18 SUNDAY LIFE
SUNDAY MARCH 15 2015
Masters of their game
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Athlete Nola Brockie, 76,
competes in track and field
events Picture: HELEN ORR
Nola Brockie
TRACK and field competitor
Nola Brockie has been part of
the masters athletics club, Mad
Frogs, for almost 20 years. And
the 76-year old has no plans to
stop either.
“I’m hoping to get there (to
her 80s) and still do those
events,” she said.
A life-long love of athletics
prompted her to take up the
sport after she retired.
“Once I retired I thought,
‘Gosh, I could do this’,” she
said.
Apart from the health benefits of participating in a sport,
the social aspect is also a drawcard for her.
“It’s not people who just sit
there and watch TV, they’re
get up and go people, they care
about their fitness,” Ms Brockie said.
Among her favourite events
are long and triple jump, hammer throw and the pentathlon.
“I like to jump, I’m not good
at it but I like it,” she said.
She holds many Territory
titles ranging from the 100m
sprint to the pentathlon, with
some dating as far back as
1999.
Ms Brockie said she enjoyed travelling to Masters
Games around the country including Hobart, Adelaide and
the biannual Alice Springs
Masters Games.
“I try to get away a couple of
times a year,” she said.
She and a group from the
Mad Frogs are planning to go
to the Singapore Masters Athletics competition next year.
Her motto — and advice to
other aspiring athletes — is
“no body’s too old for anything”.
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