British Documentary Maker Inspired by Masters

February 7 2008

British Documentary Maker Inspired by Masters Games Athletes

Marie-Clare Eden, a free-lance journalist from Britain, has filmed and interviewed a number of veteran athletes at the ACC NZ Masters Games in Dunedin over the last ten days. Her footage will be used for a half hour documentary on what drives people in their more mature years to continue competing.

Marie-Clare says, “ I believe some of the Masters Games athletes are truly inspirational people who we can learn a lot from. There are many people who, in their later years, think their life is over, but someone like Rose Jacobs, the oldest competitor at the Games has proved that you can still achieve great things in your nineties.”

Marie- Clare, who does her own filming and interviewing, says, “We don’t have anything on the scale of the Masters Games back home. The organisation of the Games has been fantastic, it is so well run and it has much more of a family feel to it that I would have imagined. I’ve realised that a massive reason for people wanting to keep coming back to the Games is because of the community feeling and the sense of belonging that all the competitors come to enjoy. That’s an element that I hadn’t expected. “

Marie- Clare’s previous documentary subjects have included the Ghurkhas in Nepal and Shaoling Kung Fu as taught by 32nd generation monks in China. She is confident that she will be able to sell the Masters Games documentary to either the BBC, Discovery Channel or Channel 4 on her return to Britain.

ACC NZ MASTERS GAMES 2010

Dunedin

January 29 - February 7

www.nzmastersgames.org.nz

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