welcome

Mayor of Lismore
It is my great pleasure to welcome local, regional and interstate visitors to our city for the 12th Lismore Workers Masters Games! This year we are welcoming 1500 sport enthusiasts playing 15 different sports in 20 different fields and venues over 3 days.

The Lismore Workers Masters Games is one of the biggest events on our sporting calendar and creates an enormous buzz in our city. Lismore is the sporting centre of the Northern Rivers because we have high quality sporting facilities and offer visitors interesting cafe, shopping and cultural experiences. 

Regular Masters Games attendees will know the Games encourage active lifestyles, community participation and build lifelong friendships. I am sure new attendees of the Games will love the camaraderie that makes this such a successful and enduring event. 

The Masters Games would not be possible without the dedication and commitment of our organising committee and huge team of volunteers. Thank you for the time and effort you put into our Masters Games. I would like to acknowledge we are in Widjabul Wiabal country and pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. The Bundjalung nations have gathered here for thousands of years for ceremony and to engage in skilled competition. I am glad we are keeping these traditions today and wish you much success.

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Organising Committee
On behalf of the Organising Committee, our dedicated staff, the sports conveners and the many valuable volunteers, I would like to welcome all competitors to the 12th Lismore Workers Masters Games.

The Masters Games continue to grow since its inception in 1997 and we look forward to a number of new sports this year across a number of new and exciting venues.

It only seems like yesterday that we were wrapping up the 11th edition of the Games and hasn't the world changed since 2019.

The uncertainty around the COVID pandemic, bushfires and floods have changed our region and lives forever.

An event such as this can bring so much to so many, from helping local businesses, to renewing old friendships and having a laugh, we hope that the 12th edition of the games can bring a smile to everyone's faces.

The Organising Committee is focused on continually improving the sports and the festivities that surround such an iconic event on the Lismore calendar. We want to continue to seeing our visitors, players and spectators enjoying more fun, more food and more friendships during the 12th Games!

To those of you who have come from outside the region we welcome you to our beautiful city and surrounding North Coast area, and hope you enjoy the natural wonders we have to offer as well as the spirit of competition while playing and competing at our excellent sporting facilities. For all of our local competitors, we know that you will relish the company of our visitors for three days and show them what makes these Games and the Northern Rivers so special.

Why not get the team together a day early and enjoy the hospitality of the Lismore Turf Club for the 2021 Lismore Cup on Thursday 23 September.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the work of the sports conveners and volunteers and thank them for the excellent job they do in making our Games the undoubted success it is.

I would also like to thank the naming rights sponsor, The Lismore Workers Club and the Lismore City Council for their ongoing support of the event.

Enjoy the Games, enjoy the area and enjoy yourselves!

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Patron
As the former Member for Lismore, one of the special roles I have kept is patron of the Lismore Workers Masters Games. It is an honour and privilege to be able to extend to you an invitation to participate in this regional premier event, which now represents 15 sports.

Since 2019 you will notice some big differences at many of our sporting facilities. Major upgrades to Oakes Oval, Crozier Field, the Albert Park baseball precinct, the Lismore Basketball Stadium and the Netball Centre have all helped to cement Lismore as the sports hub of the region.

These upgrades mean this year you will be competing on some of the best facilities in northern NSW, so get ready for a big week of sport this September.

I look forward to cheering you on!

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