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Premium Content Subscriber only If ever anyone said you slowed down in your twilight years, U3A Mackay members would certainly prove them wrong. There’s something for everyone and with about 550 members on the books, it’s guaranteed to be a big year to make up for COVID-19 disrupting 2020. Like most community events and sports, U3A Mackay was forced to scale back and, in some cases, cancel events last year but the organisation is back. The annual Give it a Go day at the Senior Citizens Hall...

Premium Content They know when to hold them and when to fold them. So 2020 was a year the University of the Third Age gave away cards – in the name of COVID. Finding a way to disinfect playing cards, mahjong tiles and scrabble tiles to resume U3A group activities seemed an impossible feat. U3A publicity officer Rae Halpin said the organisation had to cut out many group activities when COVID arrived last year. “Because they were being handled by everyone, certain activities like mahjong,...