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Minister's Message
Update from the Chair
The hard-working team at our organising committee have been on the promotional trail spreading the word about the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games, speaking to thousands of participants at the Alice Springs Masters Games, one of Australia�s more significant masters events and the Pan Pacific Masters Games held on the Gold Coast. Our team continued to grow with three key senior management appointments: Matthew Phelan, Group Manager Sport and Competition; Peter Bowen, Group Manager Finance and Administration; and Graeme Moses, Group Manager Marketing, Sales and Communications. We kicked off the new year on a positive note with the appointment of our Chief Executive Officer, Shane O�Leary. Shane joined our team as Chief Operating Officer in August 2005 and has done an outstanding job. He brings a wealth of experience in sports management and masters sport to the role and I look forward to working with him and his team to deliver the best ever World Masters Games. Some other exciting changes are also taking place in the early part of the year as we prepare to launch a new logo and a new look. So stay tuned for the next edition of the newsletter to see the changes unveiled.
Margy Osmond Sports Update
We are looking at establishing sporting hubs, where more than one sport will be played and accommodation and other facilities are available, around key venues including Sydney Olympic Park, Blacktown, Penrith and Bankstown.
On the road againWe will be hitting the road again early in 2007 as part of a promotional and fact-finding mission. Our first port of call is the New Zealand Masters Games to be held in Wanganui from February 10 to February 18. Organisers are expecting 8,000 participants to flock to the North Island town for another week of magic Masters competition. We look forward to seeing some familiar faces from the previous event held in Dunedin in 2006 and hope to see you all in Sydney in 2009. And with barely a chance to unpack our bags, we are off to the World Police & Fire Games in Adelaide. The event runs from March 16 to March 25 with thousands of international police officers, fire fighters and corrective services officers taking part in aged based competition. Many of these participants will be eligible for the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games � so keep up the training! Masters ChampsWe have sponsored three key awards in Australia that acknowledge the achievements of masters� athletes which will be presented next month. The action kicks off in Sydney on February 13 when the NSW Masters Athlete of the Year Award will be presented. Then its off to Melbourne on February 21 where Games Advisory Committee Chair, Margy Osmond will present the Masters Athlete of the Year Award and the Masters Team of the Year Award at the 2006 Australian Sport Awards. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the nominees and wish them the best of luck. Remember it could be you next year! Warm up for Sydney in AdelaideWhy not warm up for the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games by taking part in this year�s Australasian Masters Games in Adelaide from October 5 to October 14. Adelaide will host the event following its success in staging the 10th Australian Masters Games in October 2005. These games are Australia�s largest biennial multisport festival and returns to Adelaide bigger, bolder and better than ever! The Games will offer over 50 sports and is expected to attract over 10,000 participants from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Online Registrations open on Monday 19 February 2007. To register simply visit www.australianmastersgames.com, click on registration and follow the prompts. Be sure to get in quick for the Early Bird special! On the moveThe Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Organising Committee (SWMGOC) has relocated to the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Our new offices are just a stone�s throw away from the many exceptional venues that will be in use during the Games in 2009. Our new contact details are: Locked Bag 2009
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Happy
New Year and welcome to the second edition of the Sydney 2009 World Masters
Games newsletter.
There�s
certainly been a lot going on since our last newsletter in October 2006
as we step up preparations for the world�s biggest multi-sport event.
We have now secured more than 90% of the competition venues for the 2009 games with a number of the sports to be played at venues used for the highly successful Sydney 2000 Olympics. 
We are also working very closely with the NSW State Sports Associations to determine competition details for each of the sports on the program and are expecting to have sport-specific information on our website in the second half of 2007. We will keep you up to date as more information comes to hand.
