Preparing for the Comeback Scott Taylor April 20, 2019 Athlete Profiles, Featured 716 Shelly Paton is getting back onstage. And why not? She’s only 53. “I took the year off in 2018 in order to focus on my personal training and prep coach business,” said the International Federation of Bodybuild...
Age is no limit for Masters Athletes sports-masters October 29, 2018 Athlete Profiles 347 By Kerry Gillespie, Toronto Star Paul Osland ran in the 1988 Olympics but he’s no different from the majority of Masters athletes simply trying to see how good they can be. Vern Christensen used to drive hi...
Joanne Holt: Trainer, Therapist, Mentor Lorraine Pelley November 6, 2017 Athlete Profiles, Featured, Health 841 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 sports-masters July 25, 2017 Athlete Profiles, Cycling, Featured, Road Cycling 683 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...
Cycling Legend Dies in Car Crash sports-masters April 6, 2017 Athlete Profiles, Cycling 987 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 sports-masters January 26, 2017 Athlete Profiles, Athletics, Featured 888 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 sports-masters December 31, 2016 Athlete Profiles, Featured, Running 823 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 sports-masters December 16, 2016 Athlete Profiles 627 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 1358 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 sports-masters December 10, 2016 Athlete Profiles, Featured 492 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...
