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Joanne Holt in a woods setting laying on yoga mat with multiple goats during a goat therapy session.

Joanne Holt: Trainer, Therapist, Mentor

November 6, 2017

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Joanne Holt, a personal trainer and Block Therapy Instructor, has always lived a healthy lifestyle. Before becoming a professional trainer and mentor, Joanne worked in the health care field for many years. ...

Cycling a ticket to travel for Steve Fairless

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July 25, 2017

Athlete Profiles, Cycling, Featured, Road Cycling

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Entry into the competitive realm of cycling opened up a world of opportunities for Steve Fairless who was the subject of Marcus Cobbledick’s movie titled Fairless that debuted at the 2015 Melbourne Internationa...

Group of people posing for picture on sailboat in harbor.

Canadian basketballer Masters Auckland off the court

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April 26, 2017

Athlete Profiles, Basketball, Featured

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A veteran of the Canadian Masters basketball circuit, Toronto-based Jude Kelly, has been making the most of his time off the court in Auckland while here for World Masters Games 2017. Kelly is a walking, tal...

Cycling Legend Dies in Car Crash

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April 6, 2017

Athlete Profiles, Cycling

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Steve Tilford will be remembered as 'voice of truth' Cycling fans and racers around the world are mourning the death of 57 year old multi-discipline champion Steve Tilford. The American was killed in a ...

Inspiring Stories of Athletes from the 2017 WMG

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January 26, 2017

Athlete Profiles, Athletics, Featured

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We are pleased to share the inspiring stories of some of the athletes who will be competing in the 2017 World Masters Games (WMG) in Auckland, New Zealand from April 21-30, 2017. "Last year I set my sigh...

300 Days of Running Opened a World of Possibilities

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December 31, 2016

Athlete Profiles, Featured, Running

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By Scott Russell It started as a resolution. Just like any other resolution one makes at New Year’s. Be better. Get stronger. Do something. And so in the Olympic year of 2016 I resolved to run 300 d...

Track and field icon Cecil Smith passes away

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December 16, 2016

Athlete Profiles

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For a quarter of a century he served as executive director of the Ontario Track and Field Association (OTFA), now Athletics Ontario. A long time Brampton resident Smith died on Dec. 2 at Hawthorn Woods Care Com...

‘Still Dancing’ , Guenette Inducted into Sports Hall of Fame

Scott Taylor

December 12, 2016

Athlete Profiles, News, Volleyball

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By Scott Taylor Curlers and golfers are often inducted into various Halls of Fame while they’re still competing. Hey, it’s curling and golf, right? Sports for life, as they say. It’s more likely that athlet...

Sir Peter Snell to compete at World Masters Games 2017

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December 10, 2016

Athlete Profiles, Featured

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New Zealand’s ‘Sports Champion of the (20th) Century’, Sir Peter Snell, has confirmed that he will be a starter at World Masters Games 2017 in Auckland. At age 77, Snell will join an estimated 25,000 partici...

Australia mourns death of cyclist Hans Battaerd

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November 27, 2016

Athlete Profiles, Cycling

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The death of a cyclist struck by a car on the way home from a morning ride in Ballina has left the cycling community in mourning. Hans Battaerd, 59, was riding north along the Pacific Highway on Wednesday mo...