No Images? Click here MASTERS ON YOUR MARKS, SET, GO!Registrations for the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games in Cairns are now open. The four-day biennial event will return to Far North Queensland on 25-28 May 2017. Organisers expect around 2000 participants aged 35 and over to converge on Cairns for the celebration of Masters’ sport in the tropics. As an extra incentive, athletes who enter the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games before 31 December have the chance to win an accommodation and tour package for three nights at the Mantra Trilogy, valued at approximately $1800. So register now! Cairns Mayor Bob Manning officially opened the Games registrations and said the Masters Games combined fun and friendship with competition, with Cairns perfectly placed to host the Games for the third time. CAPTION: Mayor Bob Manning joins some of the ambassadors for the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games former NRL player David Westley, Olympic track and field representative Jill Boltz and sports personality Bluey Forsyth at the launch of the Games in Cairns today. Game on for our ambassadorsThe 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games are proud to announce the first of their ambassadors for next year's event. Joyce Lester (Softball) and Bluey Forsyth (Sports Personality) will return as ambassadors for the second time and they will be joined by new faces, dual-Olympic track and field representative Jill Boltz and former NRL player David Westley (pictured right). More sports, more funIn 2017, there will be more sports on offer, more entertainment and some great competition. There are 19 sports officially open for registrations with more expected over coming weeks. New sports to be included in the 2017 Games include archery, golf, football (soccer), judo, swimming and rugby league. To see if your favourite sport is open for registrations, head to the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games website. No better time to bookDid you know you can fly to Cairns from Sydney return for free - that's $139 return on some dates! Or if you are coming from Adelaide, it's just $175 RETURN! Jetstar's return for free promotion ends 11.59pm 5 November so there is no better time to plan your trip to Cairns for the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. You can fly direct to Cairns from most Australian capital cities and many international destinations. Don't forget to register before December 31, 2016 to have the chance to win an accommodation and tour package for three nights at the Mantra Trilogy, valued at approximately $1800. So register now! Sensationally socialWe have an amazing social program ready to welcome you to Cairns in 2017. Check it out ! Follow us on Facebook!Don't forget to get all the latest news and updates from your favorite sports on the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games Facebook page! We would love you to share your photos with us too, just tag us, #GBRMasters And for 2017 we're on Instagram too! Make sure you follow our account @gbrmasters and don't forget to tag your training pics with #GBRMasters so we can see what you're getting up to in the lead up to the Games! Check our feed here.
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