On 9 Oct, Mr TAKAHASHI Toru, Deputy Director of the Tourism Promotion Department at the Organising Committee of the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai*, and a supporting staff from a Japanese travel agency visited CLAIR Sydney. Representatives from the Organising Committee were in Australia to run a booth at the Australian Masters Games held in Adelaide between 3-6 Oct, and meet with different Australian sports organisations to promote the WMG 2021 Kansai.
Last October, members of the Organising Committee also visited our office and requested for CLAIR Sydney to assist with recruiting participants for the WMG 2021 Kansai. Since then, CLAIR Sydney has been supporting the Organising Committee by promoting the Games at events we attend in Australia and New Zealand.
As exchanges through international sports events can contribute greatly to the sister city exchanges between Australia/New Zealand and Japan, at the Sister Cities Australia Forum 2019 held in Perth on 19-20 Sep, the Executive Director of CLAIR Sydney held a presentation on the Rugby World Cup 2019, which started on 20 Sep, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the WMG 2021 Kansai, and spoke about the positive impacts these major sports events will bring to sister city relationships. A representative from the Blacktown Rugby Union Football Club (BRUFC) who listened to the presentation showed a keen interest in registering his team to participate in the WMG 2021 Kansai.
On the day of the meeting at CLAIR Sydney, a committee member of BRUFC, Mr Duke Wolfgramm, also attended the meeting where Mr Takahashi gave details on information such as the registration schedule, the venues and the transportation.
CLAIR Sydney assisted the Organising Committee by providing them with advice and liaised with sports related organisations in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney to set up meetings for the Committee during their time in Australia.
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*The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport athletic competition held every four years by the International Masters Games Association. All athletes or sport fans over the age of 30 can compete in the World Masters Games. The WMG 2021 Kansai will be held 14-30 May, 2021. The Kansai 2021 Games is the first to be held in Asia, and is the auspicious 10th edition of the WMG. Attendees can compete in 59 disciplines across 35 sports at the WMG 2021 Kansai.
From the 3rd to the 13th of December, eight selected swimmers from the Fukuoka Swimming Association visited NSW, where they participated in joint training sessions with a local school and competed in the 2024-25 Speedo NSW Senior State Age Championships.
