Bronze medal at Masters for Mary

After competing in eight Pan Pacific Masters Games held on the Gold Coast every year in November, Mary Sheehan has finally come home with her first medal.

Competing in basketball in the 65 years and over category, Sheehan of Berkeley Vale, and her friend Anne Rutherford of Glenning Valley, won a bronze medal.

“I didn’t have a team this year and went online to look for one,” Sheehan said.

“I found a New Zealand team who needed a couple of players, so my friend and I joined their team.”

Sheehan, 68, keeps fit by refereeing men’s basketball, and plays unisex and walking basketball.

She came to the sport in the 70s after moving from Bathurst to Sydney.

Regarded as “short” for a basketballer, Sheehan normally plays guard but said she could play any position.

“This was my first medal, and I was thrilled,” she said.