the city of $20 million 13,000 people are competing this year, down from 16,000 the last time the event was held in 2018 The 10-day event got underway on Friday for the first time since 2018 due to COVID-19, with 13,000 competitors registered across 42 sports. "We envisage, going annually, each event will be a little bit smaller but over the two-year cycle its going to deliver significantly more benefits to the Gold Coast." Ms Ipu said her netball team usually found a competition to travel to every year, so would welcome an annual Pan Pacific event.
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